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#BookFaceFriday “First Snow” by Bomi Park

 It’s beginning to look a lot like #BookFaceFriday! You might be dreaming of a white Christmas, but maybe not two feet worth. Even if winter weather ruins your regular trip to the library you and your...

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#BookFaceFriday –“The Snow Globe” by Sheila Roberts

We’re shaking things up with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! This winter wonderland is making our holiday books feel right at home! Looking for the perfect Hallmark read, reserve a holiday title like...

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#BookFaceFriday “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson

We are hung up on this #BookFace! As Valentine’s Day approaches, we wanted to share the love with this week’s BookFace. Check out “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: A Novel” by Helen Simonson (Random House...

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#BookFaceFriday –“Black Print with a White Carnation” by Amy Helene Forss

#BookFaceFriday celebrates Black History Month! Extra, extra, read all about it with this week’s #BookFaceFriday, “Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper,...

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#BookFaceFriday –“Cotton Candy” by Ted Kooser

That one looks like a…#BookFaceFriday! There is something so sweet about this week’s #BookFaceFriday, “Cotton Candy: Poems Dipped Out of the Air” by Ted Kooser (‎University of Nebraska Press; 2022.)...

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#BookFaceFriday –“Louise Pound: Scholar, Athlete, Feminist Pioneer” by Robert...

This #BookFaceFriday is a hole in one! March is Women’s History Month and we’re shining a light on the impressive Nebraska women featured in our collection. Like this week’s #BookFace, “Louise Pound:...

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#BookFaceFriday “Things Not Seen” by Andrew Clements

We didn’t see this #BookFace coming! [NLCStart]Don’t blink or you’ll miss this week’s #BookFaceFriday! The Nebraska Library Commission has Book Club Kits for a wide range of readers, including kids’...

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#BookFaceFriday “Might Kindred” by Mónica Gomery

An ode to #BookFaceFriday! April is National Poetry Month, and we wanted to celebrate by highlighting some of the amazing poetry NLC has in its collection. Like this week’s #BookFaceFriday, Might...

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#BookFaceFriday “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah

This week’s #BookFaceFriday is larger than life.  We are here for all the amazing memoirs and nonfiction works available right now, we couldn’t help but highlight “Born a Crime: Stories from a South...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise” by Dan Gemeinhart

Fasten your seat belts, it’s #BookFaceFriday! [NLCStart] Get ready to hit the road with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! Looking for the next great read for your middle grade book club? The Nebraska...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Lake House” by Sarah Beth Durst

You might have to leave the light on for this #BookFaceFriday! Summer Camp isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this week’s #BookFace! “The Lake House” by Sarah Beth Durst (HarperTeen, 2023) is a nail...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Chaperone” by Laura Moriarty

[NLCstart]Better keep an eye on this #BookFaceFriday! This #BookFaceFriday shouldn’t be left unattended! The story of young silent movie star, Louise Brooks, and the woman who escorts her to New York...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Giver” by Lois Lowry

We’re united in our love for this #BookFaceFriday! Let Freedom Read! That’s the theme of this year’s #BannedBooksWeek. We are celebrating with a banned #BookFace! The Nebraska Library Commission...

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#BookFaceFriday “Daughter of Fortune” by Isabel Allende

Fortune favors the #BookFaceFriday! This #BookFaceFriday is written by one of the many talented authors we are celebrating during National Hispanic American Heritage Month (September 15- October 15),...

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#BookFaceFriday –“The Lesser Dead” by Christopher Buehlman

Something #BookFace this way comes! If your go-to Halloween activity is watching a horror flick or visiting a haunted house, you probably also love a scary story. This week’s #BookFaceFriday is the...

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#BookFaceFriday –“Nothing But Blackened Teeth” by Cassandra Khaw

I wouldn’t want to run into this #BookFace in a dark hallway! Not to make you lose sleep or anything but this week’s #BookFaceFriday has us keeping the lights on. If you love Halloween and a a good...

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#BookFaceFriday “El Conejito Knuffle” by Mo Willems

¿Dónde está el #BookFaceFriday? No need to retrace your steps to find this #BookFaceFriday! This week, we are highlighting one of the new Spanish language titles recently added to our Book Club Kit...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Christmassy Cactus” by Beth Ferry

I’m dreaming of a #BookFaceFriday! We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this week’s #BookFace! And surprise, surprise, books are our preferred way to celebrate the...

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Friday Reads & #BookFaceFriday –“Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel” by The...

We’ve reached the point in our “post-pandemic world” (or as close as we have come to being post-anything) where it seems every book set in the current time period mentions COVID-19. For example, my...

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#BookFaceFriday –“Reader’s Digest: Special Pets Issue”

This #Bookface is ready to sit and stay. It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and it’s easy to forget you have access to magazines on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! Take a look at “Reader’s...

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