The beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic is now 4 years behind us. Writers commemorate that unprecedented time…
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Anyone over the age of 12 knows that “Love” is not an ending or a destination, but more like a portal through which we can experience the life and thoughts of another …
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Celebrate Black History Month with this literary feast of new titles by African-American authors on our shelves.
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It’s a new year, so let’s read books that promise something “new.”
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Winter is the perfect time of year to indulge in some feel-good reading. Here is a selection of titles new and old to spark a bit of joy and offer comfort when you need it most.
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The holiday season starts in earnest with Thanksgiving, followed by Chanukah, solstice, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Time to feast and read together.
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This list of books available through the BCCLS Consortium has been curated by our librarians. The list has materials for adults, teens and children, and includes fiction and nonfiction titles. In keeping with our Mission, it is designed to connect you, our patrons, to information, ideas and culture; it is for everyone.
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When you hear the word “witch,” what image comes to mind? An old, malevolent woman? Or your neighborhood herbalist? These titles explore differing meanings of “witches” and “witchcraft.”
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Resolution commending and supporting the Board of Trustees of the Maplewood Memorial Library for establishing the Maplewood Memorial Library as a sanctuary for reading and declaring the Township Of Maplewood as a Book Sanctuary Municipality.
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Banned Books Week: The American Library Association documented 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. Of the record 2,571 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2022, these are most challenged books.
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The Maplewood Memorial Library celebrates and serves our diverse, dynamic, literate, library card-carrying town. We affirm the following democratic principles, adapted from the American Library Association’s historic Freedom to Read statement (1953):
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by picking up one of these new titles by Latine and Hispanic authors.
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As many of us head back to school, here are some fiction and non-fiction titles dealing with life on or about campus, and the life of learning.
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