The United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary, known also as the Semiquincentennial, on July 4, 2026, marking two and a half centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Communities across the country are planning parades, concerts, historical reenactments, museum exhibits, volunteer projects, and fireworks displays, to honor the nation’s history and look toward its future.
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Online Reading Challenge – July
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 July, we are learning about Disability Pride Month. We are recognizing people with disabilities, their culture, experience, achievement, and the struggles of people with disabilities. We are reading books that feature members of the disabled community.
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Online Reading Challenge – June Wrap-Up
How did your reading go this month? Did you read something that featured lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning individuals? Share in the comments. In June, we celebrated LGBTQ culture and honored the movement for LGBTQ rights.
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June 2026 Celebrity Book Club Picks
It’s a new month which means that Jenna Bush Hager and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join Bestsellers Club, you can choose to have their selections automatically put on hold for you.
Bestsellers Club is a service that automatically places you on hold for authors, celebrity picks, nonfiction picks, and fiction picks. Choose any author, celebrity pick, fiction pick, and/or nonfiction pick and The Library will put the latest title on hold for you automatically. Select as many as you want! Still have questions? Click here for a list of FAQs.
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