Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)

"After his father's suicide, Cufe, embarks on a journey outside of his reservation to find a more fulfilling life." -From the Catalog

My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari

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November is Native American Heritage Month. Here are some great non-fiction titles to celebrate:

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

November is Native American Heritage Month. Here are some fantastic fiction titles to celebrate:

Winter Counts: A Novel by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

October 17th was Black Poetry Day. Check out these phenomenal titles by Black poets:

Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

In honor of spooky season, here are some of my favorite creepy books. Reader beware: some of these are not for the easily spooked.

For more titles, check out our Thrills and Chills display near the Recent Arrivals for the rest of the month!

Today is National Dessert Day! Get your stomach growling with these library items to help you celebrate:

October 8th is World Octopus Day!

Octopus - Making Contact

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October is Filipino American History Month. Celebrate by checking out these fantastic books by Filipino authors:

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

The first week of October is Mystery Series Week. To celebrate, here are some great mystery series I suggest checking out:

    
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Aunties #1)

Been thinking about cutting down or stopping drinking? Curious about the history and concepts of not drinking? Want to make some fantastic alcohol free cocktails? Check out these library books!

When Wilmette librarian Carly Stauss was in the sixth grade, her class read Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watson’s Go to Birmingham. She recounts, “We were always excited when the teacher handed out new books for us to read, but this time was different.

September 29th is National Dumpling Day! Dumplings are a dinner staple in a large number of culinary cultures. Support a local restaurant or make your own dumplings using one of these books. Yum!

September 23rd is Bisexual Visibility Day! Here are some fantastic books with bisexual characters to celebrate: