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Books & Authors

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-time Indian

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Martha Reads Banned Books

recommended by PimaLib_MarthaCooperLib

Staff at Martha Cooper Library share their favorite books that have been banned or challenged.

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"Everybody counts or nobody counts.…

recommended by PimaLib_AmyK

I’ve always been a nonfiction reader because as I like to say, real life is often stranger and more interesting than fiction, but the excep…

Person laying on a couch reading a dinosaur book

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Ten Things That Make Me Feel Like An Old…

recommended by PimaLib_NormS

This is a list of 10 items, each representing something that, upon reflection, makes me feel like an old dinosaur, that is, someone that li…

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The Revolving Door of Life

By Alexander McCall Smith

Bertie is seven now and has a grandma. Matthew and Elspeth discover a secret room in their new house. Bruce continues to be Bruce. Silly and… More

recommended by PimaLib_MaryG

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Binti

By Nnedi Okorafor

Wow! I couldn't put this book down. Speculative fiction, afrofuturism, top-notch storytelling. Binti leaves home to attend the universe's be… More

recommended by PimaLib_MaryG

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We Recommend

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One Seed: Growing and Harvesting

By PimaLib_SeedLibrary

Did you participate in Seed Library One Seed Pima County program? Want to donate your harvest? Or just see some plants we've grown?

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One Seed: Growing and Harvesting

By PimaLib_SeedLibrary

Did you participate in Seed Library One Seed Pima County program? Want to donate your harvest? Or just see some plants we've grown?

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How to Take Great Landscape Photos!

Sep 29th | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Oro Valley Public Library

Would you like to take better landscape and travel photographs with your existing camera?This free workshop for beginning and intermediate …

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How to Take Great Landscape Photos!

Sep 29th | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Oro Valley Public Library

Would you like to take better landscape and travel photographs with your existing camera?This free workshop for beginning and intermediate …

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A Closer Look at Stuff in the Catalog: Tip of the Week #17

By PimaLib_AskALibrarian

When you go into a catalog record for an item, there’s lots of information. Where can you find blog posts and lists, for example? Join us in taking a close look at a book club favorite, Americanah, to find all kinds of interesting stuff out about it without leaving our catalog.

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Peering into the Catalog: Tip #17

By PimaLib_AskALibrarian

When you go into a catalog record for an item, there’s lots of information. Sometimes, you don’t want all the extra stuff, as long as you c…

a father gently kisses baby on the cheek

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Boot Camp for New Dads

Oct 15th - Dec 10th

Various dates & locations

REGISTER NOW | Are you a Dad-to-be? Join other dads-to-be, a new dad with a baby, and a skilled group leader for a three-hour workshop designed to help you be ready for anything your new baby may bring!

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Boot Camp for New Dads

Oct 15th - Dec 10th

Various dates & locations

REGISTER NOW | Are you a Dad-to-be? Join other dads-to-be, a new dad with a baby, and a skilled group leader for a three-hour workshop desig…

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The Amazing Gift of Poetry!

recommended by PimaLib_LindaG

"Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak." ~ Jim Harrison.

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The Amazing Gift of Poetry!

recommended by PimaLib_LindaG

"Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak." ~ Jim Harrison.

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New Fiction
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- New For Teens
- Nuevo En Espanol

Bicycle thieves

Ladri di biciclette

A Gentleman in Moscow

Towles, Amor

A Hard Day's Night Searcher

Kenyon, Sherrilyn

The Kid

Hansen, Ron

Robert Born Parker's Debt to Pay

Today Will Be Different

Ralph Compton Hard Ride to Wichita

The Hidden Life of Trees

Wohlleben, Peter

The Insulin Resistance Solution

Best Easy Day Hikes Sedona

Melton, Glennon Doyle

Dinner With Edward

Vincent, Isabel

Strangers in Their Own Land

Hochschild, Arlie Russell

The Big Book of Bugs

Zommer, Yuval

Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto

Ventura, Jesse

The Anatomy of Inequality

The Dragonet Prophecy

Dory Dory Black Sheep

Hanlon, Abby

Little Blue Truck's Halloween

Schertle, Alice

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Turkey!

Time for Bed, Sleepyhead

A Country Schoolhouse

Barasch, Lynne

Little Monk and the Mantis

Fusco, John

Children of Exile

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

A Shadow Bright and Burning

The Irregular at Magic High School

El analfabeto emocional

Cala, Ismael

La medición del mundo

Kehlmann, Daniel

Pan y mantequilla/ Bread and Butter

McKenna, Erin

Comprender el melanoma y otros cánceres de piel

Comprender la degeneracion macular asociada a la edad (DMAE)

Bures, Anniken

Esa luz que nos quema

Millares Sall, Jose María

Treinta doblones de oro

Sánchez Adalid, Jesús

Tres días de agosto

Sierra i Fabra, Jordi

Andrea contra pronostico

Lago, Alba

El hombre milagro

Leibowitz, William R.

Medita conmigo

Kneeland, Eamonn Sean

Embarazada y ahora qué?

Rubio, Pilar

La visitante

Stevens, Amanda

De hombres y langostas

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Take the Banned Books Quiz!

By PimaLib_AskALibrarian

The American Library Association publishes a list of banned and challenged books every year. Before you click on the link to read the 2015 …

y no se lo tragó la tierra = and the earth did not devour him

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Libros Prohibidos - Banned Books by Lati…

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15) and Banned Books Week (Sept 27 - Oct 3) check out these banned or challenged books by…

recommended by PimaLib_RachelW

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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My 10 Favorite Movies Based on Banned Bo…

Movie fans can celebrate Banned Books Week, too! Here's my top ten list.

recommended by PimaLib_JB

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Let's Play...Banned or Challenged?

By PimaLib_JessicaP

It's Banned Books Week, a time to celebrate our rights to free and open access to information: our right to read. It's sort of a misnomer, …

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Hermoine Granger's Book List

What Would Hermoine Read? The clever Muggle-born witch was always at the library, her nose buried in a book. When Ron and Harry wanted to f…

recommended by PimaLib_DavidaL

Game Of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season

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Emmy Winners 2016

Here are the 2016 Emmy Winners television series that are available for check out at PCPL! Also listed are all the previous seasons so you …

recommended by PimaLib_AmyP

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Books by Ann Patchett

Waiting for Commonwealth? Read Ann Patchett's backlist. She's the award-winning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder.

recommended by PimaLib_JeanSC

Teach Yourself Visually Jewelry Making & Beading

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Crafting the traditional way

Do you want to learn how to make crafts that have been around for a long time? Discover printmaking, woodworking, calligraphy, basketry, j…

recommended by PimaLib_LoisM

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Family Health & Fitness Day: Sept. 24

Get your family involved for National Family Healthy & Fitness day -- work out, get/stay in shape, and HAVE FUN together!

recommended by PimaLib_ShirleyL

Encyclopedia of Greeting Cards Tools & Techniques

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Create Your Own Cards

Most people love to receive cards (especially in the mail, as in stamped from the post office) so why not go the extra mile and create your…

recommended by PimaLib_KarenG

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Hispanic Heritage Month

The Library of Congress on Pinterest - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage from September 15th - October 15th

Kids & Teens

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Not Your Usual Storytime Books!

By PimaLib_TobyW

My quest to find perfect stories to read at Rainbow Storytime often results in finding books I wouldn’t actually read in any Storytime. As…

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Young Adult Fan Favorites

recommended by PimaLib_Teens

These are titles popular with young adult readers and PCPL librarians!

Community Choice

Leviathan

By Scott Westerfeld

this book shook my world. clean and gripping with amazing characters.loved it!!

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Mem Fox: kid's writer from Down Under

recommended by PimaLib_JeanSC

Australian author and literacy educator Mem Fox has written children's books for more than three decades, and her stories continue to amuse…

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Get ready to laugh with Beginning Reader…

recommended by PimaLib_SueJ

Beginning readers will enjoy these books, because they are funny, have short sentences, but will make you laugh with pictures and words. P…

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E-Library

young asian woman sitting on a couch with a tablet and coffee

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Digital Comics and Manga to read now!

In the mood for some sequential art on your phone or tablet? These graphic novels, manga, and trades are available to check out right now!

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Middle & High School Research Center

With Student Resources in Context, middle and high school students can research history, geography, social issues, health, and more.

Girl sitting at a desk in a classroom writing

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Test Prep & Career Tools

Testing and Education Reference Center has practice tests, courses, scholarship info, and study tools to get you ready for your next step.

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Celebrate Read an Ebook Day, 9/16!

Borrow a bestseller on OverDrive, an animated comic on TumbleBooks, a classic on OneClickdigital, or a local treasure on ONEBOOKAZ. Free!

group of friends taking part in a book club at home

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Ebook Club Picks: Another Reason to Try…

recommended by PimaLib_StephanieM

Writing in library books? Is that allowed? Absolutely, *if* that library book is an ebook! If these popular book club picks are on your …

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Library Card Month

Bookmobile parked on the street in front of Joel D. Valdez Main Library

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Need a reason to get a library card?

In operation since the mid-1960s when the service was a mix of trailers and trucks, our Bookmobile now averages 8,500 miles every year!

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Need a reason to get a library card?

In operation since the mid-1960s when the service was a mix of trailers and trucks, our Bookmobile now averages 8,500 miles every year!

You Wouldn't Want to Be A Pony Express Rider!

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What would (should?) Pigpen read?

recommended by PimaLib_MargotN

Did you know that Pigpen is interested in archaeology and loves mud pies? Pigpen has close ties to dirt in its many forms! Here are a few i…

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What would (should?) Pigpen read?

recommended by PimaLib_MargotN

Did you know that Pigpen is interested in archaeology and loves mud pies? Pigpen has close ties to dirt in its many forms! Here are a few i…

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Snoopy's Reading List

recommended by PimaLib_GolfLinksLibrary

Books that Snoopy would read!

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Snoopy's Reading List

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Books that Snoopy would read!

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Lucy's Top Ten

recommended by PimaLib_LisaB

Charlie Brown's friend Lucy Van Pelt has some books she'd like to recommend. The doctor is IN!

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Lucy's Top Ten

recommended by PimaLib_LisaB

Charlie Brown's friend Lucy Van Pelt has some books she'd like to recommend. The doctor is IN!

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Book cover for The Call of the Wild by Jack London

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(Challenged) Books That Shaped America

Many of the titles on the Library of Congress's list of books that have influenced life in America have been challenged in the past.

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For Banned Books Week: TUSD Controversy

These are the books that the Arizona state legislature banned from being taught by the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson Unified S…

recommended by PimaLib_JB

a bright abstract representation of the american flag

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Register to Vote (by October 10th)

There's an election coming up on November 8, but you need to register to vote by October 10. You can do it online at Service Arizona.

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Cool Season Vegetable Gardening

Oct 1st | 11:00am - 12:30pm

Master Gardener Series—Veggie gardening in Tucson is different! Our seasons are different, our soil is different, even our sunshine...

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Now Sowing: Cool Season Herbs

It's time to plant those cool season herbs! You can find the following seeds in the PCPL system available for check-out with your library c…

recommended by PimaLib_SeedLibrary

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pimacountylibrary Rubber stamp carving is simple. 1) Draw your design on regular paper. 2) Trace the design onto onion skin, thickly. 3) Put the onionskin fac…