The best children’s books are appreciated by all ages. Perhaps they appeal to the child within us all. Perhaps they tell stories we all want and need to hear. Those are the books I want to share here.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin Books Aug. 10, 2021 4:48 pm1626d ago
The best children’s books are appreciated by all ages. Perhaps they appeal to the child within us all. Perhaps they tell stories we all want and need to hear. Those are the books I want to share here.
Kim Martens-Tyo and Alison Gowans Books Jul. 24, 2021 7:00 am1643d ago
New book releases for July that you should check out at the library.
Rob Cline Books Jul. 3, 2021 7:00 am1664d ago
Debra Marquart to use fellowship to merge two of her passions - creative writing and the environment.
Sarah Voels Books Jun. 26, 2021 7:00 am1671d ago
The Cedar Rapids Public Library offers a variety of young adult book recommendations featuring proudly bisexual characters for Pride month.
Wendy Henrichs Books Jun. 12, 2021 7:00 am1685d ago
All proceeds from “Fishtastic: A Tale of Magic and Friendship” will benefit Hancher Auditorium.
Education Jun. 5, 2021 9:00 am1692d ago
Cedar River Academy students worked together to create a story that would not only be made into a book, but also be translated into a story walk in Reed Park, which is connected to the schoolyard of Cedar River Academy at Taylor Elementary.
Rob Cline
Books Jun. 5, 2021 7:00 am1692d ago
‘How Other People Make Love’ chronicles the lives and choices of people questioning the heteronormative institution of marriage.
Crime & Courts Jun. 3, 2021 8:47 am1694d ago
Michelle Kehoe of Coralville slashed her sons’ throats in 2008, killing one and wounding the other. In her debut book, a Solon writer tries to answer the question of why.
Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91.
Books May. 22, 2021 7:30 am1706d ago
New children’s book explores the life cycle and importance of the rusty patched bumble bee, the first bee in the United States to be placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species list.
Rob Cline
Books May. 15, 2021 7:30 am1713d ago
Comedian Nathan Timmel of Iowa City uses himself as inspiration for the bad guy in police thriller
Rob Cline
Books May. 10, 2021 2:54 pm1718d ago
Novel tackles passing on family history from one generation to another
By Sindya Bhanoo, Washington Post
Books Apr. 3, 2021 8:00 am1755d ago
Aron Aji, a literary translator and professor at the University of Iowa, runs a Facebook group called Literary Translation with …
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