In honor of his new release of the sequel Coming 2 America, we're celebrating by showcasing some of our favorite Eddie Murphy classics.
Presenting the Best of the Best Books for Teens
Chicago Public Library recommends the Best of the Best for Teens each year. We recommend the titles in this video as our selections of the very best books published in 2020 for readers of teen literature, encompassing fiction, non-fiction, manga and graphic novels. Every year, our librarians evaluate the year’s new books and select the…
Teen Books for the Adult Soul
Ever think reading teen fiction is too young for you!? Here at CPL, no bookworm is too old or too young to read whatever they desire.
What’s Your Cozy Read? Escape with These Engrossing Books
As the year winds down, I join the majority of Chicagoans who are exhausted from a year of pandemic crisis, battered by spiraling news stories and heartbreaking pictures of people struggling day-to-day. We read to escape or find places that are meaningful to us. Right now seems like a good time to take the plunge…
Anything You Dream Is Fiction: Celebrating Ray Bradbury
“Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction.”—Ray Bradbury My acquaintance with Ray Bradbury began at 12, when I and my sister wore Martian costumes for a float in the annual Gasprilla Parade in Tampa, Fla. The float theme, "The Future Belongs…
