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- What Makes a Good Book? Here’s How Appeal Factors Result in Great Book Recommendations.
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- Library of Things Returns with New Things & an Easy Reservation System
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- An End of Life Story: Considerations & Planning for Death
- Civic Lab Online: The Land Back Movement
- 14 Feel-Good Fiction Reads for Hope & Encouragement
- End the Violence Campaign Raises Awareness of Domestic & Family Violence in the Region
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- 31 Ways to Explore the Marvels of Nature Each Day in August
- North Spokane County Trails for Easy Treks & Adventures in Nature
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- Top Literary Tourist Stops in English-Speaking Countries for Avid Book Fans
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- Civic Lab Online: Water Conservation & Gardening
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- Judging a book by its cover: Weird, wonderful fantasy books that delivered
- Civic Lab Online: What is the Digital Divide?
- Winter preparation for your spring garden
- The many ways and whys of journaling
- Gale Courses for lifelong learning, personal growth & creative pursuits
- How to get free tax help, in person & online
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- Finding comfort & resources during a pandemic
- What we buy (other than books)
- Civic Lab Online: The Two-Party Political System
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- Let’s go outside! Wintertime play & activities for everyone
- ’Tis the season for streaming holiday music from hoopla
- Escape screen time this winter
- Beyond Veterans Day: Information and resources for veterans and their families all year long
- Civic Lab Online: What we know about the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Dance Apocalyptic: A pandemic playlist & more
- Trick-or-treat alternatives for an enjoyable celebration
- The lifecycle of your ballot: Mail-in ballot processing & security
- Filling out the FAFSA with live online assistance from HelpNow
- Drought-tolerant yard project: Researching, planning, digging & planting
- 15 trivia questions for Banned Books Week
- The importance of diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies for our empathy and history
- OverDrive features to enhance your digital reading experience
- A peek into EnviroKids’ Club: Q&A with two partner agencies
- Books & cocktail mixes: Find your perfect pairing
- Using your right to vote: Important information from the League of Women Voters
- Bright shining sounds (Part 2): A social justice playlist
- I went walking
- Finding out more about racial justice
- LGBTQ Memoirs for 2020 Pride Month
- Self-care from pandemic times to the best of times
- JobNow helps job seekers with resumes, interviewing techniques, and career changes
- Health questions and related online resources
- Learn a new language from home with our digital resources
- Feel good videos that bring smiles and laughter
- DIY Earth Day outdoor and indoor celebrations
- Digging for accuracy: How information literacy helps you uncover the facts
- Ask for a story: An idea for staying connected over the distance
- Become a fiction frequent flyer with short stories
- A post-Valentine’s Day booklist
- Bright shining sounds (Part 1): A social justice playlist
- Glowforge 3D laser printer offers a different way to create
- Answering the question: “What does it take to be a librarian?”
- On our coffee tables & nightstands: Books for your reading list
- December, a season to celebrate human rights
- Friends: Who needs them?
- Library insider: Helping your child research for school papers and projects
- Native American Heritage Month: A look at books by indigenous authors
- Your Path to Student Financial Aid Starts with the FAFSA
- When murder smells like honeysuckle: The allure of film noir
- Favorite reads reimagined for the screen: Upcoming film and TV adaptations
- Play it again: A love letter to The Bartlett
- The Sandwich
- On the road to financial literacy: Stop at the library for valuable no-cost resources
- Finding a love of reading through fairy tales
- And Now for Something Completely Different: Monty Python’s entertainment legacy
- Incredible reads to finish out your summer
- Things to do during a sedentary summer
- Saving seeds from the garden: Lovage, snap peas, and coriander
- Creating a furever home: Adopting & fostering pets
- Teens in-between: Finding your first summer job
- Explore the arts for enormous rewards
- Special collections and archival materials for Pride Month
- Day in the life of a librarian
- Microhistories: Extremely specific knowledge (aka fun facts!) you can share with others
- Cloud watching 101
- “Palaces for the People”: Spaces and places for all of us
- Spring brings kittens and puppies and poetry, oh my!
- Literary field guide: Local authors at the 2019 Get Lit! Festival
- From the Library of Things: Machine sewing at your fingertips
- Project Memory: Your old photos and home movies transferred to digital
- Celebrate the Lunar New Year with family, food, and festivities
- Let’s play: Indoor winter fun at the library
- The evolution of the legend of Arthur
- Independent spirit: Films that offer fresh perspectives
- A twist on the New Year’s resolution
- Reduce your browsing vulnerability
- Gifts of experience for less stress and more joy this holiday season
- Cozy up to slow reading this winter
- Fanfiction primer: Reading and writing what you love
- Great digital reads for the whole family
- A new voting ritual
- Let’s craft: Getting cozy with crochet
- Taking care of you: Modern day self-care
- Banning books silences stories: Reading a banned book celebrates your intellectual freedom
- How to Identify a Dragon
- The Great American Read book list and half-time report
- The art of saving seeds
- Microadventure: Day trip to Stonerose for fossils
- Happy birthday! A reading list of authors with July birthdays
- Perfect pairings: Recipes to devour while binge watching
- Road trip! The quintessential American vacation
- Rock summer reading: Music pairings for The Great American Read
- Adult reads for Pride Month
- Pounce-worthy feline books
- Confession of a librarian mom: Reading and summer slide
- Children’s booklist for Pride Month
- What’s cooking in the mud kitchen?
- Poetry of resistance and environmental justice
- Poetry in Spokane: Get Lit!, Tod Marshall, and Scablands Books
- Reading in between: Done with winter but not quite ready for spring
- Bicentennial of a Monster’s Birth
- Consent Matters: Talking about the importance of “Yes”
- Resolving to Read Diversely
- How’s that resolution treating you?
- Anticipation and inspiration: Getting ready for spring gardening
- St. Pancras Station sparks imaginations
- Strange, weird, and wonderful: Libraries across the world and right here
- Billie Holiday and the books to read for awareness and insight
- Destination Nashville: Unexpected discoveries and musical adventures
- Staff Picks: An eclectic booklist from The BookEnd
- In anticipation: Romances to read in 2018
- Do you hygge? What it is and how to do it this winter
- ’Tis the Season for Mobile Devices
- Holiday Gifts for Expectant Mothers
- Big animals, big news: Connect with Washington wildlife at your local library
- Audiobooks: Are they reading or cheating?
- Non-comic movies from superhero directors
- November is National American Indian Heritage Month: Books that celebrate the diverse and distinct cultures, traditions, and histories
- Ever louder bumps in the night: Scares for all ages
- 1942: A 75-year retrospective on books
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- Sgt. Pepper is 50: How an album revolutionized popular music
- The Great American Eclipse of 2017
- Save a life: Ask FAST questions when you spot a stroke
- Sharing your harvest’s bounty at library produce swaps
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- My journey in downsizing & killing the clutter
- Love on the open road: Motorcycle club romances to fire up your summer
- She screams loudest: Women’s dystopian tales
- Bubbling beakers: Q&A with Kelli Crawford of Mobius Science Center
- Enraptured by raptors: West Valley Outdoor Learning Center
- KERNEL at the Fairwood Farmers’ Market: making nutrition and exercise fun and delicious
- Graphic novels with strong female characters
- 10 cookbooks you’ll be glad you checked out
- Your next favorite book from SelectReads
- Spring reads to take you into summer
- You, in books (no right, no wrong, an idiosyncratic list)
- Community gardening: a delicious pursuit to feed the hungry and the soul
- Hollywood vs. novel and short story: dystopian worlds written by Philip K. Dick
- Weird animals for aspiring zoologists and the curious
- Email scam posing as library on west side of state
- Q&A with Jeff Yeager, The Ultimate Cheapskate
- Consumer Reports saves the day (and my laundry)
- Book Club for two: Books to read with someone special
- Easy Pinterest recipes for busy adults
- Apps I’m loving right now
- Discussions with Tod Marshall: poetry & social justice, Irish poetry, spoken word, and National Poetry Month
- Fractured fairy tales: re-inventing imagined worlds
- Battling the winter blahs
- My long-standing relationship with coffee (and 10,000 coffee stands)
- It’s the bee’s knees: learning about urban beekeeping
- Q&A with romance novelists: Asa Maria Bradley, Katee Robert, and Rebecca Zanetti
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- Twas the night before… at the library
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- Gift guide: kids books perfect for giving (and reading)
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- Irena’s Children: Q&A with Mary Cronk Farrell
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- Researching elections in 2016
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- Judging a book by its cover
- A creative booklist from Loretta West
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- Q&A with Cecil The Magician
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- Serious fun for K-3 readers
- Confessions from a book lover
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- Music and conspiracy theories: a primer
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- Read these graphic novels, you must
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- Take care of your heart
- Imaginary Friends
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- A Valentine’s list for the miserable, stubborn, and disillusioned
- Library Hack: How to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day date
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- 5 Books about human origins to read now
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- Thoughts on my ultra-local community
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- The revealing nature of food
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- Easy small-batch homebrewing, part 1: Basic equipment
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- The End is Nigh: Four Post-Apocalyptic Novels to Read Now
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- Every Hero Has a Story
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- Liquid Lit: Summer Reading Edition
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- Beat cabin fever with these creative and (mostly) free activities
- Reading with children: Identity, voices, and shared memories
- Spine-tingling reads for an October night
- Mystery reads for tweens & investigative adventures at the library
- Beyond dorks & wimps: Graphic novel hybrids after Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries
- Dance like You’ve Got Ants in Your Pants: Q&A with Eric Herman
- Q&A with Magician Jeff Evans: magic and the Secrets of Wizards
- Books to help kids with the idea of a new sibling
- Another world: Picture books about refugee and immigrant experiences
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- Gain Basic Survival Skills for Wilderness & Urban Settings at the Library
- Deer Park Library Closes Temporarily Due to HVAC Equipment Failure
- Spokane Is Reading Presents Tananarive Due’s ‘The Reformatory’
- Enjoy Live Music, Movies in the Park, Nature Walks & More in July
- New Streaming Film Collections on Kanopy for Your Viewing Delight
- Discover Free Summer Fun: Level Up at Your Library with Programs for Every Age
- K–12 Summer Series Has Inspiring Author Talks for Kids, Teens & Families
- Level Up with Our Online Summer Reading Challenge for All Ages
- Our June Events Help You Get Creative, Head Outdoors & Find Useful Knowledge
- Big Library Read: Insightful, Lyrical Memoir with No Holds, No Waiting
- All Aboard! New Passes to the Inland Northwest Rail Museum
- What Will You Explore? May Events Include Gardening, Wellness & Chocolate
- County Property Tax Payments Taken in Person at North Spokane Library & Spokane Valley City Hall
- Spring’s Here! April Programs Are for Exploring, Reading, Learning & Growing
- Your Food Donations to Bites & Books Helps Turn the Page on Hunger
- New Passes at the Library! Attend a Velocity or Zephyr Soccer Match
- Share Your Input: What’s on the Horizon for Spokane County’s Transportation System?
- 6 Spectacular Author Talks: Don’t Miss Jennifer Weiner, Jodi Picoult & Others
- Explore Terrific Things to Do in March: Art, Music, Reading & More
- Read Across America: The Reading Challenge for Kids & Their Families
- Unlock Cultural Experiences: Free Museum & Cultural Passes for You & Your Family
- Get Rewarded for Learning! Kids’ Game Quest Challenge Includes Fun Prizes
- Wow! Over 1 Million Checkouts of Digital Reads with Libby in 2024
- A Closer Look at hoopla: Digital Books, Music, Movies, TV & the Borrow Limit
- SimplyAnalytics: New Resource Offers Powerful Data for Business & Research
- 30+ Library Events: Get Creative, Empowered & Informed in February
- Create & Submit Art to the Annual Art Show: Celebrate Your Community
- 10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain: A Look at Alzheimer’s & Dementia
- Reading & The Brain: How Kids Learn to Read & Decodable Books That Help
- New Year, New Genre: What’s in Store for Your Reading Journey?
- Magical, Smart, Competitive: Check Out These Library Programs in January
- Be a Reading Machine: Flex Your Brain & Enjoy New Stories This Winter
- As Online Book Club Shutters, Try These Other Opportunities for Great Reads
- Kanopy Gives You Free Streaming Movies & TV Shows at Home & on the Go
- These Online Resources Offer Useful & Creative Help During the Holidays
- Enjoy Merry & Bright Events for Every Age in December
- Stay Warm While Exploring Cool Things: Family Museum Passes from the Library
- Spokane Symphony’s Education & Community Programs & Student Discounts Shine Bright
- Unleash the Fun: Penguins, Claymation, LEGO & More at These Events!
- Creative, Helpful & Full of Knowledge? Answer: November Events Just for Adults
- New Things to Check Out: Tabletop RPGs for Kids, Teens & Adults
- Voter Ballot Box Locations & Helpful Information for Residents
- 15+ Entertaining & Educational Events for Kids, Teens & Families in October
- 25+ Opportunities to Create, Explore, Learn & Enjoy in October
- Experience the Spokane Symphony This Season with a Free Pass
- New Things: Borrow Small Appliances, Tools, Sports Equipment & Gear for Entertainment
- Kanopy’s Big Movie Watch Features a Captivating Film Based on True Events
- The Benefits & Importance of Play & Learn Storytime for Young Children
- Seize September: Create, Learn & Thrive with These Library Programs
- Discover Amazing Local Geology & Help Scientists Study Medical Lake’s Water
- From Garden to Plate: Fresh Produce Swaps, Helpful Classes & Resources
- 6 Author Talks about Success, Free Will vs Destiny, Hope, History & More
- August Events for Adults: Create, Explore Nature, Gain Insights & Get Support
- Vitalant Blood Drive: Nonprofit Urges Community to Donate This Summer
- 3 New Online Resources Offer Enjoyable, Educational Content for Early Learners
- Expo ’74 Celebration Continues in July with Exhibits at Libraries & Online
- Celebrate, Create, Enjoy & Gain Knowledge at the Library in July
- It’s the 1-Year Anniversary of Spokane Valley Library! There’s A Lot to Share!
- Books to Go for Kids: Get Instant Summer Reading Gratification
- Creating a More Dementia-Friendly Community: Insights, Resources & Information Sessions
- June Brings Expo ’74 Conversations, Gardening, Hiking, Creative Activities & More
- Celebrating Local Businesses: Share Your Favorite to Enter Our Prize Drawing
- Smokey Bear Reading Challenge: Honoring 80 Years of Wildfire Prevention
- SCLD Food Drive: Help Decrease Local Food Insecurity
- Share Your Memorabilia & Memories of Expo ’74 During the 50th Anniversary Celebration
- Library Giving Day: Inspiring the Joy & Skills of Reading
- 6 Authors Share New Insights & Fascinating Stories During These Online Author Talks
- It’s Here! Our New Mobile App: SCLD Libraries, Get It for iOS & Android
- Serving the Business Community in Spokane County: Inside the StartUp Spokane Rebrand
- Medical Lake Library Offers Free Wi-Fi, Computers, Resources & Services
- STA Zero-Fare Rider’s License Offers Free, Unlimited Bus Rides for Youth
- The Grand Opening of Spokane Valley Library: All Are Welcome
- Parkside Books: Now Open for Borrowing at Liberty Lake Regional Park
- New Catalog Has Improved Searching, Browsing & Features You Can Customize
- The BookEnd Closes as a New Chapter Starts in Spokane Valley
- Stream Popular Movies & Acclaimed Films to Explore a World of Cinema with Kanopy
- End of Overdue Fines for Library Items in 2023
- Why Your Blood Pressure Matters & Our New Self-Monitoring Kits
- New Series Features Online Author Talks from Bestselling Writers & Thought Leaders
- LINC & the Mobile Services Team: Expanding Library Services Throughout Spokane County
- Check Out Washington Discover Pass Program Expands to Serve More Library Customers
- ABCmouse Early Learning from the Library Now Available for On-the-Go & Home Use
- Healthy Eating & Active Living Program for Families: Recipes & Success Stories
- Libby App from OverDrive Has Great Digital Reads (OverDrive App Is Going Away)
- Online Catalog Update and Downtime
- Business Matters at the Library: Gain New Customers & New Skills for Success
- New Digital Resources from Gale: What Success Will You Gain with Knowledge?
- Hard Topics to Talk About with Kids: Get Help with These New Book Bags
- 1-Minute PBS Parenting Tips Give Great Advice for Our Hectic Lives
- 2021 Discover Passes available for curbside pickup
- New STEM Explorer Kits offer hands-on activities for students in grades K–5
- Project ELLO: Everyday Language & Learning Opportunities
- Storytime Shorts videos: Let’s read stories, sing songs, play & learn
- Send Mobile Printing requests to the library & get your print jobs with Curbside Pickup
- Book-a-Librarian service offers you individualized assistance at a distance
- Mobile Hotspots providing internet access now available for check out
- Back-to-School Digital Resources to Help Student Learning Soar
- 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program Fosters Early Literacy Skills
- Not too young to talk about race and social justice: Library programs and other resources for starting the discussion
- Introducing Book Butler, the service that selects books for you
- Curbside Pickup Available to Library Customers
- Your fair housing rights and a workshop from Northwest Fair Housing Alliance
- Creativebug offers thousands of online craft, hobby, and art classes
- Digital Library: Making the most of the online resources
- Green looks good on you: Digital resources for gardening
- Kindergarten registration, plus games & activities to get ready
- New community topics at Civic Lab pose questions and invite discussion
- Creative spaces for you: The Lab & The Studio
- Digital magazines, now delivered by Flipster
- College bound: The FAFSA is important for your educational future
- New community topics at Civic Lab pose questions and invite discussion
- Meet Spokane Symphony’s new music director, James Lowe, at North Spokane Library
- Civic Lab poses questions and invites discussion about community issues
- Tell a new financial story with these digital resources
- It’s electrifying: Digital resources and staff picks for student scientists
- Get leading edge information with access to thousands of newspapers
- Let’s dance, let’s play: The genius of Jim Gill
- Preschoolers get ready for school with STEM kits from the library
- Community & shared history: Moran Prairie Grange Exhibit
- It’s Time for Research Papers & Science Fair Projects!
- Create a unique 3D object at Spokane Valley Library
- Library of Things: Check out more than books at the library!
- Director’s Update: Libraries in Spokane Valley
- Dealing with Addiction: An OverDrive collection of eBooks & Audiobooks
- 75th Anniversary & Anthology Release Party
- Do you have the best back-to-school accessory?
- Going viral: Video creators find new space at Spokane Valley Library
- Engage: our new library event magazine
- New digital resource: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- Back to Homeschool Resources
- ABCmouse.com in our libraries
- Find funding at the library
- ProCitizen: The online resource that helps you prepare for the U.S. citizenship test
- Gain marketable skills with LinkedIn Learning
- Diane E Zahand Memorial Fund
Parents and Teachers
- Finding Fall Picture Books: Good Reads for the Holidays & Every Day
- Still Golden: Little Golden Books Are 81 Years Old & Going Strong
- How to Talk with Children About the Holocaust: Expert Tips & Suggested Books
- How to Connect with Community Organizations That Help Students with Back-to-School Needs
- 5 Tried & True Ways to Keep Kids Reading All Summer
- New Picture Books in Rhyme Bring Family Fun to Your Storytime
- Raising a Reader: Benefits & Useful Resources for Parents & Caregivers
- Fabulous Tail-Wagging Reads to Get Ready for National Dog Day
- The best new picture books each month for delightful, adventurous reads
- Wiggle worms and bouncing kangaroos: How do you read to active toddlers?
- Nurturing creativity & imagination with picture books
- What to say to & read with kids when the news is scary
- Exploring memoir writing with children
- Reading picture books together to help grieving children
- Booklist for kids: Reading for the Earth
- Playing games, practicing math!
- Mindfulness picture books for your little ones (and you!)
- Getting started with graphic novels: Reluctant readers, struggling readers, and you
- Flavors of fall: Food and book pairings for kids
- Indoor activities for families with young kids
- Easy Reader Nonfiction coming soon to the Easy Reader shelves
- School’s back in session: Picture books about new challenges and situations
- Young adult booklist for Pride Month
- Picture books for frosty days
- Social-emotional picture books to help your kids get through the holidays
- Block play and kindergarten readiness
- 7 stages of block play: Building and early learning
- Talking about preschool STEM
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