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Books for Young Children
Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.
St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.
Food, Wonderful Food!
Learn about growing food and healthy eating habits with this list provided by Kids' Food Basket!
What We Celebrate: Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is February 17th! Check out these great titles for kids.
Books for School Age
What We Celebrate: Ramadan for Kids
Get ready for Ramadan by checking out these great books!
Staff Picks for Phonics and Fluency Improvement
A curation of books for beginning readers to practice sounding out words and building up speed.
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Books for Tweens
2026 ALA Youth Media Award Winners
The top books for children and young adults chosen annually by an independent panel of librarians. Here are some of the major award winners!
Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest
Get inspiration below from today's poets and poets from the past, then click the link at the end of the list to submit your poems now!
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fred Rogers passed away in 2003, but his example of caring for your neighbors is timeless. These books celebrate neighborly love, too.
Books for Teens
Spring Break Reads for Teens
Whether you're sleeping in at home, soaking up some sun on a beach, or on an endless family road trip, try one of these for an escape.
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Books for Adults
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Adults
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful adult reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Fresh Starts
Novels of upheaval and renewal, where endings become the ground for something new.
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