Recent Recommendations from our Instagram

Whether you like a romance novel that’s sweet, suspenseful, sporty, or historical, we’ve got you covered! Check out the new paperback romance novels at the library.

For more recommendations, ask a librarian!

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Check out these books about birding, and join us this May-September as a Fish and Wildlife guide takes us along the Riverwalk to observe birds and other flora and fauna! https://www.springfieldlibrary.org/library/riverfront-walk-talk/
#SCLrecs #413Birding #413Birds #Birding
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The Ezra Jack Keats Award was created to nurture illustrators and writers, early in their careers, who create extraordinary books that reflect our diverse population, the universal experience of childhood and the strength of family and community. Over the years the EJK has succeeded in fostering the early careers of many of our country’s leading children’s book makers. (https://www.ejkf.org/about-the-ejk-award/) Get these from your favorite library! #SCLRecs #EzraJackKeatsAwards ...

For fans of Daisy Jones and the Six - book or series! #SCLRecs #DaisyJonesAndTheSix ...

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these great stories from your library!
#StPatricksDay #SCLRecs
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March is #WomensHistoryMonth! Get these and many more books about amazing women in the library, or on the Libby/Overdrive or hoopla apps, right on your device at home!
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"Ian Falconer, who had built a successful career designing opera sets with David Hockney and drawing covers for The New Yorker when he turned a character he had originally created as a Christmas gift for a niece into “Olivia,” a children’s book about a rambunctious piglet that became a publishing sensation, died on Tuesday in Norwalk, Conn. He was 63." [NYT] #SCLRecs #IanFalconer ...

Check out these recommendations for adults, teens, and kids! All these books have a character for whom ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, or other forms of neurodivergence are a part of the characters' lives. #SCLRecs ...

Love romance? Check out these new rom-coms! #SCLRecs #RomanceReads ...

Love Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? Check out these books and graphic novels with speculative fiction themes!
#BlackPanther #WakandaForever #SCLRecs
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Cold nights and scary stories! Are you Yeti to Read?
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Check out these or many other Valentine stories for kids at your local library!
#ValentinesDay #SCLRecs
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Big fans of the games or the new TV show? Love apocalyptic fiction? Check out these read-alikes for The Last Of Us!
#TheLastOfUs #TLOU #TheLastOfUsHBO #SCLRecs
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It's Black History Month! Read, listen, and watch from your device a hoopladigital.com with a Springfield City Library card! #BlackHistoryMonth #SCLRecs ...

While you wait for the incredible and widely praised memoir by Jennette McCurdy about her stage mom and life as a child star, check out these other books by child actors with stories to tell! #SCLRecs #jennettemccurdy ...

Get the books that the buzzy movies and TV shows are based on! Stop by your local library or check out Libby or Hoopla from your device!
#SCLRecs #PageToScreen
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Get warm with a cozy mystery from the library!
#SCLRecs #CozyMysteries
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Check out these great adult reads about winter!
#SCLRecs #WinterBooks #WinterReads
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Want to change your life, or maybe just tweak it a little? We have so many books on all aspects of living your best life! Come to the library and pick one up today, or check our eLibrary to get a book or audiobook for your device!
#SCLRecs #NewYearNewYou #HappyNewYear #NewYearResolutions
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Check out these #DarkAcademia titles for adults!
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Big fan of the twisty turny White Lotus series? Check out these read-alikes!
#SCLRecs #WhiteLotus #WhiteLotusBooks
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Fan of Hallmark Holiday movies? Pick up a book at the library to get that same Holiday Happily Ever After!
#SCLRecs #HappyHolidays #HallmarkMovies
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Fan of The Sandman TV series or graphic novels? Try these read-alikes! #Sandman #TheSandman #SCLRecs ...

Check out these and other books and media about the late Queen at your local library.
#SCLRecs #QueenElizabeth #RIPQueenElizabeth
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Peter Straub, whose literary novels of terror, mystery and the supernatural placed him in the top ranks of the horror-fiction boom of the 1970s and '80s, alongside writers like Ira Levin, Anne Rice and his close friend and collaborator Stephen King, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 79. (NYT, Sept 7 Obituary)
#SCLRecs #PeterStraub #RIPPeterStraub
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Big fan of the Reservation Dogs TV series? Try these read-alikes! #SCLRecs #ReservationDogs ...

You're checking out Colleen Hoover books as fast as we can get them - while you're waiting, try these!
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Library News

Springfield City Library collecting pajamas for Boston Bruins drive (WWLP)

The Springfield City Library has partnered with the Boston Bruins to take part in the Bruins PJ drive that benefits children. The drive runs through March 15 at all nine library locations in the city.

‘Anthony’s Book Club’ to support literacy in Springfield (WWLP)

Join Thunderbirds forward Anthony Angello for ‘Anthony’s Book Club’, created in partnership with the Springfield City Library and the T-Birds Foundation.

Springfield Library offers online series for adult job seekers (WWLP)

This series, running from January to June, is to help support older adults that are looking for a new job or a new career direction. Anyone that is age 50 or older can do these free biweekly skill-building and networking group meetings on Zoom.