“Maybe people can be happy and sad. Maybe stories are messy and complicated. Maybe endings don’t always include solutions that tie everything together in a bow. But that doesn’t mean that they have to be tragedies.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love
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Davenport Public Library’s Reference Blog
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Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
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Online Reading Challenge – September
Welcome Readers!
Our 2026 Online Reading Challenge is … KNOW YOUR HISTORY! Each month we will be reading about a different observance month and highlighting a main title about that month.
For September, we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by reading a book that pays tribute to Hispanic American culture.
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Online Reading Challenge – August Wrap-Up
How did your reading go this month? Share in the comments. In August, we honored South Asian Heritage Month by celebrating the diverse cultures of people from the South Asian countries of Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. We read stories by Indian and South Asian authors as well.
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In Memory of Dolly Parton
(more…)Iconic country star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has passed away at age 80. Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write, she was an advocate for early childhood literacy. Her Imagination Library mails free books to children from birth to age 5, reaching over 3 million children around the globe.
Learn more about her groundbreaking life and achievements with the following biographies available through The Library. (Descriptions below provided by the publisher.)
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Nocturnal World
Do you know anyone who likes to read about the creatures of the dark or just night in general? Try some of these new nocturnal books for children! These books will help you learn about the creatures awake at night as well as other books about the night.
As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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