Summer Reading: Find Your Voice – Teen Picks
These titles for teens offer information, advice and examples of ways that individuals speak up, speak out and speak their truth.
Everybody Say Love: The Power of Drag
Drag is having a moment. RuPaul’s Drag Race, the competition reality series has won multiple Emmys both for the show and its iconic host, and has moved from the niche … Continued
AANHPI Heritage Month Reads
Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month is recognized and celebrated in May. This month is an opportunity to celebrate peoples within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific … Continued
Poetry Month!
From lyrical picture books and nursery rhymes to novels in verse, here is a list of poetry books for you to share with your readers.
For the Birds
The literature surrounding birds is always growing, whether scientific studies or celebrations of the personal connections that one can find with animals that are, largely, at a distance.
Books for All Ages To Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility
Explore themes of gender creativity and issues surrounding identity.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with biographies for children that highlight a variety of remarkable and determined women.
Food Memoirs by Women
Food—as sustenance, as cultural artifact, as vocational calling—is intimately explored in these memoirs, all written by women. In one way or another, each of these writers has been deeply affected by food, displaying how food can deepen familial connections as well as provide self-empowerment.
31 Nonfiction Books for the 31 Days of Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month this year with a nonfiction selection for each day. These selections focus on women’s achievements throughout history, from Renaissance rulers to women on the warfront to … Continued
Senses
Some children may be interested in learning about the senses by reading informational texts, and some prefer reading picture books centered on a character’s experiences. There are even books with sensory experiences like different textures to touch. Here are six books that explore our senses, all available through Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.