Frank Carlson Library

"Winner of the 2016 Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction, Media Ecology Association" David J. Alworth is assistant professor of English and of History and Literature at Harvard University. Site Reading offers a new method of literary and cultural interpretation and a new theory of narrative setting by examining five sites-supermarkets, dumps, roads, ruins, and asylums-that have been crucial to American...

Fruit is delicious food. Yum! Do you know, lots of different kinds of fruit? What is your favorite fruit?

Do you like dressing up in funny clothes? Look at all the costumes in the dressing-up box. Which costume would you like to wear?

Have you ever had an x-ray? X-rays are like photographs of your bones. They show what is inside your body. X-rays show if your bones are broken. Animals can have x-rays of their bodies too.

Everyone in this story is hungry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff want to cross a bridge to eat some sweet green grass. But, under the bridge is a big bad, troll. He wants to eat them up. Can they cross the bridge?

In a testimony to the lasting power of love, a man tells an elderly woman a story from a faded old notebook, his voice relating the heartbreaking tale of two lovers and their fifty-year journey to happiness.

Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.

The rules of summer book club are simple: No sad books. No pressure. Yes, wine! Besties Laurel and Paris are excited to welcome Cassie to the group. This year, the book club is all about fill-your-heart reads. Since Laurel's divorce, she feels like the Worst Mom Ever. Cassie has an unfortunate habit of falling for ridiculous man-boys. Paris is still reeling after chasing off the only man brave and foolish enough to marry her. Inspired by the heroines...

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus...

A young girl demonstrates to her mother and father how well she has learned to read.