Stories about Food | Librarian List
Federico Fellini once said, “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” I definitely agree. Never underestimate the magic of pasta. Good food has a way of bringing people
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National Poetry Month | The Best of Poetry in Motion
I spotted it on an A-line subway car, riding from the Met up to the Cloisters: a poster with poetry on it. Right there in the dingy New York City subway, “Here,” by the poet Gary Snyder,
Books to Get You Back into Reading | Librarian List
New year, new you. You’ve decided you need to read more, a goal you make every year, with the same disappointing result every time. My aim is to remove that infamous first stumbling
Anything but Ordinary Addie | Women’s History Month
We’re so excited to be celebrating Women’s History Month during March! What a fun time to learn about some extraordinary women and their accomplishments throughout the centuries. If you’re
The Postman from Space | Book Review
In the current pandemic, package delivery service has become our lifeline to groceries, clothing, books, toys, and household essentials. The Postman from Space is a junior graphic novel that
Wild Sign | New Book Review
I have been reading Patricia Briggs’ Alpha and Omega series since the very beginning and am quite a fan.
The Liar’s Girl | Book Review
Allison never expected to meet the guy of her dreams during her first semester at the prestigious St. John’s University in Dublin, Ireland.
Float Plan by Trish Doller | Book Review
Everyone has their perfect idea of the perfect escapist read. Mine is romance and since I purchase genre romance novels for the Orem Public Library, I get generous amounts of romantic
Top 3 Hard Time Tales | Librarian List
Any student of history will tell you that life is hard. Throughout the centuries human kind has experienced plagues, wars, civil unrest, economic turndown, earthquakes, hurricanes, drought,
Teen Large Print | A New Orem Library Collection
It’s a well-known fact that librarians love to read. Only slightly less well known is this: they want others to love reading just as much as they do! To that end, librarians are always on
Graphic Novels for Black History Month | Librarian List
February is Black History month, a time when we celebrate the contributions Black Americans have made to our country. Black Americans have contributed greatly to our nation’s legacy of arts
Joey: The Story of Joe Biden | Who Is Kamala Harris?
I’ve always loved reading children’s picture book biographies because they tell the stories of people’s lives through both words and pictures.
Graphic Novels about the Female Body | Librarian List
Bodies are beautiful and fascinating, but sometimes confusing and frustrating, am I right? When I was a teenager, I wasn’t given a lot of information or transparency about what to
Art Books to Read in 2021 | Librarian Lists
Many of us took up a new or old creative hobby during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. For me it was zentangle and paint-by-sticker books. (This one of iconic artworks is
The Sentimental Person’s Guide to Decluttering
I, like many others, have read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. It’s a great book with lots of great methods. But I am such a sentimental person that some of the steps