Award-winning children’s book “Watercress” looks at the complicated emotions involved in leaving one’s home and making a life in a new and foreign culture.
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Award-winning children’s book “Watercress” looks at the complicated emotions involved in leaving one’s home and making a life in a new and foreign culture.
For four years, Frank the cat has been the best sales clerk at Next Page Books bookstore in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo neighborhood. “He’s become the face of the bookstore,” store owner Bart Carithers says.
Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez, who lives and works in Eastern Iowa, lost her husband of 21 years to drowning while on a family vacation. In the aftermath, she began writing in a journal. Over time, that journal formed the basis for the book “A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance: A Love Story of Grief, Trauma, Healing, and Faith.”
In Larry Baker’s “Wyman and the Florida Knights,” family secrets are plentiful and drive the drama of the book.
Her story has taken on new relevancy now as Republican lawmakers in Iowa assail public school districts for making library books available that they’ve dubbed “obscene,” many written by LGBTQ authors and people of color
A banned graphic novel, “Maus,” sparks renewed interest, and big sales
This year’s One Book Two Book festival, organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization, will feature both in-person and online events for families. The two-day festival will kick off Saturday, Feb. 26.
Since the pandemic, libraries have seen an increase in the number of donated books that are not usable for resale purposes. Here are some guidelines to consider before you donate.
Andrew Steele, a computational biologist and author of “Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old,” will discuss the science of aging and how it’s more than just a matter of time.
Chuy Renteria will sign copies of his book “We Heard it When We Were Young”
Best-selling author and proud Iowan Heather Gudenkauf is back with another page-turning thriller sure to keep readers up late on these long winter nights.
Two white Cedar Rapids parents have earned love and responded to criticism in the adoption of their Black child as their TikTok following climbed. Now, they have a book deal and run social media as a full-time job.
A dark winter evening, in the middle of a pandemic, is an excellent time to curl up with a garden book and dream of spring. Here are some of my favorites, with an eye to Midwestern and Iowa gardens.
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