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… chime of the music, Mina’s plastered-on grin fell. It was well past dark and the blindingly white lights of the dance … We meet in different homes where the mommies and the kids live. One day when the mommies said playtime was over, the … thing; a lot of invites but I always declined because, well, I had no parents. As always, I went home to my old, …
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… and a permanent arm injury sustained at age nine, Yu is well aware of the intersections of identity that affect us … his physical mobility, Eddie was told that he wouldn't live beyond age five. But using his razor-sharp mind and … writes about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit. Taussig reflects on …
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We all felt it, the dramatic shift in early March, 2020, when all of the sudden the world halted for COVID-19. But for so many community groups and leaders things did not stop, in fact their quick…
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January - March 2017 Issue
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… Sellout . Greenberg, Richard. Rules for Others to Live By: Comments and Self-Contradictions . Gretzky, Wayne. … Robert A. Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Well, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Parents …
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July - September 2015 Issue
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… of the Global Economy . Crane, David. Went the Day Well?: Witnessing Waterloo . Crawford, Matthew B. The World …
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… the deaths of George Floyd. Many photos are included as well as tips for how to engage in action for social change. … of their people, famous citizens, traditional stories, as well as details about tribal life today--including their …
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Alex's Picks | Gardening | Environmental Justice | Nature Memoirs
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… affects millions of people worldwide. Without access to well-stocked stores or nutritious, fresh foods, those living … the outdoors, with new research on how nature heals us as well as tools for becoming stewards of the earth that … to urgent crisis, an exploration of how young people live in the shadow of catastrophe Warmth is a new kind of …
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… in her old job may be present in her relationship, as well. Available to download: eBook Exhalation Ted Chiang … he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past. Available to download: …
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Get off your devices. That’s right, just set them aside, grab this book and open to the title page spread where you will see the cutest!!, most adorable, awwww- inspiring photograph of a mama three-…
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… introduction to rain forests. Great for preschoolers as well as for those last minute report writing fiascos where … forest, and all about the layers, and we meet animals that live in each layer. This is a dense, information-packed …
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Would you like to see more people of color in your children's books? Diversity in the things we read benefits EVERYONE.
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… represented on the pages of the books they read, as well as seeing creators of color. It is also important that …
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Madison Public Library Vision
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Art Program Mission
Exhibitions and Temporary Displays
Central Library Exhibitions
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Policy for…
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… arts. Presenting a variety of exhibitions by artists as well as exhibitions of an educational and/or historical …
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Check out information about previous Library Takeover events.
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The students at Urban Promise Prep School must follow the "Principal Moore Method" for conduct and behavior at all times. Principal Moore is strict, but his method saves lives, or so the boys are…
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… that examines social justice and educational inequity as well as racial and socioeconomic prejudice. Told in a …
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A couple of months ago, my colleague Jane posted a book review for A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and described it as “a warm hug of a book.” I really needed a warm book hug at the time…
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… It’s a big ask, and not something you find every day. Well. I’ve found another hug! Iona Iverson’s Rules of …
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New Kid by Jerry Craft is the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Award. Craft also won the Coretta Scott King Author award. He stated in a Publisher’s Weekly article that he wrote books he wished…
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… him. New Kid is based on Craft’s childhood experiences as well as his two sons. The main character is Jordan, a … of middle school life. Jordan has to figure out how to live between two worlds without being labeled as a sellout or …
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Sadie is a teenager who is missing. She's been living in an economically devastated town in rural Colorado, raising her younger sister Mattie on her own after their addict mother takes off. Their…
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… with a podcast or reality show gimmick and Sadie was very well done. There are regular transitions from the story of …
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Please welcome the newest Pinney Studio Artist-in-Residence Phil Hassett! Phil is a local letterpress printer living in Madison, WI, where he maintains a small collection of historic printing…
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… workshops will be announced throughout his residency, as well. Check back regularly for updates and info! Open Studio …
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Fonda Lee's Green Bone Saga has been on my radar and has had steady positive buzz since this, the first book, came out a few years ago. So I've known I wanted to read it for a while. But I also knew…
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… the subject matter, I had to be in the right reading mood. Well this weekend I was and wow! it definitely lives up to …
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Well, heck, this is the cutest book about a 7th grader in West Texas who is adjusting to big changes in relationships, school, and just gosh darn everything. And she’s got a 15 pound cat named Cheese…
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… Well, heck, this is the cutest book about a 7th grader in …
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The world had been pretty dark and depressing lately (especially if you're a woman) which has made me look for truly heroic characters in the books I'm reading. Happily for me K. B. Wagers' third in…
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… one at that), this is an ensemble story. Each player is well written and developed and when deaths occur (as they do …
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Do you have loved ones who live far away or who can't visit you in person as often as they'd like? Try out Caribu. Both parties download the app and then you call each other in the app. Choose…
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… Do you have loved ones who live far away or who can't visit you in person as often as … books/activities and a handful in other languages as well. … Caribu …
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This book is dedicated by Sara Greenwood “for the child I was and the child you are - hope, healing, love, light.” When Sara’s brother was away in prison when she was growing up, this book did not…
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… brother is not home, his love for her hasn’t changed. Its well chosen text and beautiful illustrations have had it …
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… the connections we make can result in terrifying risks, as well as unexpected blessings. If Ken's book doesn't grab you, …
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Showing how people across America are working to create change for intersectional racial equity and illustrating various ways in which the reader can find entryways into change in these same areas,…
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… of this important work being done elsewhere to where they live; this book is both an urgent chronicle of this important moment in history, as well as an inspiring and restorative call for action. … Be a …
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My first Joe Abercrombie reads were his Shattered Sea trilogy, so A Little Hatred, introducing his Age of Madness series, is my introduction to the world of Angland (a world created with a cast of…
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… political/professional/bloody ones and the personal as well). The Kingdom of Angland is on the cusp of an industrial …
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