Swords and Arrows

I am a sucker for beautiful book covers. Wait, isn’t there a well-known saying…something about not judging a book by its cover? I don’t remember. My point is that today’s blog post was inspired by wonderful book covers. Specifically, these three: Aren’t they breathtaking? Don’t you just want to dive into the stories, immerse yourself…

Climb Aboard the Time Travel Train!

Jackson, Tennessee, and its home county, Madison, are both celebrating their bicentennials with a year-long twin birthday party. In honor of the two hundred years of local history, we are having a reading contest at the library. To participate, you can pick up a Climb Aboard the Time Travel Train sheet at either library location,…

Fascinating Histories

Did you know that December 8 was Pretend To Be a Time Traveler Day? Anyone you saw that day who appeared to be from the past or future may have been an actual time traveler, or they could have been observing one of December’s most timeless days (see what I did there?). In the spirit…

Books for National Native American Heritage Month

November is National Native American Heritage Month. In honor of the rich heritage of the many nations of people who first lived (and continue to live) on this continent, we are featuring several books written by Native American authors.

Creepy Reads

Looking for the newest frightening books from our young adult collection? Look no farther than this post!

Mysteries and Murder

Secrets. Suspense. Lies. Murder. These are the themes of some of the most popular novels in the teen room these days. Why? I can’t say for sure. Maybe it’s because there is so much to distract us lately, and really good murder mysteries are hard to get distracted from. Again, though, that’s a personal theory….

Super Books About Super Heroes

You’ve binged Loki and WandaVision, you’ve watched everything in the Arrowverse, and season 3 of Umbrella Academy is still a long way away. What to do? Time to dive into the fantastic collection of YA superhero novels! These aren’t comic books or graphic novels (although we have those, too): they are regular, prose novels, written…

Rib-Tickling Tales

The last post was so serious, with all of those non-fiction books. Should we lighten things up? Lets ask these kittens: Here is a sampling of funny books for teens and almost-teens. As usual, click on the titles to go straight to our catalog if you’d like to put one of these books on hold….

Wagging Tails (and Tales)

Don’t you just love pets? Maybe wild animals are more your style. Whether you’re more drawn to puppies and kittens or sharks and rhinoceroses*, we’ve got novels that will fill your imagination with barks, yips, squeals, growls, and awwwwws. Some of these books are almost entirely about animals. Some of them are mostly about people,…