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Homemade Bread Day
November 17th is Homemade Bread Day! Try making some bread at home with these library materials.
One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand by Sarah Black
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Native American Heritage Month - Movies and TV
Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
"After his father's suicide, Cufe, embarks on a journey outside of his reservation to find a more fulfilling life." -From the Catalog
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Power and Protest: Voices from Iranian Women
My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari
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Native American Heritage Month - Non-Fiction Reading
November is Native American Heritage Month. Here are some great non-fiction titles to celebrate:
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
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Native American Heritage Month - Fiction Reading
November is Native American Heritage Month. Here are some fantastic fiction titles to celebrate:
Winter Counts: A Novel by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
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Black Poetry Day
October 17th was Black Poetry Day. Check out these phenomenal titles by Black poets:
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
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Reading for Spooky Season
In honor of spooky season, here are some of my favorite creepy books. Reader beware: some of these are not for the easily spooked.
For more titles, check out our Thrills and Chills display near the Recent Arrivals for the rest of the month!
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Save Room for Dessert!
Today is National Dessert Day! Get your stomach growling with these library items to help you celebrate:
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Filipino American History Month
October is Filipino American History Month. Celebrate by checking out these fantastic books by Filipino authors:
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
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Great Mystery Series
The first week of October is Mystery Series Week. To celebrate, here are some great mystery series I suggest checking out:
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Aunties #1)
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World No Alcohol Day
Been thinking about cutting down or stopping drinking? Curious about the history and concepts of not drinking? Want to make some fantastic alcohol free cocktails? Check out these library books!
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A Question of Intellectual Freedom
When Wilmette librarian Carly Stauss was in the sixth grade, her class read Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watson’s Go to Birmingham. She recounts, “We were always excited when the teacher handed out new books for us to read, but this time was different.
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Treat Yourself to Dumpling Delicious
September 29th is National Dumpling Day! Dumplings are a dinner staple in a large number of culinary cultures. Support a local restaurant or make your own dumplings using one of these books. Yum!