Natalie Portman is 2021 National Library Week Honorary Chair. Natalie Portman's Fables is her debut picture book. … [Read more...]

Book Discussion Tuesday 4/7/2020 at 2PM Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive … [Read more...]

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.       Then, one by one, … [Read more...]

Tuesday, June 4th at 2PM " Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe." Jeju Island, 1943. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. Following her mother's footsteps into the sea as a haenyeo, one of the famed female … [Read more...]

Citizens of London by Lynne Olsen May 7th at 2PM In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged … [Read more...]