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Michelle's Real Reads: Children's Nonfiction Book Recommendations
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Business Books for Green Thumbs
I’ve cherry picked 10 excellent books to for anyone interested in learning about connections between the pursuit of prosperity, energy, land, the environment, and society. Several have either been nominated for or won awards. All of these books are located at the 333 call number in the library’s business collection area. They feature themes of sustainability, ecology, alternate energy, and the great outdoors, with an economic perspective.
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Kathy's Korner for February: New Books for Grades 3–8
Summaries of new fiction for children
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Black History Month: Books, Movies, and Podcasts
February is Black History Month, and to celebrate we put together a list of books and resources that chronicle Black history in the United States from the 1600s to the present day. These resources also share the lives and works of Black activists, writers, artists, scientists, and more. Th...
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January New Chapter Books for Grades 3–8
THE LAST FIREHAWK: THE GOLDEN TEMPLE by Katrina Charman. In this 9th installment, Tag, Skyla, and Blaze are on a new quest to find Blaze's family, and Thorn's twin brother, Claw (who claims to be nothing like his evil brother), has offered to guide them to the mysterious Golden Temple where the fire...
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Personal Finance Books for the New Year
How the books were picked Books on this list were picked for having good advice, delivering the advice well, entertainment value, perspective variety, fewer than 400 pages, and overall readability. Personal finance books should provide good advice, new perspectives, and also be good books that pu...
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Notable Children's Chapter Books 2020
A top-20 selection list of award winners and favorites. A Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake In the opener of a series about a pair of unlikely friends, Badger has his quiet little life upset, although at first grumpily, with the arrival of a roommate. Badger and Skunk sh...
Read MoreA Few of Kate's Favorites from 2020
Fiction Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley. This is about a very special someone, who happens to be a dog. It is heartwarming and sad and the perfect give for anyone who loves and cares deeply. The Short, the Long and the Tall by Jeffrey Archer&...
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Best Books of 2020
Your Lake Forest librarians did a whole lot of reading this year, and these are their favorites! Interested in any of these? Put them on hold online or give us a call and we will place the books in the Foyer for you to pick up! What were your favorite books this year? FICTION Transce...
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New November Children's Chapter Books by Kathy
The Willoughbys Return by Lois Lowry Thirty years after their disappearance, the previously frozen Willoughbys have thawed out and returned from the Alps, to the consternation of their children and grandchildren Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson/Kwame Alexander Fictionaliz...
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