Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon is set in Michigan but begins with a reference to Durham: “The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance agent promised to fly from Mercy to the other side of Lake Superior ...

CROFTON, MD ‒ Claire Holahan, 34, takes her toddler to the library once or twice a week for story time so she can play with other children and the library's toys. It's not until after bedtime that she ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Challenged titles and Drag Queen Story Hour. These two topics were top of mind for dozens of people during Tuesday night’s Vancouver’s FVR Libraries’ Board of Trustees ...

The El Paso Main Library reopened on April 10th after a $7 million renovation. The redesigned library features a new glass entrance, updated children's and teen areas, and a computer lab. The El Paso ...

If a shelf becomes too tight, I feel more comfortable culling now than I ever had been before the fire. There turned out to be something satisfying about the discipline involved in creating a ...

For the love of books (and all the other wonderful things you can find at the library), Spokane Public Library invites you to get online and share your story of how local libraries have impacted your ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have a Little Free Library in my front yard. I encourage my neighbors to take books and leave books, ...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. REPORTER. IT’S A CELEBRATION AT GARDENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH A BAND, BALLOONS, AND A COUPLE THOUSAND NEW BOOKS THAT ALL STARTED WITH ONE WOMAN’S DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

The Chicago Tribune once called Richard Bausch a writer’s kind of writer, “the kind passed around and treasured by other writers as models of approach and perception.” In his expansive career, the ...

Fifty-four years ago, Donald Isaacs made his first visit to the Bellevue Library. Isaacs, accompanied by his parents, was 4 years old the day he walked into the library at 11501 Main St. He still ...