Valley Community Library

In two weeks we will be having our Teen Reads Graphic Novel and Comic Book Club! This month we will be reading and discussing the comic Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates. You can place your copy on hold at LCLSHOME.ORG ... Teens are welcome to attend even if you weren't able to read this comic as we will have to share current reads and favorite graphic novels with the group. To register email Ms. Fawn at [email protected] include "Feb. Book Club" in your subject.

We are uplifting Black voices in our library. Whether you’re looking for a fictional book or diving into facts with nonfiction we hope you enjoy these books that can be placed on hold at LCLSHOME.ORG Fiction: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi "Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Ca...stle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation." Nonfiction: How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi "The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America -- but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it. In this book, Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society."

Travel to Australia with Ms. Fawn in the book Bushfire Rescue by Justin D'ath. This is part of our Winter Reading Challenge: Reading Takes You Places. Be sure to sign up at LCLSHOME.ORG While on our website be sure to put this book or one of the other Extreme Adventure books on hold.

Author Presentation on "Never Caught" by Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM Virtual Zoom Program- Free Admission Reserve your spot by scanning the QR code above, email [email protected], or call (570) 795-4315.

Happy #wordwednesday! Give us your best 5 word story based on this image. #letsdothis #lovemylibrary