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Episodes
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Next Reads: "The Luis Ortega Survival Club"
02/07/2024 Duration: 16minThe Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes June is Disability Pride Month. Celebrate Persons with Disabilities’ Inherent Dignity and Inalienable Rights. Find more information here: https://www.ameridisability.com/how-to-display-disability-pride/ Read alikes: One for All by Lillie Lainoff Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester
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Love, Light & Lit: Yes, Youth Can - Imposter Syndrome in Children
26/06/2024 Duration: 28minGuest: Georgette Spratling LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgettespratling/ North Liberty Library www.northlibertylibrary.org/
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Next Reads: "The First Rule Of Climate Club"
25/06/2024 Duration: 15minThe First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone Our Summer Reading Program Theme is Read, Return, Repeat. Don’t forget to register and log here: https://northlibertylibrary.org/summer-reading-program/ Read alikes: Emily Posts by Tanya Lloyd Kyi A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger The Adventure Is Now by Jess Redman
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Next Reads: "Black Birds In The Sky"
18/06/2024 Duration: 28minBlack Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert Juneteenth is tomorrow June 19! Learn more information here: https://www.juneteenth.com/ & https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth Read alikes: And We Rise by Erica Martin Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You by Reynolds, Jason Inheritance : A Visual Poem by Acevedo, Elizabeth
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Next Reads: "Better With Butter"
11/06/2024 Duration: 22minBetter with Butter by Victoria Piontek The IASL Book Awards were announced recently. See the full list and more information here: https://www.iasl-ia.org/home Other Children’s Choice Award 2023-4 nominees: Willodeen by Katherine Applegate A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks rez dogs by Joseph Bruchac
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Next Reads: "If I Can Give You That"
04/06/2024 Duration: 16minJune is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! There is a list of resources and more information here: https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/lgbtq-pride-month Read alikes: Venom & Vow by Elliott McLemore Anna-Marie The Feeling Of Falling In Love by Mason Deaver Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
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Love, Light & Lit: There Are No Bad Kids
29/05/2024 Duration: 20minInstagram https://www.instagram.com/wehavetogothroughit/ North Liberty Library http://www.northlibertylibrary.org/
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Next Reads: "The Mysterious Benedict Society"
28/05/2024 Duration: 45minThe Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart It’s National Foster Care Month. Learn more here: https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/ Read alikes: Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt
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Next Reads: "A Drop of Venom"
21/05/2024 Duration: 29minA Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel Read alikes: Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah A Place For Vanishing by Ann Fraistat Lore by Alexandra Bracken
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Next Reads: "Finally Seen"
14/05/2024 Duration: 22minFinally Seen by Kelly Yang It’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://www.asianpacificheritage.gov/ Read alikes: Stargazing by Jen Wang Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
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Next Reads "The Silence That Binds Us"
07/05/2024 Duration: 21minThe Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. There is a list of resources here: https://northlibertyiowa.org/2022/03/07/its-ok-to-not-be-ok-and-its-good-to-get-help/ Read alikes: The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian We Weren't Looking To Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil
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Next Reads: "Song For A Whale"
30/04/2024 Duration: 19minSong for a Whale by Lynne Kelly Celebrate National Deaf History Month! Learn more here: https://www.nad.org/ Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry Insignificant Events In the Life Of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
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Love, Light & Lit: The Busy Parents' Guide to Advocacy
24/04/2024 Duration: 26minGuest: Quanda Hood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quanda-c-hood/ One Iowa: https://oneiowa.org/ United Action for Youth: https://www.unitedactionforyouth.org/ One Iowa Action - https://oneiowaaction.org/ Better Way Forward - https://www.betterway4ward.org/ TKM Productions - https://www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com/ Summer of the Arts - https://summerofthearts.org/ CCA FAME - https://www.ccafame.org/ https://northlibertylibrary.org/
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Next Reads: "The Nature Of Witches"
23/04/2024 Duration: 24minThe Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Happy Earth Day! Learn more here: https://www.earthday.org/ House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan He War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
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Next Reads: "Something More"
16/04/2024 Duration: 23minSomething More by Jackie Khalilieh Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/ Read alikes: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin Man O' War by Cory McCarthy
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Next Reads: "Ban This Book"
09/04/2024 Duration: 15minHappy National Library Week! Learn more here: https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek Read alikes: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King The List by Patricia Forde Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
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Next Reads: "As If On Cue"
02/04/2024 Duration: 22minAs if on Cue by Marisa Kanter Read alikes: A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
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Love, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care
27/03/2024 Duration: 30minLove, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care by North Liberty Library
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Next Reads: "The House That Whispers"
26/03/2024 Duration: 21minThe House that Whispers by Lin Thompson Read alikes: The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
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Next Reads: "All My Rage"
19/03/2024 Duration: 21minAll my Rage by Sabaa Tahir Read alikes: An Emotion of Great Delight Tahereh Mafi Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo