by Timothy Egan The Community Library's Together We Read book club is hosted the third Tuesday of every other month and led by a diverse range of library staff. Books cover all genres from new fiction to classics to nonfiction, young adult, graphic novels, and everything in between. Join us for one discussion or many! April's pick is The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan. The discussion will be led by programs and … [Read more...] about Together We Read: “The Big Burn”
Book Review: “This Little Kitty”
Lee Dabney, Children's Librarian and Story Time leader, recommends This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych. If you are a regular attendee of Monday-morning story times, you know that I am a self-professed crazy-cat person. So when This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych showed up on the new picture book display, I was thrilled. This sweet and hilarious book does not disappoint. Obuhanych’s crisp and bright illustrations are enough to satisfy any cat lover, but accompanied with her rhyming text, … [Read more...] about Book Review: “This Little Kitty”
Book Review “Farmhouse”
Children's Librarian, Judy Zimmer, recommends Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall. Caldecott medalist Sophie Blackall’s picture book Farmhouse brought me back to my childhood. It brought back memories of my grandparents’ farm and the house I grew up in, built at the very end of the 1800s and filled with a boisterous, large family. The story and the illustrations in Farmhouse were pieced together from bits and pieces and memories of a family of twelve children who were born and raised in a … [Read more...] about Book Review “Farmhouse”
Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation
by Francisco X. Alarcón For beloved writer and mentor Francisco X. Alarcón, the collection Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation was a poetic quest to reclaim a birthright. Originally published in 1992, the book propelled Alarcón to the forefront of contemporary Chicano letters. Alarcón was a stalwart student, researcher, and specialist on the lost teachings of his Indigenous ancestors. He first found their wisdom in the words of his Mexica (Aztec) grandmother and then by culling … [Read more...] about Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation
Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral
by Gabriela Mistral The first Nobel Prize in literature to be awarded to a Latin American writer went to the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. Famous and beloved during her lifetime all over Latin America and in Europe, Mistral has never been known in North America as she deserves to be. The reputation of her more flamboyant and accessible friend and countryman Pablo Neruda has overshadowed hers, and she has been officially sentimentalized into a "poetess" of children and motherhood. … [Read more...] about Selected poems of Gabriela Mistral
Like a New Sun
Six Contemporary Mexican Poets Writing in Indigenous Languages by Victor Teran Like A New Sun showcases the vibrant contemporary poetry being written in indigenous Mexican languages. Featuring poets writing in Huasteca, Nahuatl, Isthmus Zapotec, Mazatec, Tsotsil, Yucatec Maya, and Zoque, this groundbreaking anthology introduces readers to six of the most dynamic indigenous Mexican poets writing today. Co-edited by Isthmus Zapotec poet Víctor Terán and translator David Shook, this … [Read more...] about Like a New Sun
