Springtime is the best season for reading… well, every season is the best season for reading! Here are some books the Matchmakers team enjoyed reading. […]
Springtime Staff Picks from Your Library!
Diverse Voices
Noble Staff Book Club Picks
Beginning last fall, some of the Noble reference staff have been getting together for a staff book club each month. It’s been really fun getting […]
My Top March Reads
I typically try to have a theme when I write my book blogs, but this month, I read books that varied widely. So, I guess […]
Herstory with Picture Book Biographies
March is Women’s History Month, four weeks dedicated to celebrating and highlighting the accomplishments of women throughout history. Picture book biographies are an excellent way for kids […]
Black History Month Reads
Today marks the third day of Black History Month 2021, so it seemed fitting to celebrate a few of the Black authors I’ve read recently. […]
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
I finished this book a few months ago, and the essays have stuck with me every since. I find myself going back to the lists […]
Read Woke! Teen Winter Reading Program
What is Read Woke? Read Woke is a movement. It is a feeling. It is a style. It is a form of education. It is […]
Heights Libraries Board and FRIENDs of Heights Libraries create ‘Black Excellence’ mural
On September 26, local artists Jimmy Hayden and Wayne Pollard, and Heights Libraries board member Gabe Crenshaw, transformed the parking lot of the Coventry PEACE […]
Book Review: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
“We humans are reckless with our bodies, reckless with our lives, for no other reason than that we want to know what would happen, what […]
Top Reads from August
I don’t know about anyone else, but my reading habits have come and gone in fits and bursts since COVID-19 hit. Some months, I’ll only […]
