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Summer Adventure 2026!

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Animal Protagonists - Summer Adventure 2026

Explore a story through the eyes of an animal with these great books for adults!

Survival Stories - Summer Adventure 2026

Would you survive? Check out these survival stories for all ages, both fiction and nonfiction.

Artists Inspired by Nature - Summer Adventure 2026

Check out these biographies, for adults, of artists that took inspiration from the world around them.

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Novelist K-8 will help you find a new book or old favorite; read-alikes and award-winning titles. For kids in Kindergarten to 8th grade.

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Freedom Reaches

Books about Juneteenth and Freedom for adults and young adults.

Dive Deeper Into Redlining and Displacement

Interested in topics like segregation, redlining, and why some communities are torn down? Read these books to explore these issues.

Freedom Reaches

Books about Juneteenth and Freedom for adults and young adults.

For the Love of Sports

There are so many facets of sports to explore, even if you're not a sports fan yourself!

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JackOnMCLedu said:

A wonderful book about a boy and his family coming to America. Beautiful illustrations and little slice-of-(new)life scenes. I wish the book was ten times…

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colind85 said:

The somber calm after the storm of just reading There There. This is a heavy book that builds to a beautiful resolve.

berrypre said:

I’ve never really ventured into Gothic horror, so this novel caught me totally off guard. By chapter five, I was already hooked and couldn’t stop reading.…

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