Ask a person about their favorite childhood book, and chances are they’ll be able to name countless titles off the top of their head. Children’s books leave an indelible mark on our brains from an early age with storylines and lessons that we still carry with us today. So who could blame par… Read More ⇒
An old Superman comic book sold for a super-duper price tag. Read More ⇒
As recently as 2010, the award-winning teen novel “Looking for Alaska” topped the American Library Association’s list of books most often challenged by parents and community members, thanks largely to a single sex scene. Read More ⇒
I don’t mean to get too personal here, but here I go: What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever found in a book? Maybe in a library book, or in a used book you bought, or even in a book you’ve had on the shelf for years and had forgotten about? Read More ⇒
Author Dav Pilkey, best known for his children’s book series “Captain Underpants,” and Scholastic publishing have pulled his 2010 graphic novel “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future” off the shelves over what they dubbed “passive racism.” Read More ⇒
“TheMadScientistAndVeronicaViggleHaveCapturedTheLittleBoyAndTheyAreGoingToTurnHim IntoBubbleGumYou’veGotToHelpMeRescueHim!” Read More ⇒
SEATTLE — Following the killings of eight people — including six Asian American women — in Georgia last week, Karen Maeda Allman, bookseller and author events coordinator at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, compiled this list of readings on Asian American history and experiences. Read More ⇒
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended March 20. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The doors may be closed to patrons, but that doesn’t mean the Massena Public Library can’t celebrate National Library Week from April 4 to 10. Read More ⇒
A chameleon with no colors? How can that be? Any child must know one of the defining features of these cute lizards is that they are multicolored, and have the incredible ability to change colors to reflect their moods. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES — For nearly two decades, Read Across America, the nation’s largest celebration of literacy, was built around the work of one writer. Read More ⇒
For tens of thousands of years and all over the world, dogs have been by our sides through it all. From the first domesticated dogs to today’s hundreds of recognized breeds, our relationship has only grown and deepened with time. Read More ⇒
“An Extravagant Death” by Charles Finch; Minotaur (288 pages, $27.99) Read More ⇒
“Three Ordinary Girls” by Tim Brady; Citadel (304 pages, $26) Read More ⇒
“I Sang You Down From the Stars,” by Tasha Spillett-Sumner, illustrated by Michaela Goade. (Little, Brown, $18.99, ages 4-8. In stores April 6.) Read More ⇒
“If you keep your head down, he’ll move on and bother somebody else,” 16-year-old Vivian advises the new girl at school who has been bullied by a particularly odious classmate. Read More ⇒
Six Dr. Seuss books are being retired after decades of criticism over racist imagery in the illustrated children’s stories. Read More ⇒
“I’m just going through a phase right now. Everybody goes through phases and all, don’t they?” Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — It’s not common for an undergraduate student to work on a literary magazine that includes submissions from a former U.S. poet laureate and other award winners, but that, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier said, is the beauty of the new SUNY Oswego offering called Subnivean. Read More ⇒
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Feb. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Read More ⇒
If you can overlook the motion sickness, our first online book group went well. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — When SUNY Oswego faculty member Jaclyn Schildkraut and colleague Sarah Daly of Saint Vincent College saw existing publications not providing enough articles on an important topic, they decided to start their own journal. Read More ⇒
SANDY CREEK — Gary S. Waterman always wanted to go further and faster on skis, and his experiences in how he literally harnessed that gift inspired him to begin a book about it. Read More ⇒
“Annie and the Wolves” by Andromeda Romano-Lax; Soho (408 pages, $27) Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Nikole Hannah-Jones, the award-winning creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” about the history and lasting legacy of American slavery, will headline SUNY Oswego’s 32nd annual MLK Celebration at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES — Shelly Fredman, a third-grade teacher at New Roads School in Santa Monica, spent a good chunk of Inauguration Day in tears. Read More ⇒
When I was a child, I lived just two houses down from my friend Emily, and on snow days, I would bring my sled over to her house. When my parents told me that Emily was moving away, I was so sad to say goodbye — but I was also scared of what was going to happen next. Who would move into Emil… Read More ⇒
The days are getting longer, right? That means more time for reading, at least by my definition. Here are a half-dozen recommended paperback, if your bedside table is currently bare. Read More ⇒
Having a sister is one of life’s most precious gifts. Children’s book author Marisa Howard portrays that message for very young readers with her “Sissies Adventure Series,” capturing the joys of travel and discovery across various landscapes and countries. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Church of the Resurrection in Oswego has selected an allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven as the focus of its Lenten study series. Discussions of “The Great Divorce” by C. S. Lewis will take place at 4:30 p.m. Fridays, from Feb. 5 to March 26, on Zoom. Read More ⇒
It’s a new year, and time for hope and self-examination and ... maybe some new books? Visit your local bookstore and wish them well for 2021 — and don’t miss that new-in-paperback table, which might hold these recommended titles and many more. Read More ⇒
For a whole lot of reasons, it might feel right this month to focus on books that take us somewhere else — to another time and place far from here. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego communication studies faculty member Jason Zenor’s new book takes a different approach to media law — focusing forward instead of back. Read More ⇒
BROWNVILLE — Set during a time when the nation was still reeling from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, when the shell-shocked nation was barreling toward the Vietnam War and The Beatles were making their mark on the music scene, “Daisy Days of Spring” by Pamela Rose Gardner Scee is now … Read More ⇒
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson on Monday launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem by a Philadelphia-connected poet. A new poem will be featured each Monday throughout 2021. Read More ⇒
For more than 25 years, millions of people have awakened and grabbed not their phones, but paper, filling stream-of-consciousness “Morning Pages” — a creativity-boosting ritual first prescribed in author Julia Cameron’s breakthrough book, “The Artist’s Way.” (The book has sold more than 5 mi… Read More ⇒
MASSENA — One-on-one story time will begin in February at the Massena Public Library. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The Massena Public Library wants your input. Read More ⇒
Put on your sunglasses, folks. It’s a shiny new year out there. Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How’s 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first four months. Read More ⇒
As a long-time reader of mysteries and thrillers, author Tessa Wegert loves those types of stories that focus on character development. Read More ⇒
After enjoying the 2013 TV series “The Fosters” (ABC Family/Freeform), which follows the stories of several foster children in southern California, I was intrigued to read a memoir that tackled the realities of the American foster care system. A.M. Grotticelli’s “The Bond: How a Mixed Bag of… Read More ⇒
PHILADELPHIA — Housing today looks largely the same as it did in 1950, Diana Lind observes in her new book “Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing.” Many builders are still constructing 2,500-square-foot homes with two-car garages on tree-lined streets. Read More ⇒
John W. Warner IV’s “Little Anton” is a story to get lost in. Teetering between fact and fiction, it’s a trove of information and historical events we would have remembered from high school classes had we been paying attention. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The doors may be closed to patrons, but the lights are on at the Massena Public Library. Read More ⇒
CHICAGO — Chicago isn’t just an architectural capital because of its great buildings. It’s a vital forum of ideas about what makes architecture great. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — The region has a smorgasbord of places to visit for some family fun, and a new book highlights some of those areas. Read More ⇒
During months of watching calming ASMR videos on YouTube, mindlessly staring at anything on TV that wasn’t the news and listlessly reading older comfort reads on my library app while ignoring my to-be-read pile, some new romance books did provide bright spots of enjoyment. Read More ⇒
In days of old, books about nature were often as treasured for their illustrations as they were for their words. “World of Wonders,” American poet and teacher Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s prose ode to her muses in the natural world, is a throwback that way. Its words are beautiful, but its cover … Read More ⇒
The seeds for Glenn Erick Miller’s debut novel were planted in his mind by a fleeting scene of a young woman behind the wheel of a beat up motor home in Saranac Lake in the summer of 2000. Read More ⇒
CAPE VINCENT — The Cape Vincent Community Library continues to serve its patrons, and has developed a number of new ways to provide services while staying safe and socially distant. Read More ⇒
