Today’s guest is recently retired and is excited to have more time to read in this chapter of life. She wants to find good books and, in particular, ...

Preschool TimeAll the BooksWritten by Hayley RoccoIllustrated by John RoccoNew York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Picture Book.Piper, a book-hoarding ...

Three “educational” books from the Cat in the Hat franchise These three books made their way into our home as books tend to do when you have a ...

Dolly Parton did so many incredible things in her life, and Imagination Library is one of the best. It’s a free program that mails an ...

In its first meeting since March, the Alabama Public Library Service ultimately chose not to fill a position designed to oversee compliance with new ...

Unexpected Pleasures at a Terminal Near You. With scattered exceptions, airports don’t have a whole lot going for them. They’re noisy, dirty, poorly laid ...

Last January we told you about a French publication of our Scorchy Smith and The Art of Noel Sickles volume. Editions Barbier and the Centre National ...

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public ...

In 1878, as reported in the daily City Record, Mayor Smith Ely, Jr. issued a proclamation establishing a dog pound at 16th Street and the East River, ...

Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz: Julie, Ken may already know this, but I’m new. Tell us what brought you into the Municipal Library.Julie Robbins: I worked as a ...