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Highlights
Local Authors Featured at the Library
October 12, 2019
Calling all writers and book lovers! YDL presents our first-ever Local Authors Showcase, featuring authors from the Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor area. The Showcase is one of several events we’re hosting during …
How a Doctor Exposed the Flint Water Crisis
What The Eyes Don’t See, Dr. Mona Hanna Attisha’s groundbreaking …
Events
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ESL Book Group
Wednesday, December 11 | 11:00 am || YDL-Michigan
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ESL Book Group
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Drop-in Writing
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Kids Book Club
Thursday, November 21 | 6:30 pm| YDL-Michigan
Book Lists
The Fall 2018 Family Read Ghost by Jason Reynolds is recommended for students in grades 3-8. We want everyone to participate at the October 13 Field Day, so here’s a short list of suggested books for younger readers. Is the one you want checked out? Le …
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Find some books for younger readers to participate in the 2019 Winter Ypsi Family Read!
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Thanks to the tireless work of Arab literature blogs and library blogs, we can offer you this list of picture books featuring Muslim children and their families. We hope these books will provide a deeper understanding of the Muslim American and global Muslim experience.
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PBS’ The Great American Read chose these 100 novels as America’s favorites. Which one will be the winner?
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Our Fall 2019 Family Read selection is full of mysteries and local history. Younger readers can join the conversation with these picture books that touch on the same themes.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Alexie, Sherman, 1966- Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Find …
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ALA's Notable Books
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National Education Association Booklists
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National Book Awards
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated lit, and YA winners by year
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