Orem Reads 2021 | Our Favorite Sharyn McCrumb Novels
Our Favorite Sharyn McCrumb Novels In addition to The Ballad of Frankie Silver, here are a few of our favorite Sharyn McCrumb novels. The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter By Sharyn McCrumbAdult
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Essay Collections | Librarian Lists
Essay: The word might bring up memories of high-school English, of three-point thesis statements, supporting arguments, and conclusion paragraphs. But outside of the classroom, essays and
Fantasy Booklists | Librarian Lists
This year, the Summer Reading theme is “Once Upon a Library.” To go along with this theme, the librarians here at the Orem Public Library have created a few fantasy booklists that will
Rainbow Book Month | Read with Pride
Happy Rainbow Book Month! June is Pride month, which aims to increase awareness of LGBTQ+ history, identity, and community.
Novels Based on Fairy-tales | Summer Reading
Want to join in with your book club in this year’s summer reading theme? Novels based on fairy-tales make for some great discussions! The following books from our book group collection are
Five Favorite Audiobooks | Librarian List
If you’ve never given audiobooks a try, now is a great time. After all, with summer underway and vacations coming up, an audiobook might be just what you need for that long car ride. Here
Top 5 Things to Love about Large Print Books | Librarian List
I recently cleaned out all of my mass market paperbacks at home because frankly, after having reached a certain age, I found them just too much work to read, and, I found something better.
15 Books for Raising Resilient Kids | Librarian List
The past year has been full of unexpected challenges and adversity! Whether it’s the global pandemic or personal and family challenges, having resilience can make the unbearable easier to
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
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,
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
COVID Books | New Books For A COVID World
With the country dealing with a global pandemic, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and under-informed. Luckily, several authors have been writing books on the subject and can help answer