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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
The Freedom to Read: Six of the Top 10 Challenged Books of 2014
September 27th to October 3rd is Banned Books Week this year, during which libraries, bookstores, and other institutions all over the country are celebrating the freedom to read what we […]
Happy 99th Birthday to the National Park Service!: 6 Books about America’s National Parks
Happy 99th Birthday to the National Park Service! The National Park Service was established in 1916 to care for the National Parks all across America. With over 400 parks encompassing over […]
Missing Mad Men?: Six Books to Fill the Mad Men Shaped Hole in your Life
Are you, like many of us, devastated that there will be no more episodes of Mad Men? Are you questioning what could possibly fill that void in your heart? Well, […]
To Infinity and Beyond: 6 Books about Space
May the Force be with you on this May fourth–Star Wars Day! While we’re not yet up to the level of space travel and exploration that is shown in the […]
National Poetry Month: Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate this literary art form here’s a list of all the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry from the 2010s with links to the […]
It’s Saint Paddy’s Day: 6 Books about Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While originating as a way to honor the life and death of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day has expanded widely […]