Travel the World with Poudre Libraries Every August, we celebrate Women in Translation Month (WITM) by focusing on books written by women in languages other than English. This annual celebration was started by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 in an effort to bring more attention to the literary accomplishments of women writers throughout the world, as …
By Chris Lederhos, Lab Technician at Old Town Library “Celebrated throughout the month of August in San Francisco, Transgender History Month is legally recognized by Mayoral Proclamation. It is a month in which Transgender San Franciscans honor the rich history and contributions of transgender history makers, pioneers, trailblazers and affirms the ongoing presence of transgender …
Books to Help Your Kids Navigate The Election Year For many of us, our instinct as parents is to protect and shelter our kids from the hard stuff – the adult stuff we don’t think they need to worry about. As the election year continues to ramp up, our kids are going to start having …
This April is the 20th annual National Diversity Awareness Month. We want to celebrate by acknowledging and appreciating our differences and similarities, and diversifying our reading! But what does “diversity” even mean? Diversity, at first glance, is a simple enough term to define. It means a group is heterogeneous or different characteristically. The parts that …
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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