Take a look at the new books and movies we added to our collection during October! You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!
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Banned Books Week 2020
“Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.” —Article 3, Library Bill of Rights
Did you know there are hundreds of attempts to remove books from libraries and classrooms every year? Please join us in celebrating this year’s Banned Books Week (September 27 – October 3) and our freedom to read. You can learn more with our Banned Books library guide. Here are some of the titles on the American Library Association’s lists of Frequently Challenged Books that you’ll find in our collection:
- The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- 1984, by George Orwell
- The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
- The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
- The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
- Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
- The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
- And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Check one out and exercise your First Amendment rights!
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New titles
Take a look at the new books, movies, and games we added to our collection during the summer. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!
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New titles
Take a look at the new books, audiobooks, music, and videos we added to our collection in March and April. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!
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New titles
Take a look at the new books and videos we added to our collection in January and February. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!
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Free books and videos
Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Naomi if you’d like any of them for your department. These include the complete 2005 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and books on sales, Microsoft Office, and graphic design.
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New titles
Take a look at the new books and videos we added to our collection in November and December. You can find these and everything else in our collection through our catalog, OneSearch. Here are just a few of the new titles. Check them out!
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Cooking for the holidays
Thanksgiving and the holiday season are almost here. And what would the holidays be without time spent cooking and sharing meals with family and friends? If you’re interested in trying something new, you’ll find almost 200 books (and many more ebooks) on cooking in our collection. Check one out and expand your culinary horizons!
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Free books
Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Naomi if you’d like any of them for your department. These include books on business, software, dental assisting, nursing, and electrical wiring.
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