One City, One Story: Books about Foster Children
The 2016 One City, One Story selection, Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline tells the story of a young orphan girl who is taken from New York to the Midwest on […]
Staff Review: Perchance to Dream
Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont I rarely give a book five stars. This one deserves it, both for the quality of the work and for its importance […]
Books on Climate Change
On Thursday 1/28 the Pasadena Public Library will be having Robert Haw, a physicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and co-founder of the Pasadena Foothills chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, speaking […]
Staff Review: The Plantagenets
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones The year is 1120 and the place is England and off the coast of France a ship […]
The Thing with Feathers: Books on Birds
It’s National Bird Day so grab a book and learn more about these amazing small flying dinosaur descendants. Whether your tastes run to ravens, goshawks, or parrots, the library has […]
Christmas Books for Grown-ups
‘Tis the season for Christmas books full of cheer, hilarity, and heartwarming (and occasionally heart-stopping) scenes. We all know and love so many wonderful Christmas books for kids and adults […]
Staff Review: The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer
The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer: The True Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Thom Hatch The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer, by Thom Hatch, […]
Happy Vegan Thanksgiving!
Are you the only person in your family who won’t be eating grandma’s thanksgiving turkey? Or is your turn to host Thanksgiving and you’re the only Vegan? If so, no […]
Dinovember: Books about Dinosaurs
It’s Dinovember, the month when people all over the internet celebrate the awesomeness of dinosaurs by posing toy dinosaurs in different situations, taking pictures, and putting them online for everyone […]
Spoooky Ghost Stories
Happy Halloween! Looking for something spine-tingling, hair-raising, or soul-chilling to scare yourself with? Then look no further. The six books below have varying levels of spookiness, but all of them feature one […]