Have you ever sat down and really thought about your identity? In Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir written and illustrated by Leise Hook, Leise has written a memoir-in-essays about how in-between she feels being mixed-race and how her attempt to form her own identity forces her to confront the two cultures she comes from.
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Online Reading Challenge – August
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 August, we are learning about South Asian Heritage Month. We are celebrating the diverse cultures of people from the South Asian countries of Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. We are reading books by Indian and South Asian authors.
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Online Reading Challenge – July Wrap-Up
How did your reading go this month? In July, we read stories that featured members of the disabled community. Did you read something that recognized people with disability, their culture, experiences, achievements, and struggles of people with disabilities? Share in the comments.
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Cryptozoology Nonfiction
Have you ever heard of cryptozoology? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, cryptozoology is ‘the study of and search for animals and especially legendary animals (such as Sasquatch) usually in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence’. Sounds fascinating, right? Below we have gathered a list of nonfiction about cryptozoology that is currently owned by the Davenport Public Library.
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July 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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