Happy Pride Month!
Pride Month is an amazing time of the year to celebrate the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community, and to uplift queer voices. Representation and visibility can save lives, and I have a deep appreciation for the work that YA authors in particular have done to give voice to the experiences of queer teenagers. You're not alone, you are so very loved, and the public library will always be here to support you. In addition to many amazing programs throughout the month at many of our branches, we have some beautifully curated booklists for teen readers available on our website. Below are…
Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility
Today, March 31st, we celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility! This is a fantastic day to check out a book written by a trans author, and to honor the accomplishments and resilience of the trans community. All of the below books are newer 2025-2026 publications, both fiction and nonfiction, all excellent for teen readers!Fiction:One of the boys by Victoria Zeller. "A heartfelt, funny, and inspiring story about self-discovery, breaking stereotypes, and the power of solidarity, all wrapped up in an unforgettable season of high school football." Worst-case scenario by Ray Stoeve.…
2026 is the new 2016: A booklist
A Lavish Holiday Book List
Dearest Bookworms,We at the Library are always a sucker for a themed booklist (no seriously, we have some many, go look at them). There is really no better theme than a Holiday, and a month that has THREE Holidays- well darn, we couldn't be happier!How to excavate a heart by Jake Maia Arlow Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C.Eight dates and nights by Betsy Aldredge Teens Hannah and Noah, who each have different ideas of how to spend Hanukkah, team up to save the last Jewish remnant in small-town Texas.For the…
Teen Fiction with Autistic Representation
Check out this booklist of teen-friendly, new books with autistic protagonists and highlighting autistic authors! All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis: All Aiden has ever wanted to do was play football just like his star quarterback brother, Brandon. An overstimulation meltdown gets in the way of Aiden making the team during summer tryouts, but when the school year starts and a spot unexpectedly needs to be filled, he finally gets a chance to play the game he loves. However, not every player is happy about the new addition to the team, wary of how Aiden’s autism will present itself on…
Can't Get Enough of Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games?
Last week, after eight years since Mockingjay Part 2 released in theaters, we finally have a new Hunger Games franchise film: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! This dystopian prequel to the infamous The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins follows a teenage Coriolanus Snow (eventually the President Snow we all know and loathe from The Hunger Games trilogy) as he navigates mentoring Hunger Games tribute Lucy Gray Baird from District 12 to help her survive the tenth annual Hunger Games. Coriolanus Snow, known also as Coryo, serves as a…
Celebrate the Freedom to Read: Banned Books Week!
October 1st-7th 2023 is Banned Books Week! Created in 1982, Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read and a time to uplift frequently challenged book titles. The theme this year is "Let Freedom Read!" Banned Books Week is an important time for libraries, schools, and other places of learning across the country to uplift the right to intellectual freedom and the right to the freedom to read. For 2022, there were thirteen titles in the list of the top ten frequently challenged books, including ties for fifth and tenth place: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe…
Barbieheimer: Which is your choice?
Next week on July 21st, 2023, two highly-anticipated films with award-winning directors are debuting on the big screen: Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Barbie is based on Mattel's popular doll discovering the 'real world' while Oppenheimer tells the story of the creator of the atomic bomb. While the films have completely different genres, they are both stacked with A-list casts and crews and are both expected to be hits at the box office. For Barbie, Margot Robbie stars as the titular character with Ryan Gosling as Ken; Oppenheimer…
April 22nd is Earth Day
Spring is in bloom in Brooklyn and there is no better way to celebrate it than with Earth Day! A holiday started in 1970 to raise awareness around environmental protection, Earth Day is now celebrated annually world-wide on April 22nd. There are many ways to celebrate and honor the Earth we call home. Below are five book recommendations to help get in touch with nature and brush up on your knowledge of climate change this spring. Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. …