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Asian American and Pacific Islander Book List

This month we honor and celebrate Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and Native Hawaiians! This month (and every month), we encourage everyone celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and expand their understandings of the many AAPI communities that are essential to the United States, in the past, present, and future. Poudre Libraries encourages our …

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Give Back to Your Library

We love how supportive our community is of the Library. By visiting the library, attending programs, checking out materials, and using library services, you support the Library’s mission. Have you ever wondered how else you might support your library? Join us for Library Giving Day (and Beyond) Wednesday, April 3 is Library Giving Day, and …

Celebrating Black History Month and Black Futures

Colorado Black History & Book Choices It’s Black History Month! This month, we celebrate black futures and honor the unique contributions of Black individuals who shaped Colorado and the nation. Elvin R. Caldwell Sr. (1919–2004) Elizabeth Piper Ensley (1847–1919) Rachel B. Noel (1918–2008) Five Points Neighborhood Lucile Berkeley Buchanan (1884–1989) Fannie Mae Duncan (1918-2005) Find …

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Adventure in the Shelves: From Bombers to Books to Blooms 

Meet Your Library Staff – Benjamin Brantley, Assistant Circulation Supervisor and Library Assistant  High up in Poudre Canyon, an abandoned an abandoned B17 bomber plane ages within the towering forest. In other locations of the Rocky Mountain forest floor lie patches of endangered wild orchid species welcoming only the most adventurous to absorb their beauty. Several canyons away, …