When the Kent District Library - Caledonia Township Branch didn't have an idea for their community display case for the month of October, they weren't sure what to do.
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The awesome staff over at Somerville Public Library shared their adult and children s book recommendations for Black History Month reads. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, by Jason Reynolds A novel with ten tales about what happens after the dismissal bell rings. It does cover some really intense subjects, bullying, cancer and even a chapter on boogers. Both age-appropriate and tastefully done. - Annamarie, Children’s Librarian South to a Very Old Place
, by Albert Murray In 1970 the editor of Harper s asked the African-American writer Albert Murray to take a road trip through the South and write about it. The result was too long and experimental to be published in a magazine, but it makes a beautiful, maddening, moving and lyrical book. - Kevin, Head of Reference