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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
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
It's time for some March Reading Madness! Check out these books about basketball for adults and teens - ask your favorite librarian for more recommendations!
#MarchMadness #Basketball #SCLRecs
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!
#SCLRecs
"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
March’s @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a Massachusetts Book Award Honoree. Swipe through to see some recommendations or go to massbook.org/mass-book-awards to select one for yourself!
The reading challenge is also now on Beanstack. Head to springfieldlibrary.beanstack.com to start tracking your reading for the book challenge!
What are you planning on reading for this month’s challenge?
#MassBookReadingChallenge #readingchallenge #springfieldma #SCLrecs
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
Cold nights and scary stories! Are you Yeti to Read?
#SCLRecs
Check out these or many other Valentine stories for kids at your local library!
#ValentinesDay #SCLRecs
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
This month’s @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a book set in your hometown or home state. We've compiled a list of books set in Springfield and in Massachusetts, so swipe through to take a look!
If you’re not seeing what you’re looking for, be sure to ask a librarian for another recommendation. For more information and to fill out your monthly reading form, head to massbook.org/readingchallenge
What are you going to read for this month’s challenge??
#MassBookReadingChallenge #readingchallenge #springfieldma #SCLrecs
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
Get warm with a cozy mystery from the library!
#SCLRecs #CozyMysteries
Check out these great adult reads about winter!
#SCLRecs #WinterBooks #WinterReads
January’s @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a book with less than 100 pages. Swipe to take a look at our recommendations or ask a librarian for more!
Let us know what you’re reading for this month’s challenge! 📚
Fill out the monthly reading form at massbook.org/readingchallenge
#MassBookReadingChallenge #readingchallenge #springfieldma #SCLrecs
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
Check out these #DarkAcademia titles for adults!
#SCLRecs #DarkAcademiaBooks
Adults and Teens who love Wednesday on Netflix - check out these recommendations!
#SCLrecs #Wednesday #WednesdayAddams #WednesdayonNetflix
Big fan of the twisty turny White Lotus series? Check out these read-alikes!
#SCLRecs #WhiteLotus #WhiteLotusBooks
Fan of Hallmark Holiday movies? Pick up a book at the library to get that same Holiday Happily Ever After!
#SCLRecs #HappyHolidays #HallmarkMovies
Need to cook or bake and want new ideas or expert guidance? Come to the library for a cookbook! #HolidayBaking #SCLRecs
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
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
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!
#SCLRecs #ColleenHoover #Readalikes
"If nations anointed historians laureate," commented Washington Post critic Edwin M. Yoder, Jr., "David McCullough would surely be ours." The author of numerous popular biographies and histories, McCullough tackled subjects from the construction of the Panama Canal to the biographies of presidents of the United States to 1776, the difficult year of birth of the American republic, producing books praised for being well researched, and also highly readable historical accounts. ("David McCullough." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Gale In Context: Biography)
#SCLRecs #davidmccullough
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.