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Next Reads: "Song For A Whale"
April 30, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBSong for a Whale by Lynne Kelly Celebrate National Deaf History Month! Learn more here: https://www.nad.org/ Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry Insignificant Events In the Life Of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Love, Light & Lit: The Busy Parents' Guide to Advocacy
April 24, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBGuest: Quanda Hood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quanda-c-hood/ One Iowa: https://oneiowa.org/ United Action for Youth: https://www.unitedactionforyouth.org/ One Iowa Action - https://oneiowaaction.org/ Better Way Forward - https://www.betterway4ward.org/ TKM Productions - https://www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com/ Summer of the Arts - https://summerofthearts.org/ CCA FAME - https://www.ccafame.org/ https://northlibertylibrary.org/
Next Reads: "The Nature Of Witches"
April 23, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBThe Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Happy Earth Day! Learn more here: https://www.earthday.org/ House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan He War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
Story Walk: "Bathe The Cat"
April 19, 2024 21:10 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBAlice B. McGinty (author) David Roberts (illustrator)
Next Reads: "Something More"
April 16, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBSomething More by Jackie Khalilieh Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/ Read alikes: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin Man O' War by Cory McCarthy
Next Reads: "Ban This Book"
April 09, 2024 04:59 - 15 minutes - 21 MBHappy National Library Week! Learn more here: https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek Read alikes: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King The List by Patricia Forde Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
Next Reads: "As If On Cue"
April 02, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBAs if on Cue by Marisa Kanter Read alikes: A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Love, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care
March 27, 2024 14:30 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MBLove, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "The House That Whispers"
March 26, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBThe House that Whispers by Lin Thompson Read alikes: The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Next Reads: "All My Rage"
March 19, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBAll my Rage by Sabaa Tahir Read alikes: An Emotion of Great Delight Tahereh Mafi Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Next Reads: "When Life Gives You Lemons Make Peach Pie"
March 12, 2024 05:00 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBWhen Life Gives you Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin Downing Read alikes: The Penderwicks Book by Jeanne Birdsall The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street / by Karina Yan Glaser Pie In the Sky by Remy Lai Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway
Next Reads: "That Weekend"
March 05, 2024 06:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBThat Weekend by Kara Thomas Read alikes: You'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen McManus I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick The Ivies by Alexa Donne
Love, Light & Lit: What's New at AAMI?
February 28, 2024 06:00 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBWebsite: https://www.blackiowa.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/africanamericanmuseumofiowa Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackiowa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackiowa
Next Reads: "Kneel"
February 27, 2024 06:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBKneel by Candace Buford Read alikes: Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones Punching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
Next Reads: "You'll Be The Death Of Me"
February 20, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBYou'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen M. McManus Read alikes: A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson That Weekend by Kara Thomas
Next Reads: "Recognize! An Anthology Honoring And Amplifying Black Life"
February 13, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBRecognize! : An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson Read alikes: Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance edited by Bethany C. Morrow Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles
Next Reads: "Today Tonight Tomorrow"
February 06, 2024 06:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBToday Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon Read alikes: Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Love, Light & Lit: The Forgiveness Mindset
January 31, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBWebsite: https://www.healingpeacewithin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healingpeacewithin Twitter: https://twitter.com/healpeacewithin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingpeacewithin Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JenniferFarrar North Liberty Library: http://www.northlibertylibrary.org/
Next Reads: "The Lost Library"
January 30, 2024 06:00 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBThe Lost Library by Rebecca Stead Read alikes: Ban This Book by Alan Gratz Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein The Wild Book by Juan Villoro
Story Walk: "Bus Stop"
January 26, 2024 23:00 - 3 minutes - 4.42 MBStory Walk: "Bus Stop" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "Drizzle Dreams And Lovestruck Things"
January 23, 2024 06:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBDrizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya Prasad Read alikes: Flirting With Fate by J.C. Cervantes It All Comes Back To You by Farah Naz Rishi Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough
Next Reads: "Unseen Magic"
January 16, 2024 17:30 - 16 minutes - 23 MBUnseen Magic by Emily Lloyd-Jones Read alikes: Wildseed Witch by Marti Dumas Love, Sugar, Magic series by Anna Meriano A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill A Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy I. Lin (YA)
Next Reads: "Dear Martin"
January 09, 2024 06:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBDear Martin by Nic Stone Read alikes: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas For Every One by Jason Reynolds Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Next Reads: "Mari And The Curse Of El Cocodrilo"
January 02, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBMari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo by Adrianna Cuevas Read alikes: Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez The Dream Weaver Reina Luz Alegre The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes
Next Reads: "A Song Below Water"
December 26, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBA Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow Read alikes: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Unequal : A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyso The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Ink Knows No Borders : Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience edited by Patrice Vecchione
Next Reads: "The Ice House"
December 19, 2023 06:00 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBThe Ice House by Monica Sherwood Read alikes: When You Reach Me The Thing About Jellyfish Bridge to Terabithia
Next Reads: "Eight Nights Of Flirting"
December 12, 2023 06:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBEight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds Read alikes: Lucy Clark will not Apologize by Margo Rabb Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado
Next Reads: "The Talent Thief"
December 05, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBThe Talent Thief by Mike Thayer Read alikes: Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Next Reads: "Apple: Skin To The Core"
November 28, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBApple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth Read-alikes include: Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories For Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Life In Native America by David Treuer Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
Next Reads: "Don't Want To Be Your Monster"
November 21, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBDon’t Want to be Your Monster by Deke Moulton Read-alikes include: The Way Back by Gavriel Savit Gravebooks by J.A. White Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
Next Reads: "Felix Ever After"
November 20, 2023 20:44 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBFelix Ever After by Kacen Callender Read-alikes include: Act Cool by Tobly McSmith I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
Story Walk: "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story"
November 14, 2023 22:35 - 6 minutes - 9.58 MBStory Walk: "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "Greenglass House"
November 07, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBGreenglass House by Kate Milford Read-alikes include: Winterhouse by Ben Guterson City Spies by James Ponti The Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton Stewart
Next Reads: "Cemetery Boys"
October 31, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBCemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Read-alikes include: Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Next Reads: "No Matter The Distance"
October 24, 2023 18:30 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBNo Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin Read-alikes include: Like a Hurricane by Jonathan Becotte Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (YA book)
Next Reads: "Imogen, Obviously"
October 17, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBImogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli Read-alikes include: The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Next Reads: "The Witch Of The Woodland"
October 10, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBThe Witch of Woodland by Laurel Snyder Read-alikes include: Hereville: How Mirka got her sword by Barry Deutsch Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass. It's My Party and I Don't Want To Go by Amanda Panitch
Love, Light & Lit: The Busy Yogi - Adding Mindfulness to Family Madness
October 04, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBWebsite: https://www.leslinepittman.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leslinedoeswellness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesline-pittman-370722b4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslinepittman/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3n5GueFZXb98jmOeLLA3wg North Liberty Library: northlibertylibrary.org/
Next Reads: "The Firekeeper's Daughter"
October 03, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBThe Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Read-alikes include: A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
Love, Light & Lit: The Freshman Survival Kit
August 30, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBUniversity of Iowa Libraries: www.lib.uiowa.edu Instagram: www.instagram.com/uiowalibraries Jenay's Email: [email protected] North Liberty Library: https://northlibertylibrary.org/
Story Walk: "All Are Welcome"
August 29, 2023 13:48 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBStory Walk: "All Are Welcome" by North Liberty Library
Love, Light & Lit: Business Across Borders
July 19, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes - 20 MBImmigrant Entrepreneurs Summit: https://iesusa.org/ RSVP for Business Across Borders (Tuesday, July 25th): https://forms.office.com/g/ekQcYkQiiq
Next Reads: "Stamped For Kids"
June 30, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBNext Reads: "Stamped For Kids" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "Tamarind And The Star Of Ishta"
June 23, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBNext Reads: "Tamarind And The Star Of Ishta" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "16 And Pregnant"
June 16, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBNext Reads: "16 And Pregnant" by North Liberty Library
Story Walk: "Red: A Crayon's Story"
June 15, 2023 20:31 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBStory Walk: "Red: A Crayon's Story" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "The Town With No Mirrors"
June 09, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBNext Reads: "The Town With No Mirrors" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "We Are Not Broken"
June 02, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBNext Reads: "We Are Not Broken" by North Liberty Library
Next Reads: "The Disenchantments"
May 26, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Read-alikes include: This one's for you by Kate Sweeney The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsburg Paper Towns by John Green
Story Walk: "The Big Umbrella"
May 19, 2023 14:45 - 3 minutes - 5.1 MBStory Walk: "The Big Umbrella" by North Liberty Library