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January 2025 Staff Picks
Jan 9, 2025 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration! See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes." Sidebar: it even includes sentence diagrams!!! Huzzah! Devin: Last Kids on Earth by Max Brailler I’ve been reading these illustrated novels with my son, and I love...
December 2024 Staff Picks
Dec 26, 2024 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's prison. Violet is one of the women in her group; she is incarcerated for vehicular homicide. Frank is the husband of the woman Violet killed. Violet is released from prison and the story unfolds from...
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A Community Quilt in Honor of a Beloved Institution
Sep 15, 2022 | Centennial, News, Shelf Life
On September 16, York Public Library (YPL) will unveil a quilt made by local quilters to commemorate the Library’s Centennial. The Library has already enjoyed several events to mark its 100th Anniversary, but this project will carry the celebration into the future with a permanent installation of...
September 2022 Staff Picks
Sep 1, 2022 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
This month we celebrate Banned Books Week. This is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last week of September, it...
August 2022 Staff Picks
Aug 1, 2022 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
Looking to try out a new book? Try one of our staff picks! Michelle: The Ride of her Life: the True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a 64 year old farmer from Minot, Maine, had next to nothing. She had just lost...
Thank You for Celebrating With Us!
Jul 19, 2022 | Centennial, News, Shelf Life
Over the past several months, we’ve been working hard to plan an awesome 100th Birthday Party for York Public Library. We’re pretty happy with how it turned out–and we hope you are, too! Over the course of the day, those of us who were at a service desk, manning a booth, or otherwise interacting...
July 2022 Staff Picks
Jul 1, 2022 | Book Lists, News, Staff Picks
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” -– John Lubbock, The Use of Life Reading a book isn't either! Try one of our recent favorites...
Shining a Light on Literacy
Jun 27, 2022 | News, Shelf Life, Youth Services
The Youth Services department is shining brighter at York Public Library. Our new light table, a unique literacy tool, is the focal piece of the new literacy discovery area in the Children’s Room. This exciting addition to the Library was made possible thanks to a generous donation from Altrusa...
