Elephants fill us with wonder. These gentle giants are usually known for their trademark trunks, but there's one elephant famous for his large ears—Dumbo! This 1941 movie is the sweet story of a mother's love, owning what makes you different and learning to fly. A live-action remake of Dumbo premieres March 29, but in the…
Contemporary Music for your Commute
Here's an eclectic mix of five contemporary albums and artists that I've personally taken a great liking to. I'm hoping they might make the perfect addition to your commute.
Puppy Love: Books for Kids
If you're a dog lover, you know puppy love is the sweetest. Those big eyes! Those silly puppy paws! Who can resist a puppy? I know I can't, even if that puppy is a robot. The kids and staff at Thomas Hughes Children's Library at Harold Washington Library Center are lucky, because we just got…
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Written by Teens for Teens
Did you know that Mary Shelley was only a teenager when she wrote Frankenstein? Or that S. E. Hinton was 15 when she started The Outsiders? Teens have been writing and publishing books for a long time. After all, who better to write books for teens than teens themselves? Here are some great books written…
Novels at a Revolution: China’s Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was Mao's last hurrah and the backlash led to China's economic miracle. This is some fiction about it.
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Memoirs and Culture
Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 on March 24. Although not as well-known as his peers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, he was a huge influence on the Beat Generation and their scene. As the co-owner of San Francisco's City Lights bookstore, he took up Ginsberg’s Howl when it was banned for obscenity and published the early works of the…
Remembering the Future: Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair
This One Book, One Chicago season we've been imagining the future, but we are not the first Chicagoans to do so. Eighty-five years ago, Chicago hosted its second major World's Fair, the Century of Progress. Opened in 1933, and held again in 1934, the fair commemorated a hundred years since the 1833 incorporation of Chicago…
Read Like a Leprechaun
Answer ye my riddles three, and my greatest treasure I'll share with thee: I wear buckled shoes but I'm not an elf. I love the color green but I'm not the Lorax. I'm always on the other side of the rainbow, but I'm not from Oz. Who am I? Did you guess a leprechaun? Well…
Comics with Tough Female Superheroes
Anyone who's ever said fighting like a girl is an insult hasn't read enough comics. With Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe on March 8, there's no better time to read up on some other awesome, superpowered women. Kamala Khan—Ms. Marvel When Kamala Khan discovers she has superpowers, she takes on…
Science Fiction by Women: Afrofuturism Edition
Author Nisi Shawl spoke at the Woodson Regional Library earlier this month about the effect that author Octavia Butler had on her personally and professionally. She was there as part of the One Book, One Chicago series of programs and CPL’s celebration of African American History Month. Did you get to go? If you did…
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