Downtown Staff Celebrates Pride Month
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Guided by Downtown staff members Amy D and Sherry Y, we’ve put our heads together and picked a few titles about this … Continued
Early Learning BLAST’s Selected Giveaway Books
The Early Learning Bringing Libraries and Schools Together (BLAST) program gives a specially selected book each month to every Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program (HSSAP) classroom we visit. We choose … Continued
Adult Summer Reading 2019
For summer reading this year, we’re featuring authors who you will have an opportunity to see in person during Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures’ 2019/2020 season of the Ten Evenings lecture series.
Teen Summer Reading 2019 Booklist
No matter what you spend your time doing during the summer, check out some great teen reads at the Library!
Teen Summer Reading 2017 Booklist
No matter what you spend your time doing during the summer, check out some great teen reads at the Library!
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young Read-Alikes
Are you waiting for the popular memoir by Pittsburgh native Damon Young?
Living and Thriving as an Outsider: Queer Memoirs and Essays
2018 brought a wonderful variety of essay collections and memoirs from LGBTQ+ authors – here are four of the best I’ve read.
Surprisingly STEM
Let’s stretch STEM learning beyond the “T” for technology by exploring awesome books about science, engineering, and math for young children.
The Sting of the Wild
“Stung by a tarantula hawk? The advice I give in speaking engagements is to lie down and scream. The pain is so debilitating and excruciating that the victim is at risk of further injury by tripping in a hole or over an object in the path and then falling onto a cactus or into a barbed-wire fence. Such is the sting pain that almost nobody can maintain normal coordination or cognitive control to prevent accidental injury. Screaming is satisfying and helps reduce attention to the pain of the sting.”
Pennsylvania One Book 2019: Not a Box
Check out these other books for preschoolers that foster creativity, STEAM skills and imagination.