Materials Amplified – Launchpads & Wonderbooks

Miami Public Library (MPL) is always seeking ways to improve our services and materials for our community. One of the things we have been doing is adding items from Playaway to our collection. Playaway has improved the way children read along with Wonderbooks and is bridging the digital divide with Launchpads. The great news is…

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New Materials: June 2023

Below are the new materials that were added in June 2023! Children’s Shelf Location Call # Title Author Series Children’s Department Children’s games 3 in 1 Mini Checker Rug: Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, Mega Tic-Tac-Toe Children’s Department Children’s games 3 in 1 Mini Checker Rug: Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe, Mega Tic-Tac-Toe Children’s Department Children’s games 3 in 1 Mini…

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Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Donate Now! Enroll Your Child Now! Dazzling Dolly 2023 – $3,000 Literacy Legends 2023 – $2,000 2023 – $1,000 2023 – $1,500 2023 – $2,000 Reading Rockstars 2023 – $500 2023 – $500 2023 – $500 grant Book Boosters 2023 – $300 The Ulrey Family 2024 – $250 John & Julia McFerron 2023 – $250 Dr.…

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Let’s Talk About It Oklahoma

Let’s Talk About It Oklahoma The Let’s Talk About It series stimulates vibrant, engaging conversations.  Each series includes 4-5 pre-selected books that examine a single theme from multiple perspectives.  Food traditions and culture, coming-of-age stories, Oklahoma history, ethnic diversity, and finding hope during desperate times are just a few of the timeless themes that resonate…

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Beanstack Challenge Tracker

Beanstack allows you to: Keep track of all family members’ reading logs, progress, and badges on one account. Log reading from home or on the go to earn points. Complete activities at home or in the community to earn more points Read and write book reviews of the books you read. Use the Beanstack Tracker App…

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Curbside Library Is Now Taking Orders

  We are excited to start Curbside Library Services! You will now be able to check out books with us and pick up curbside. Just follow the steps below. Step 1: Find Your Book Browse our Online Catalog to select books. Write down the title and author for each book you want to check out.…

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New Books 3/9/20

  1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton Norton discusses the sixteen months during which the traditional loyalists to King George III began their discordant “discussions” that led to their acceptance of the inevitability of war against the British Empire and to the clashes at Lexington and Concord in mid-April 1775. Arguing…

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New Books 2/17/20

  Agency by William Gibson Verity Jane becomes the beta tester for the latest product of a San Francisco start-up: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary-looking glasses who soon manifests a face, a fragmentary past, and an unnervingly canny grasp of combat strategy. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Lydia Quixano Perez lives…

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New Books 1/27/20

Love stories, cook books, religion, history, self-help, and suspense.  This week’s shelf has something for everyone. The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz Ten writers think they are signing up for a weeklong writing retreat with the most celebrated author in the world, but they are really entering the twisted imagination of a deranged genius, a…

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New Books 1/20/20

  Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer In a city with no name of its own, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways with the fate of Earth at stake. The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal In 1850s London two people meet by happenstance, Iris, an…

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