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Library Reads June 2023

By charmaine_library

SPORTS

By Program1Karine

Art and Creativity for Young Children

By KidsLit

Genre: (Enfant)Humoristique / (Kids)Comedy

By Program1Karine

Teen Books with Trans and Nonbinary Characters

By Julie_OPL_BPO

Teen Books With Indigenous Characters

By Julie_OPL_BPO

Spotlight on...

Explore nature with these new reads!

Saving Animals, Saving OurselvesWhy Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

The Language of TreesA Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

The Liars of Nature and the Nature of LiarsCheating and Deception in the Living World

The Power of TreesHow Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them

Rare TreesThe Fascinating Stories of the World's Most Threatened Species

The Wild Bee HandbookThe Amazing Lives of Our Wild Bee Species and How to Help Them Thrive
Jewish Heritage month

Chik Chak Shabbat

Sitting Shiva

Big Dreams, Small Fish

Something From NothingAdapted From A Jewish Folktale

Here Is the WorldA Year of Jewish Holidays

The Book RescuerHow A Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

The Language of AngelsA Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew

The Tower of LifeHow Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

A Struggle for Hope

Black Bird, Blue Road
Local authors: part 2

Lucas on the Line

The Irish Within Us

Ground Control

Out of His League

All Things ConsoledA Daughter's Story

Blind Date

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Recent Staff Lists

Library Reads June 2023

SPORTS

Art and Creativity for Young Children

Genre: (Enfant)Humoristique / (Kids)Comedy

Teen Books with Trans and Nonbinary Characters

Teen Books With Indigenous Characters

Spotlight on...

Explore nature with these new reads!

Saving Animals, Saving OurselvesWhy Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

The Language of TreesA Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

The Liars of Nature and the Nature of LiarsCheating and Deception in the Living World

The Power of TreesHow Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them

Rare TreesThe Fascinating Stories of the World's Most Threatened Species

The Wild Bee HandbookThe Amazing Lives of Our Wild Bee Species and How to Help Them Thrive

Jewish Heritage month

Chik Chak Shabbat

Sitting Shiva

Big Dreams, Small Fish

Something From NothingAdapted From A Jewish Folktale

Here Is the WorldA Year of Jewish Holidays

The Book RescuerHow A Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

The Language of AngelsA Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew

The Tower of LifeHow Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

A Struggle for Hope

Black Bird, Blue Road

Local authors: part 2

Lucas on the Line

The Irish Within Us

Ground Control

Out of His League

All Things ConsoledA Daughter's Story

Blind Date

Freedom to Read Week 2023

Read Washington Black

CBC All in a Day February Book Panel

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

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Spotlight on...

Explore nature with these new reads!

Saving Animals, Saving OurselvesWhy Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

The Language of TreesA Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

The Liars of Nature and the Nature of LiarsCheating and Deception in the Living World

The Power of TreesHow Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them

Rare TreesThe Fascinating Stories of the World's Most Threatened Species

The Wild Bee HandbookThe Amazing Lives of Our Wild Bee Species and How to Help Them Thrive

Jewish Heritage month

Something From NothingAdapted From A Jewish Folktale

Here Is the WorldA Year of Jewish Holidays

The Book RescuerHow A Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

The Language of AngelsA Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew

The Tower of LifeHow Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs

Local authors: part 2

All Things ConsoledA Daughter's Story

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