Come experience La La La: A Story of Hope, a brand-new puppet show by Wishing Chair Productions and based on a beautiful picture book written by 2023 Nashville Public Library Literary Award honoree Kate DiCamillo! 

Who wants a heat wave when we can have a crime wave!

NPL's Nashville After Zone Alliance (NAZA), an out-of-school-time network, were thrilled to send a youth team member to the national youth summit in Washington, D.C. last month!

Naomi Shihab Nye's 1994 picture book, Sitti's Secrets, is about a young girl, Mona, and her Sitti, her grandmother, who lives in Palestine. This book captures the essence of the love that can persist despite being worlds apart. Mona remembers her visit to meet her Sitti, and the simple fun they shared together, although they did not share a language. Thirty years after the publication of this book, it is ever relevant. This beautiful read is just one of many children's books about Palestinian children and a tender longing feeling for one's distant homeland and loved ones. 

Who wants to go under the sea?

In the Turkish import The Ferris Wheel, the stories of a boy and a girl living in different parts of the world intertwine in an exceedingly moving and timely picture book.