Are you looking for your next great summer read? Whether you’re looking for some beach front romance or lakeside drama, this list has you covered with breezy reads! Add these upcoming titles to your “to-read” list or place one on hold through our library catalog. On Ocean Boulevard by Mary Alice Monroe Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand The Friendship List by… read more >>
Do you love to read food blogs and try new recipes? These cookbooks from popular bloggers will make your mouth water and send you right into your kitchen to get cooking. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, by Deb Perelman The debut cookbook from popular food blogger Deb Perelman, this cookbook has accessible recipes for everything from… read more >>
Who likes their hot dog with ketchup on it? Do you like it with mustard? Or do you like your hot dog with SpaghettiOs on it? There are so many ways to eat a hot dog. In fact, July 22 is National Hot Dog Day! This day was started all the way back in 1991… read more >>
Are you a nostalgic fan of the comic books of yesteryear? Or maybe you’ve just discovered them today? I’m sure many of you remember those fun magazines and paperback books where the story was told with pictures and word clouds. Sometimes the stories were about regular children and teens, while many others were about superheroes… read more >>
Up, up, and away! We are traveling to the moon! Come and celebrate National Moon Day on July 20th by going outside at night and looking for the big ball in the sky. Moon Day started as a way to celebrate the day Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in the spacecraft… read more >>
Digital Resources for Your Pet’s Needs With so many people being confined to their homes for work, school, and play during the pandemic, it seems like an ideal time for many people to add an animal member to their families. Whether you favor cats, dogs, turtles, or some other kind of furry or feathered friend,… read more >>
Join the Library’s Project LIT Youngstown in amplifying and uplifting diverse voices outside of the classroom. Each month we will spend 3 weeks reading and discussing a book from the Project LIT Community Book List before watching either a movie adaptation or a corresponding author video during the 4th week. Meetings will take place via… read more >>
Steampunk is one of those genres that I have enjoyed throughout the years. Its part historical fiction, usually set in Victorian England (but not always), with advances to technology than they would not have had during that time which would be considered science fiction. Clockwork automatons, steam powered machines, and secret inventions that could lead… read more >>
June 22, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Octavia Butler’s birth. Even though she passed away in 2006, Butler’s work has left an indelible mark on American literature, and specifically on the genre of science and speculative fiction. As a child, Butler described herself as incredibly shy. When she wasn’t helping her widowed mother, who cleaned houses for a living, Butler made… read more >>
Hello, little readers! Happy Pride Month! June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and picture books are showing more and more amazing representation. Let’s celebrate this month by reading these fantastic Pride-ful picture books! Julián is a Mermaidby Jessica Love Julián is with his abuela when he sees three lovely ladies glammed up in dresses that end… read more >>