BLM: Community Read, Week 4
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BLM: Community Read, Week 4

The final selection for the Libby/Overdrive Black Lives Matter: Community Read is So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijomea Oluo. “This breakout book explores the complex reality of today’s racial landscape–from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement–offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial […]

Black Lives Matter: Community Read, Week 3
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Black Lives Matter: Community Read, Week 3

This week’s selection for the Overdrive/Libby Black Lives Matter Community Read is a fiction title, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Published in 2017, The Hate U Give is eerily relevant to the May 25 death of George Floyd, and the national protests that followed. Black teen Starr Carter is caught between two worlds; the mostly-white suburban college prep […]

BLM Community Read, Week 2
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BLM Community Read, Week 2

The Black Lives Matter: Community Read continues this week with The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. “The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly […]

Continuing The Conversation
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Continuing The Conversation

While the protests following George Floyd’s death have paused, our country is just beginning the process of addressing systemic racism. An important role of the library is to provide access to materials that help patrons learn about important issues. AAPLD is part of a network of libraries in the northern suburbs that will be participating in the Black Lives Matter […]

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Celebrating You!

With July Fourth coming up, the Adult Services staff would like to offer a red-white-and-blue shout-out to you, our patrons. We’ve missed you, and judging from the lovely comments we’ve heard on the phones lately, you’ve missed us, too. It’s been almost a month since the staff returned to work in the Main Library. There’s been a lot to get […]

What’s On Your Summer Reading List?
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What’s On Your Summer Reading List?

We’ve recently discovered ListChallange.com, an online quiz-making platform, whose users apparently are avid readers! Folks after my own heart. Users have created lists related to various genres of books, but the lists I’ve most enjoyed are more eclectic, including this one: 1000 Books You May Have Actually Read This comprehensive list includes the classics you read in high school or […]

Reading for Understanding- Celebrating Pride Month
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Reading for Understanding- Celebrating Pride Month

June is Pride Month, and AAPLD is pleased to share books from our virtual and print collections that provide insight into the history, challenges and joys, faced by members of the LGBTQ community. Whether you’re a member of the community, a supportive ally to a friend or family member, or if you’d just like to know more about the experiences […]

Reading for Understanding
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Reading for Understanding

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has caused a national outcry. Not only is our nation forced to confront racial disparities in policing, but also generations of systemic racism against people of color. Reading can provide different perspectives and promote understanding, which are crucial as America searches for new approaches and solutions. AAPLD is proud […]

Summer Reading Is Here!
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Summer Reading Is Here!

Ready to dig deeper into a new book, and win a cool t-shirt in the process? One of our favorite summer traditions is back—welcome to AAPLD’s 2020 Summer Reading Program! Like most things these days, this year’s summer reading looks a little different. We have a new online program called Beanstack where you can register yourself and your family, and […]

Winner, Winner… Cheeseburger Dinner?
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Winner, Winner… Cheeseburger Dinner?

We’ve notified the first winner of our Database Deep Dive Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve been playing, be sure to check your email (spam too!) for an email from aapld on Tuesday, May 26. Let us know which local merchant you would like to receive a gift card for, and we’ll get your prize out to you. If you didn’t win […]