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Benches Encourage Reading
Fifty “book benches” are illustrating the joys of reading on the streets of London this summer. Each book-shaped bench is covered with a colorful picture. The benches are part of the National...
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Young Nebraskans Win Writing Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mary Jo Ryan 402-471-3434 800-307-2665 Young Nebraskans Win Writing Competition Do young...
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Librarians and Teachers to Host Letter Writing Clinics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mary Jo Ryan 402-471-3434 800-307-2665 Librarians and Teachers to Host Letter Writing Clinics What could...
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#BookFaceFriday “Broken For You” by Stephanie Kallos
Happy #BookFaceFriday from the Nebraska Library Commission! We love highlighting Nebraska authors, especially those we offer in our Book Club Kits, like Stephanie Kallos’s “Broken For You” (Grove...
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#BookFaceFriday “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld
Happy #BookFaceFriday from the Nebraska Library Commission! Did you know we offer YA titles in our Book Club Kits? Don’t miss out on Scott Westerfeld’s teen novel “Uglies” (Simon Pulse, 2011)!...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier” by Ann Packer
It’s #BookFaceFriday at the Nebraska Library Commission! Have you ever just packed a bag, and left? For a vacation? A road trip? What about to start a whole new life? In Ann Packer’s debut novel, “The...
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#BookFaceFriday “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver
Happy #BookFaceFriday from the Nebraska Library Commission! Thanksgiving is officially over for another year. We’ve put on our stretchy pants, relaxed to watch some football, and are eyeing the...
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#BookFaceFriday: NLC Annual Book Drive
Get into the holiday giving spirit with NLC’s annual book drive!! “Jake” by Audrey Couloumbis (Yearling, 2011) Every year, for the last twenty-nine years, Nebraska Library Commission staff collect new...
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Friday Reads: A Year in Review
The NLC staff have done a lot of reading this year! We wanted to take a look at all the great books we’ve reviewed in 2017. You might be familiar with our weekly blog series Friday Reads; every Friday,...
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#BookFaceFriday “Looking for Alaska”&“Reconsidering Happiness”
We’ve got a double #BookFace for you today book lovers! I know the new year is supposed to be all about starting new goals and breaking bad habits, but we decided to put that off for one more week....
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#BookFaceFriday “The Miniaturist”
Happy #BookFaceFriday everyone! This week we took a little trip to seventeenth century Amsterdam with our #BookFace post. “The Miniaturist” by Jessie Burton (Ecco, 2015) follows eighteen-year-old Nella...
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#BookFaceFriday “Cora Du Bois”
Relax everyone, it’s time for #BookFaceFriday! We decided to change it up a bit this week and choose a book from our permanent collection. We absolutely loved the cover on Susan C. Seymour’s “Cora Du...
View ArticleTracking our reading: a conversation
Here at the Nebraska Library Commission, we talk about books A LOT. Surprised? Nah, we aren’t either. Last week, Lisa Kelly and I chatted with our Online Services Librarian, Susan Kniseley, about our...
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#BookFaceFriday “Feathering Custer”
Hey, book lovers! Happy #BookFaceFriday! As we dive in to our permanent collection, which dates back to 1972, we’re bound to find some gems. One such book is “Feathering Custer” by William S. Penn...
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#BookFaceFriday “Letters of Mari Sandoz”
We like to celebrate the end of the week with #BookFaceFriday! Today we also get to celebrate the beloved Nebraska author Mari Sandoz with “Letters of Mari Sandoz” edited by Helen Winter Stauffer...
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#BookFaceFriday “Falling in Love with Natassia”
We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day a little early with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! We thought the cover of “Falling in Love with Natassia” by Anna Monardo (Doubleday, 2006) would be perfect for...
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#BookFaceFriday “Abraham Lincoln”
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth a new #BookFaceFriday! Wait, that’s not how that one goes… my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Golka, would be aghast! Looks like I should be boning up...
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#BookFaceFriday “Killer of Enemies”
Double trouble #BookFaceFriday fans! Today’s #BookFace is both a book club kit title and the 2018 One Book for Nebraska Teens selection! We got creative with “Killer of Enemies” by Joseph Bruchac (Tu...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Incompleat Folksinger”
This week’s #BookFaceFriday is an oldie, but a goodie… … in that mellow, folksy sort of way. Today’s #BookFace is of the musical persuasion with “The Incompleat Folksinger” by Pete Seeger and edited by...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Enigma Woman”
This week’s #BookFaceFriday is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… In the spirit of Women’s History Month we’ll be highlighting the women in our collection. So this week’s #BookFace takes...
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