For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Emily Graham’s review of “The Book of Disappearing Plants” by Štěpánka Sekaninová, illustrated by Eliška Podešvová, and translated by Mark Worthington.
Attending a campaign event can feel overwhelming. There may be a request for a donation or an expectation to identify yourself right away with a particular candidate, but you still want to know who you’re voting for and make a well-informed decision at the polls. Springfield City (Mass.) Library (SCL) offers a simple way to bypass awkward or intense situations: Just walk in! Through its “Meet & Greet Candidates for Mayor and City Council” program, SCL creates a space where residents can meet candidates, ask questions and learn about the people seeking to represent them without the pressure that can accompany a traditional campaign event.
Welcome home … where horror awaits. Get ready to shake, shiver, maybe even scream! Audio makes these evil houses all the more visceral, and with horror fiction on the rise, you’ll find plenty of options in this list from ALA’s Booklist to keep you up at night.
This Banned Books Week, we revisit some past “How I Library” guests and their thoughts on book bans and censorship that they shared on the podcast. Not surprisingly, they all have strong opinions about this heinous occurrence. From actors Ethan Hawke and David Duchovny to writers Min Jin Lee and Jason Reynolds and more, they are all allies in the fight for the freedom to read.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Leah von Essen’s review of the haunting novel, “The Girl with a Thousand Faces” by Sunyi Dean.
On October 6, 1876, 103 librarians gathered in Philadelphia to create a new association for librarians: the American Library Association (ALA). For 150 years later, ALA has endured to help shape the library profession and American history—and the country is celebrating today, from proclamations to podcasts.
It’s Banned Books Week! The observation also coincides with the American Library Association’s (ALA) 150th anniversary on October 6. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990 through 2025. The list spans contemporary titles such as “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and literary classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s (ALA) book and media review publication, we’re kicking off the Halloween season with Becky Spratford’s review of “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former ALA staffer Daniel Kraus.
A long-overdue magazine was recently returned to Concord (N.H.) Public Library after the library eliminated late fees—132 years late!
Dozens of libraries across the U.S. partnered with the Laufey Book Club and ALA to offer limited edition library cards to their communities. And the Lauvers showed up.
Each year, American Libraries releases the Library Design Showcase, its annual celebration of new and renovated libraries across the U.S. and Canada. The featured libraries represent some of the most exciting and innovative design examples from the past year.
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them. This update includes news from Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Florida.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Diego Báez’s review of “Redwork” by poet Laurie Ann Guerrero.
Ray Bradbury, one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century who gave us the classics “Fahrenheit 451,” “The Martian Chronicles,” and “The Illustrated Man,” was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920. And now, 126 years later, his hometown is celebrating him in grand fashion.
Roadtrip Nation, the PBS documentary series that sends three people across the United States in an RV to explore what it means to build a career—and more importantly, a life—around the things you love, has dropped its new season, and libraries are at the forefront.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Emily Graham’s review of “What Do People Do at the Science Museum?” by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Qin Leng.
We’re deep into Library Card Sign-up Month, so it’s the perfect time to look at the celebrated figures who have lent their likenesses to library cards to show their support for libraries. Here are some of our recent favorites.
In episode 35 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with husband-and-wife team of filmmaker John Carpenter (“Halloween,” “The Thing”) and comic book publisher Sandy King about their award-winning publishing company, Storm King Comics.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Beth McGuire’s review of “Dolly Parton” by Betsy Rathburn and illustrated by Claudia Marianno.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Emily Graham’s review of “The Book of Disappearing Plants” by Štěpánka Sekaninová, illustrated by Eliška Podešvová, and translated by Mark Worthington.
Attending a campaign event can feel overwhelming. There may be a request for a donation or an expectation to identify yourself right away with a particular candidate, but you still want to know who you’re voting for and make a well-informed decision at the polls. Springfield City (Mass.) Library (SCL) offers a simple way to bypass awkward or intense situations: Just walk in! Through its “Meet & Greet Candidates for Mayor and City Council” program, SCL creates a space where residents can meet candidates, ask questions and learn about the people seeking to represent them without the pressure that can accompany a traditional campaign event.
Welcome home … where horror awaits. Get ready to shake, shiver, maybe even scream! Audio makes these evil houses all the more visceral, and with horror fiction on the rise, you’ll find plenty of options in this list from ALA’s Booklist to keep you up at night.
This Banned Books Week, we revisit some past “How I Library” guests and their thoughts on book bans and censorship that they shared on the podcast. Not surprisingly, they all have strong opinions about this heinous occurrence. From actors Ethan Hawke and David Duchovny to writers Min Jin Lee and Jason Reynolds and more, they are all allies in the fight for the freedom to read.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s book and media review publication, we have Leah von Essen’s review of the haunting novel, “The Girl with a Thousand Faces” by Sunyi Dean.
On October 6, 1876, 103 librarians gathered in Philadelphia to create a new association for librarians: the American Library Association (ALA). For 150 years later, ALA has endured to help shape the library profession and American history—and the country is celebrating today, from proclamations to podcasts.
It’s Banned Books Week! The observation also coincides with the American Library Association’s (ALA) 150th anniversary on October 6. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990 through 2025. The list spans contemporary titles such as “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and literary classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s (ALA) book and media review publication, we’re kicking off the Halloween season with Becky Spratford’s review of “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former ALA staffer Daniel Kraus.
A long-overdue magazine was recently returned to Concord (N.H.) Public Library after the library eliminated late fees—132 years late!
Dozens of libraries across the U.S. partnered with the Laufey Book Club and ALA to offer limited edition library cards to their communities. And the Lauvers showed up.
