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Beyond Recycling: How Libraries Are Rethinking Sustainability

As climate change becomes more visible in daily life, libraries can build sustainability into everyday decisions, from disaster preparedness to partnerships.

Apply Now: A Year of STEM

Apply by October 28 for a chance to receive 12 months of curated STEM programming to foster curiosity and STEM-mindedness in early childhood learners.

Curious Kids Club: Full STEAM Ahead!

This library transformed a traditional summer reading program into the Curious Kids Club, a six-week, hands-on summer program with a science-camp feel that combined literacy with STEAM.

Stitched Stories: Where Quilting, Literacy, and Elders Meet

In the African American tradition, quilting is both practice and philosophy. Stitched Stories was built to put that inheritance directly into young people’s hands, pairing books with needle and thread.

One Less Lonely Writer

Host a write-in with your campus writing center for the International Write-In, Nov. 29 to Dec. 8, 2016.

Friend Squad for Ages 11-16

Friend Squad is a monthly inclusive group for youths that teaches them to support their peers.

The Post-Election Library

Libraries are making their communities feel safe and welcome this week after a tumultuous election.

We Love the Library!

Blogger Jenn Carson shares how she got kids excited about the library during Canadian Library Month.

Programs that Empower

Diversity programming is just the beginning of important social justice conversations and action in our communities.