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Online Author Talk With Stanley Milford, Jr.
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Laughing Matters
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How To Be Your Own Best Friend
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En Conversación Con Javier Zamora
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America Recycles Day
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Science on Wheels
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Sensory-Friendly Story Time
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Lunch & Learn: Columbia Housing Authority’s Randy Cole
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Online Author Talk With Javier Zamora
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Adult Craft & Hobby Hour
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Staff Picks
Reading recommendations from the library's collection.
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Fiction for Native American Heritage Month
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Mid-Missouri Solid Waste: A CommunityMade List
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CoMo Preservation: A CommunityMade List
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Spooky Scary Graphic Novels
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What Are You Going To Be for Halloween?
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Books in Translation: Spanish
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Growing Up in Fiction
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Solar Punk
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From Our Blogs
Book and activity ideas for all ages.
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I really appreciate reading poetry anthologies as they are a good way to be exposed to many poets’ work at one time. I can then follow up on reading more poetry by the poets I liked in the anthology. Spending time in nature and learning more and more about how to be a good steward … Read more
AdultsPosted November 6
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Below I’m highlighting some nonfiction books coming out in November. All of the mentioned titles are available to put on hold in our catalog and will also be made available via the library’s Overdrive website on the day of publication in eBook and downloadable audiobook format (as available). For a more extensive list of new nonfiction books coming out this … Read more
AdultsPosted November 4
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I hope you’re enjoying your fall! The new books I have for you this month are not season-specific at all, so if you’d like a break from books about pumpkins and falling leaves I’ve got you. The closest we get is a book set during a harvest festival, but it takes place in India in … Read more
KidsPosted November 4
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Once a year, local volunteers involved in the international Human Library organization come to Columbia Public Library and become “books.” On Oct. 12, titles included “Muslim American,” “young caregiver,” “postpartum psychosis,” “morbidly obese,” “witch,” and more. What does it mean to be a book? It means during thirty-minute conversations around small tables in the Friends … Read more
AdultsPosted November 1
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The book “Little Rot” follows a couple’s relationship at the start of the book, but quickly separates as they break-up and start to act on their own desires outside of a monogamous relationship. I thought I wouldn’t like it at first because it seemed to jump to other characters and their desires, but it met … Read more
AdultsPosted October 30
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Anne Shirley, “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery Just like Anne (with an e) we love October at the library! Our teens love this spoopy, leafy, ghostly time of year too! Check out our readers’ reviews below. We’ve got everything from … Read more
TeensPosted October 30
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The graphic novel “The Girl from the Sea” retells the legend of the selkie with a gay young adult protagonist. Written and drawn by Molly Knox Ostertag, this book’s beachside setting and secret summer romance make it a perfect summertime read. If graphic novels aren’t for you or if you just enjoy listening to your … Read more
AdultsPosted October 28
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“American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous” is a collection of essays on divas, past and present. Author Deborah Paredez teaches a university course on the subject matter and I wish I could join to be in the class discussion. I was introduced to divas I knew little about, i.e. Jomama Jones, and engaged with divas I’ve … Read more
AdultsPosted October 25
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