Note: Stephen A. Smith was Interim Director in 2017 And the envelope, please… Continuing an end-of-year tradition that dates back more than 15 years, the King County Library System has chosen its Best Books of 2017. Each year, KCLS librarians compile a list of their favorite books in each of four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Teens…
What would Katniss Everdeen Read?
If Katniss Everdeen ever slowed down enough to walk into my library and ask for reading suggestions, here is what I would recommend for her.
While You Wait for Instant Pot Cookbooks
If you're like me and are new to pressure cooking, all these newfangled multi-purpose devices popping up on the market can seem a little daunting. In the past I've always shied away from pressure cookers due to an old family legend about a rogue cooker exploding on some distant relative, but lured by tales of…
Best Reindeer Picture Books
Borrow these fun and heart-warming picture books from your library this season, and remember, there would not be gifts under the tree without reindeer!
What Would Walt Longmire Read?
Walt, the lead character in Craig Johnson's book (and television) series about murder and justice in Absaroka County, Wyoming, has definite likes and dislikes in literature. He quotes Shakespeare, Donne, and Faulkner, and knows his way around the works of Steinbeck. He thinks about issues like fairness and decency, he isn't averse to violence applied…
Santa’s Favorite Picture Books (About Santa)
Do you ever wonder which books Santa loves most? I did. So I asked! Santa loves to read picture books with children, but of course, he has favorites. I visited a classroom of North Pole helpers and asked everyone to suggest their favorite titles. Here's what they told me: Santa's Surprise Santa looks everywhere for his…
#MeToo
Since sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein have surfaced, you have likely seen mention of the #MeToo movement flooding social media. Coined by activist Tarana Burke and popularized by actress Alyssa Milano’s recent tweet, #MeToo has collected millions of stories of sexual assault and harassment and launched opinion pieces about stories that remain untold. The emergence of the #MeToo movement brings to light many…
Net Neutrality: Finding the Facts
Coined in 2003 by a Columbia University law professor Tim Wu, "net neutrality" is the idea that all data should be treated equally on the Internet. The topic of net neutrality, however, is not neutral and many opposing viewpoints exist in conversations about it. Get the facts on all sides of the conversation in these…
Escapist Reads for Stressful Holidays
Holidays often involve gathering with your family- either the one you were born into or the one you have chosen. These can be joyful reunions but also hold the potential for stressful conversations at the dinner table and the revisiting of old conflicts. Retreating into worlds of fiction was a socially acceptable form of escapism…
Picture Books for Adults
Being an adult is hard. In fact, it's so hard that millennials have decided that "adulting" is actually a verb. It's not something you are, it's just something you have to do: like brush your teeth and pay your taxes. As you may already know, "childing" is not a thing, because childhood is paradise. We…
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