Arbor Day Reads: Trees in Fiction

Have trees on your mind for Arbor Day? Scratch the itch by exploring fabulous fiction featuring trees.  Any discussion about trees in literature would not be complete without mentioning Richard Powers' sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory. Featuring nine characters and spanning generations, the novel's series of interlocking stories of humans' relationships to trees, like…
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Marvel-ous Movie Directors

Marvel Studios has notably hired visionary and independent directors to helm their movie franchise rather than established Hollywood action directors, and some credit the approach as one of the secrets of their success. As the series comes to a climax with the release of Avengers: Endgame, let's look at the work that put these directors…
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Celebremos el Cinco de Mayo

May 5 is Cinco de Mayo but before the celebración— Pop Quiz! True or False: Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day. False: If you want to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day, you'll have to wait until September 16. On May 5, 1862, an outnumbered and courageous Mexican army defeated the French army at the Battle of…
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Dance Books for Kids

Do you love to dance? Are you the type of person who can’t help but move when you hear music? Once it starts do you always wiggle, tap your foot, hum along or sway without even realizing you’ve started? Check out these recommended titles if you’re interested in reading true stories of dancers who followed…
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The Sun Is Also a Star Readalikes

How excited are you for the movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon's dreamy romance The Sun Is Also A Star? If you can't get enough of love-at-first-meet romances, try these books. My favorite parts of Yoon's novel are Natasha and Daniel's discussions about the multiverse and alternate realities. Another story that incorporates parallel realities is Love…
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