Reading Recommendations
Don’t know what to read next? Your Next Great Story is a service designed to connect you with suggested books (ebooks, audiobooks, and print), television shows, and movies based on your preferences. Just fill out a quick form and we will send you a customized list by mail, email, or you can pick it up in person at your local library.
Book lists
Librarians create curated lists on a theme each month – and you can click through to put items on hold directly in our catalog. You can get these sent directly to your email every month in our email newsletter.
- March 2021
springfield reviews
Looking for more recommendations? Read reviews written by Springfield City Library staff and members of the Springfield community!
Book Recommendations from Our Instagram
April 12 is the UN's International Day of Human Space Flight, “to celebrate each year... the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes.” Pick up a book about astronauts or space flight curbside! #SCLRecs #DayOfHumanSpaceFlight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
It's #MoneySmartWeek and we have book recommendations! Check out the extended book list - link in bio, easy click to reserve! - and the post earlier today with all the FREE webinars this week on money management! #SCLRecs
Celebrate International Kids Yoga Day with kids around the world by trying out poses that can be found in these easy to follow and fun books! Call a reference librarian at a branch near you to request a book and schedule a curbside pick up appointment. #SCLRecs #InternationalKidsYogaDay #IntlKidsYogaDay #KidsYogaDay
3...2...1...Liftoff! April is Astronomy Month! Check out these movies and nonfiction books about humanity's drive to explore the stars in the past, present, and future. Please call for curbside pickup.
#AstronomyMonth #Astronomy #AprilIsAstronomyMonth #SCLRecs
April 7 is Beaver Day! Beavers are more than fascinating watchable wildlife–they can help us solve major environmental problems. By building dams, beavers restore the land’s most valuable ecosystem, wetlands. Not only are wetlands havens of life with biodiversity comparable to tropical rain forests, they also provide essential services, such as water cleansing, climate regulation, and moderating the flow of streams. Grab a book or documentary curbside!⠀
#BeaverDay #InternationalBeaverDay #SCLRecs
Goooooooaaaaal! Did you know the US's very own soccer league, Major League Soccer (MLS), was founded 25 years ago? Score these great reads on players and their path to victory, and learn the often bumpy history of soccer in the United States. Go for the gold! See link in bio or call for curbside pickup. #MLSSoccer #MLS25 #Soccer #SCLRecs
April 3rd-11th is National Robotics Week, a time to get hyped about STEM! We're a long way off from these fictional AI pals, but advances being made today pave the way for our cybernetic companions to join us in a sooner tomorrow! Today they're Roombas...tomorrow, they're friends! Please call for curbside pickup. #SCLRecs #NationalRoboticsWeek #RoboticsWeek
From books about the teen juvenile system, to being an undocumented immigrant in 2023 when everyone is microchipped, to a dad on Death Row. Follow these teens as they overcome overwhelming adversity to discover who they really are. These books are both uplifting and devastating, but leave the reader feeling that there is hope in the darkness. #SCLRecs #Resilience
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, hate crimes against Asian Americans have been rising sharply. Recently, a Filipino woman was brutally attacked in New York City, and a gunman in Atlanta shot and killed 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian American women. These crimes were not the first instances of hate directed against Asian Americans. Learn more about the history and current realities of anti-Asian racism by reading these books, available through curbside pickup. #SCLRecs #StopAsianHate #StopAsianHateCrimes
In 2014, President Barack Obama declared March 31st, the birthday of Chicano labor leader Cesar Chavez, as Cesar Chavez Day. Along with labor organizer Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union) and joined Filipino and Chicano farm workers in a five-year strike against California's grape growing companies. To strengthen the strike, Chavez organized a successful national boycott of non-union grapes, helping to win better wages and working conditions for the notoriously exploited workers. To learn more about the dedication and sacrifices of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, check out these books and documentary movies, available through curbside pickup. ⠀
#SCLRecs #CesarChavezDay #CesarChavez
In addition to his bestselling novels, James Patterson is also the author of fascinating true crime stories! You'll be riveted by these scandalous tales of passion, greed and revenge. #SCLRecs #JamesPatterson
Trees don't get enough love! International Day of Forests brings awareness to the importance of our leafy friends on their respective environments and the whole planet. Grab a book or movie about forests--and maybe visit your favorite trees in Forest Park afterwards! Please call for curbside pickup, link in bio. #SCLRecs #InternationalDayOfForests #InternationalDayOfForests2021 #Forests #Trees
Book Groups
Afterthoughts Book Discussion Group
A traditional book discussion group where everyone reads and discusses the same book. | Adults
What’s Cooking Cookbook Club at Central Library
Do you enjoy cooking, or would you like to improve your cooking skills? | Adults
U.S. History Book and Media Discussion Group at Sixteen Acres
Members are encouraged to share any conversation-provoking history books that they are reading with the group. | Adults