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Little Free Library

Little Free Library at Horn

By Annie Blaylock McQueen | July 23, 2018
Buzz About Town
People in this article:
Charlotte Ehlers
Kate Carmain

Donating books – thousands of them

By Kate Carmain | July 1, 2018
Buzz Kidz
People in this article:
Kate Carmain
Love letters to books

Love Letters to Books from a Librarian, Part 2

By Savannah Dorsett | June 26, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Savannah Dorsett
Love letters to books

Love Letters to Books from a Librarian

By Savannah Dorsett | June 5, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Savannah Dorsett
MAKING A LIST

Summer reading – authors’ edition

By Andria Frankfort | June 1, 2018
Back Porch
People in this article:
Chris Cander, Katherine Center, Melanie Shankle
Summer reading

Summer Reading

By Mary Cohrs | May 29, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Mary Cohrs
Linda Stevens

Very Early Reading

By Linda Stevens | May 1, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Eric Carle, Nina Laden, Kate Merritt, Mo Willems, Christie Matheson, Jen Arena, Blanca Gomez, Anna McQuinn, Margaret Wise Brown
Texas Library Association Conference

The Texas Gaggle Recommends

By Linda Stevens | April 10, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Stephen Abram, Lisa Wingate, Benjamin Ludwig, Matt Goldman
Persepolis

Graphic Novels

By Michelle Wang | April 3, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Raina Telgemeire, Dana Simpson, Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, Stephen King, Alison Bechdel
Graphic novels

Graphic Novels vs. Comic Books

By Mary Cohrs | March 27, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Jeff Smith, Jennifer Holm, Dave Pikley, Lincoln Peirce
Cat books

Purr-fect Books for Cat Lovers

By Mary Cohrs | January 23, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Linda Stevens, Eric Litwin, Judith Byron Schachner, Wanda Gág, Lilian Jackson Braun, Carole Nelson Douglas, Miranda James
Savannah Dorsett

Oh, the Places You’ll Go (In a Good Book)

By Savannah Dorsett | January 16, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
L.M. Montgomery, Agatha Christie, Gabriel Garcia Marquz, Sinclair Lewis, Savannah Dorsett
Old Yeller

Man's Best Friend

By Linda Stevens | January 9, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Matt Nelson, Dion Leonard, Kevin Hearne, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Mary Oliver
A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Cheers to History

By Mary Cohrs | December 26, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Tom Standage
Book fair

Kinkaid's Book Fair

By Brady Brazda | November 15, 2017
School Buzz
People in this article:
John Cooper, Nina Hendee, Edd Hendee, Bill Curtis
Fall books

New Releases This Fall

By Mary Cohrs | November 14, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
John Grisham, David Baldacci, Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, John Sandford, Louise Erdrich, Tami Hoag, Liza Mundt, Ron Chernow, Ulysses S. Grant, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein
Road trip

Tripping Through the Pages

By Linda Stevens | November 7, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
John Steinbeck, Bill Bryson, Jojo Moyes, Jade Chang, Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, J.R.R. Tolkien
Scary books

Scary Stories for Halloween Season

By Mary Cohrs | October 24, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Truman Capote, Vincent Bugliosi, Ann Rule, John Berendt, Erik Larson
Football books

Pigskin Literature

By Mary Cohrs | September 12, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Michael Lewis, MIchael Oher, H.G. Bissinger, Howie Long, John Czarnecki, Debbie Moose, Bob Sloan
Historical books

History is Not Boring or Did I Mention There are Beheadings?

By Savannah Dorsett | August 8, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Alison Weir, Katherine Parr, Sarah Vowell, Barbara Tuchman, Erik Larson, Isaac Cline, Julius Caesar
Solar eclipse

Books on the Solar Eclipse

By Mary Cohrs | August 1, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
John Dvorak, David Baron, Thomas Edison, James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell, Tyler Nordgren, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Telling Stories: an Antidote to Loneliness (and Other Human Conditions)

By Holly Takashima | July 25, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Olivia Laing, David Wojnarowicz, Brandon Stanton
Magic of reading

Tackling Mid-Summer Boredom with Books and Activities

By Elisabeth Padjen | July 18, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Chris Grabenstein, Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist, Lissa Evans, Alice Hoffman
Books for travel

Patiently Waiting: Good Travel Books

By Mary Cohrs | July 11, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Lee Child, Agatha Christie, John Sandford, Janet Evanovich
Summer reading

Drop Everything and Read This Summer

By Nicki Miller | July 6, 2017
Buzzworthy
People in this article:
Jon Krakauer, Aerin Kalmans, Pat Conroy, Ellie Gershenwald, Alexandre Dumas, Maddie Benzuly, Chinua Achebe, Ilana Inselbuch, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Brabury, Tim O'Brier, Toni Morrison
Books on music

Reading to the Roots: Books on Americana

By David Cherry | July 4, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Michael Corcoran, Caroline Gnagy, Mance Lipscomb, Huddie Leadbetter, Charles Wolfe, Alan B. Govenar, Jay F. Brakefield, Jesse Sublett
Pride Month

Pride Month at the Library

By Savannah Dorsett | June 27, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Nancy Garden, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julie Anne Peters, Alison Bechdel, Allen Heinberg, Brian K. Vaughan, Christopher Barzak, Elizabeth Bear, Elissa Sussman
Isaac's Storm

Books for Hurricane Season

By Mary Cohrs | June 20, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Erik Larson, Isaac Cline
Jessica Russell

Summer Reading Challenge

By Linda Stevens | June 13, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Jessica Russell, Kendall Kirkwood, Kameron Kirkwood, Randall Munroe, Chad Orzel, Kate Beaton, Bethanne Patrick, Bill Bryson, Elan Mastai, George Saunders, Roxanne Gay, Diksha Basu
The magic strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

A Musical, Magical Tale

By Patricia Bustamante | June 6, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Mitch Albom, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Lyle Lovett, Tony Bennett, Darlene Love