A Book List Exchange across Thousands of Miles: Top 100 Children’s Picture Books
Libraries aren’t just buildings full of books. They’re also places where connections are made and ideas are shared. Read about one such experience in the first person account below by our guest blogger Dutian, a volunteer and enthusiastic promoter of cross-cultural understanding.
A World of Book Series
Abbey has started reading 165 book series, but only finished 20%. Help her choose which series to finish next: The Steampunk Chronicles, the Snow White Trilogy, or the Cordelia Gray series.
Sing Street is the Best Coming-of-Age Musical Ever Set in 1980s Ireland
Sing Street snuck up on me, completely overwhelming me with its cheery optimism, filling me with a kind of cinematic joy that’s been rare this year.
Throwback Thursday: Street Lit on the Tough Streets of Pittsburgh
Street lit features fast-paced stories; naturalistic depiction of poverty, drug abuse and substandard housing; interpersonal relationships that involve abuse, betrayal and other complications; and themes of surviving the streets and overcoming difficult circumstances. But the stories themselves are just like Shakespeare–only with more cussing.
We Could Be Heroes If We Knew What That Meant
Alison Green, the star of the comic Strong Female Protagonist, used to be a superhero named Mega-Girl. She was pretty good at it, too; then she had an existential crisis and went off to college to learn other ways of saving the world. Leaving Mega-Girl behind isn’t all that easy, though: as Alison tries to cobble together a normal life at school, she keeps running into awkward situations.
Alphabet Trail and Tales
Celebrate letter knowledge by checking out the annual Alphabet Trail and Tales event in Frick Park on Saturday, September 10th.
The Fire This Time
The Fire This Time is a collection of essays and poetry edited by Jesmyn Ward that discusses being black in America. I had several favorites among this collection, but here are my top three.
Book Clubs of CLP
The Carnegie Library has numerous book clubs for a variety of hobbies and levels of commitment. The Light Literary Lunch Club is for time-pressed readers: It meets at the Downtown … Continued
“Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.”
With a distinctive voice and a sparkle in his eye, Gene Wilder lit up the screen whenever he appeared. He starred in several of my all-time favorite movies, including two of Mel Brooks’s best, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.
Take the Bus
In an effort to help improve accessibility for public transit and pedestrian commuters in Pittsburgh, the city has adopted a Complete Streets initiative to help make roads and sidewalks more … Continued