Current Status: The Library is Open.
Now open for browsing, computer use, and curbside pickup. Welcome back to 4422 Walbert!
We are following the CDC’s recommended guidelines to keep our employees and patrons safe. Masks are required for those who are not fully vaccinated.
We will be CLOSED Monday, July 5, 2021, for the holiday.
Summer Hours Effective July 6, 2021.
Monday-Thursday: 9AM-9PM | Friday: 9AM-6PM | Saturday: summer hours 9AM-1PM
Celebrate by tagging #PCLNationalPoetryMonth #NationalPoetryMonth
It’s the 25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month! “Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and, of course, poets, marking poetry's important place in our lives.” -Academy of American Poets.
Books
Phenomenal woman: four poems celebrating women by Maya Angelou | book
The complete collected poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou | book
Dearly by Margaret Atwood | book | e-book (libby)
The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte by Emily Bronte | book | e-book (hoopla)
Some Glad Morning: Poems by Barbara Crooker (local author) | book
Gold by Barbara Crooker | book
More by Barbara Crooker | book
Love: Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings | book
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot | book | audiobook (hoopla)
And the Prophet Said : Kahlil Gibran’s classic text with newly discovered writings by Kahlil Gibran | e-book (hoopla) | audiobook (hoopla)
Make Me Rain: Poems and Prose by Nikki Giovanni | book
The Seven Ages by Louise Glück (winner of 2020 Pulitzer for poetry) | book
Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück | book
Vita Nova by Louise Glück | book
The Selected Poems of Donald Hall by Donald Hall | e-book (hoopla)
Alone Together: Love, Grief and Comfort during the time of Covid 19 edited by Jennifer Haupt (includes poetry and prose) | book | e-book (hoopla) | audiobook (hoopla) | e-book (libby)
Howl by Allen Ginsberg | book
When the Light of the World was Subdued: Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native American Poetry edited by Joy Harjo | book
Home Body by Rupi Kaur | e-book (hoopla)
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur | e-book (hoopla)
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur | e-book (hoopla)
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey through Poems by Caroline Kennedy | book | e-book (hoopla) | e-book (libby)
Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert Macfarlane | book | audiobook (hoopla)
Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane | book
Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans (on order) | book
The Rumi Prescription by Melody Moezzi | book
The Best of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash | book
Devotions by Mary Oliver | book
The Magical Negro by Morgan Parker | book
The Poetry Remedy: Prescriptions for the Heart by William Sieghart | book
Baseball Haiku by Nanae Tamura | book
Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life by Judith Viorst | book
YA:
Shout by Laurie Anderson | book | audiobook
A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds | book
The poet X by Elizabeth Avecedo | book | audiobook
Crank by Ellen Hopkins | book
Swing by Kwame Alexander | book | audiobook
Solo by Kwame Alexander | book
Keesha’s House by Helen Frost | book
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi | book
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany Browne | book
The Truth Project by Dante Medema | book
When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmine Kaur | book
Junk Boy by Tony Abbott | book
Childrens:
Dogku by Andrew Clements book
Eric Carle's animals, animals book
Hard-boiled bugs for breakfast: and other tasty tales by Shel Silverstein book
Hi, Koo!: a year of seasons by Jon J. Muth book
I, too, am America by Langston Hughes; illustrated by Bryan Collier book
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton book
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky book | CD audiobook
Out of Wonder : poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander book
Poetry by heart : a child's book of poems to remember
Poetry for Young People by Robert Frost book
Shout! Little poems that roar by Brod Bagert book
Wet Cement : a mix of concrete poems by Bob Raczka book
Novels and Stories in Verse for ages 8-12
Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander book
Inside Out & Back Again by Thannha Lai book | e-book (hoopla) | e-book (overdrive) | audiobook (hoopla) | audiobook (overdrive)
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood book | audiobook (hoopla)
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech book
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate book | audiobook (overdrive) | audiobook (hoopla)
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga book | audiobook (overdrive)
Starfish by Lisa Flipps book
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