Welcome to Youth Art Month! Every March in the U.S., countless educational institutions, museums, nonprofit organizations, state legislatures and libraries celebrate Youth Art Month, or the delightful acronym YAM. Founded in 1961 as Children’s Art Month by the Art & Creative Materials Institute (ACMI), YAM champions the visual arts and encourages the participation in and…
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Congratulations to Margaret, a Callaway County Public Library patron, for winning our fourth Adult Summer Reading prize drawing. She is the recipient of a $25 Well Read Books gift card. All it takes to be entered into our weekly drawings is to sign up for Adult Summer Reading. You can do this at any of our branch…
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Congratulations to Amy, a Southern Boone County Library patron, for winning our third Adult Summer Reading prize drawing. She is the recipient of a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. All it takes to be entered into our weekly drawings is to sign up for Adult Summer Reading. You can do this at any of our branch…
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When the first Kentucky Derby ran in May of 1875, 13 of the 15 jockeys were Black Americans. Oliver Lewis, a 19-year-old Black man rode the winning horse. The horse’s trainer Ansel Williamson had been born into slavery in the mid-19th century. In 1864, Williamson had been purchased by Robert Alexander, owner of Woodburn Stud…
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We’ve come to the final two entrants in this year’s Teen Book Tournament once again, with our finalists battling it out for the coveted place as the 2022 Teen Book Tournament champion. But before all of the discerning teens in our service area crown another winner, I thought it’d be interesting to look back at some…
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“You?! You’re reading an Ali Hazelwood book?” “Um, well, it is set around chess, so… yeah?” Full disclosure, “Check & Mate” is the first Ali Hazelwood book I have read. I heard she generally writes steamy romance and that’s not exactly my preferred genre. This title is YA, and while there is romance and language…
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Although you might not be able to go to the library to check out new books right now there are still a lot of great new nonfiction titles coming out in April. Below I’m highlighting just a few, they will be made available from the library’s Overdrive site on their publication dates. Top Picks “I’m…
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2021 Teens’ Top Ten Winners (PDF) The votes have been cast and counted, and now it’s time to reveal the winners of the Teens’ Top Ten book awards! The Teens’ Top Ten award list is a teen choice list where young adults nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year to be highlighted…
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Congratulations to Linda, a Callaway County Public Library patron, for winning our ninth Adult Summer Reading prize drawing of the summer. She is the recipient of a $25 gift card from Well Read Books. There is only one drawing left to go this summer, but you can still submit book reviews to increase your chances of winning…
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Below I’m highlighting some nonfiction books coming out in August. 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…
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