May is National Foster Care Month, a time to raise awareness of the children in foster in the United States. In Iowa alone, there are 3,000+ kids in out-of-home placements in 2026. The child welfare system can feel destabilizing for these kids, but foster families are willing to step up to offer a safe support during difficult times.
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Animation Across the World
It’s Ani-May, the perfect time to celebrate all things animation! Explore unique animation styles from across the globe with these new animated movies. All of the following are available for checkout through The Library. (Descriptions below provided by the publisher.)
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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
“Let us lie here forever. Let us be buried as wild things are, by tooth and claw and worm. Let the grasses grow up through the sockets of our eyes. Let them find us in seven years or seventy, and let their brows furrow, because they cannot tell my bones from yours.”
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New Gardening Books
Have you utilized the Davenport Library Seed Library yet? Located at our Main Street location, our seed library offers vegetables, herbs, flowers, and microgreens to our patrons for free! There are no costs to take seeds, plus no library card is required to use the Seed Library. There is a limit of five seed packets per month per household.
For more information about our seed library, give us a call or visit our Seed Library Growing Companion LibGuide.
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