The eclipse is long gone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still appreciate all things moon and space! So, here are some of my favorite YA books about...
Teens In Space
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Black Joy in YA
This post is all about Black Joy in YA books! These are both new and slightly older titles that focus on the joys found in the day-to-day life of...
New Horror in Young Adult
Spooky season is still going strong, so here are a handful of new Young Adult horror reads! My four picks include a a creepy town with a sinister...
Graphic Novels for Kids: The Baby-Sitters Club
The Matchmakers team welcomes our newest member, Amanie McGee! Amanie writes: Sometimes, you need to go back and remember your childhood. Those...
Middle Grade Chills: The Clackity by Lora Senf
Happy Halloween from the Matchmakers team! Today we welcome our guest blogger, Youth Services Librarian E Hogan! E writes: In the book The Clackity...
Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project
Professor Ibrahim K. Sundiata is Emeritus Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University.
Workforce Development on DVD at Heights Libraries
Want to brush up your communication skills for the workplace? Are you interested in mastering a new skill to impress your boss? Heights Libraries...
Heights Libraries returning to curbside service Tuesday, Dec. 21
Heights Libraries’ first priority is the safety of both customers and its staff. This weekend, we made the decision to close due to serious concerns...
Blast To the Past (in Fiction): the 1970s
It's the mid-1970s in Baltimore, and Mary Jane, age 14, brings her groovy babysitting skills to her first summer nanny job taking care of...
The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon
Welcome to our post by guest blogger Kate Atherton! The mysterious cover art, depicting the protagonist Nao with a washing machine head and the end...
Five Productivity Apps
Do you feel like you can’t get anything done? Feeling like you spent the whole day on TikTok? Do you miss having a day planner to make sure you...
Northstar Digital Literacy
For this month’s blog post we sat down for an interview with our own Tech Trainer Ann. Ann has been tasked with heading the Library’s participation...