📣 New from Pennsylvania author Quiara Alegría Hudes! 📖 The White Hot April finds herself spiraling one day and decides to walk away from her family. In The White Hot, a letter from April to her daughter, she explains why she left, but does not apologize.

📖 We are currently searching for books to represent Pennsylvania in the Library of Congress' 2026 Great Reads from Great Places program! The books must have some relevancy to Pennsylvania and be published in either 2024 or 2025. Submit your nomination to [email protected] by Wednesday!

🎉 We are celebrating Kwanzaa with A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook by Jessica B. Harris from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social! A Kwanzaa Keepsake provides a themed feast for all seven days of Kwanzaa that reflects the principle of each day. Happy Kwanzaa!

🎄 We are celebrating Christmas with An Anishinaabe Christmas by Wab Kinew and illustrated by Erin Hill! This festive picture book explores both Christmas traditions and Anishinaabe culture. Merry Christmas!

📣 New from Pennsylvania author Stewart O’Nan! 📖 Evensong from @groveatlantic.bsky.social The novel follows members of the Humpty Dumpty Club, a group of older women living in Pittsburgh, as they support one another through life's challenges.

❄️ Celebrate the start of winter with one of these winter inspired books from Pennsylvania authors: 📘 A Snow Day for Plum! by Matt Phelan 📘 The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by @lauraparnum.bsky.social 📘 The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum 📘 It's a Love/Skate Relationship by @icarli.bsky.social

📚 We asked our staff for their favorite books of 2025! Our director Ellysa's picks were: 📗 Sandwich by Catherine Newman 📗 The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan 📗 Tender by Beth Hetland 📗 Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner What were your favorite books of 2025?

🦁 The New York Public Library announced their best books of 2025! Their teen list includes the following books from Pennsylvania authors: 📙 They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social 📙 Ban This! by Christina Ellis et al. 📙 Fight AIDS! by Michael G. Long 📙 Loudmouth by @dheiligman.bsky.social

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📣 New from Pennsylvania author Ally Russell! 📖 Down Came the Spiders 🕷️ Twelve-year-old Andi loves everything about spiders! She is super excited to find a new spider species until they begin acting strange. It is up to Andi and her friends to take on the spiders before it's too late!

🕎 We are celebrating Hanukkah with You're My Little Latke by Nicola Edwards and illustrated by Natalie Marshall! Part of the You’re My Little series, this festive board book allows children to interact with the story and join the Hanukkah celebration. Happy Hanukkah!

📚 We asked our staff for their favorite books of 2025! Our intern Erin's picks were: 📕 The Spellshop by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social 📕 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 📕 The Thursday Murder Club by @richardosman1.bsky.social What were your favorite books of 2025?

📚 TIME recently announced their 100 Must-Read Books of 2025! The list includes the following books from Pennsylvania authors: 📕 Black in Blues by @imaniperry.bsky.social 📕 Strangers in the Land by @michaelluo.bsky.social 📕 Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero

📣 New from Pennsylvania author @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social! 📖 Ghost Boys: The Graphic Novel (illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey) from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social The New York Times bestselling novel Ghost Boys is now a graphic novel!

📖 We are currently searching for books to represent Pennsylvania in the Library of Congress' 2026 Great Reads from Great Places program! The books must have some relevancy to Pennsylvania and be published in either 2024 or 2025. Submit your nomination to [email protected] by Wednesday, December 31st!

🦁 The New York Public Library announced their best books of 2025! Their adult list includes these books from Pennsylvania authors: 📙 Fresh, Green Life by Sebastian Castillo 📙 Heartwood by Amity Gaige 📙 The Afterlife of Malcolm X by Mark Whitaker 📙 Black Arms to Hold You Up by Ben Passmore

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🎉 Happy book birthday to BLACKPINK: A Little Golden Book Biography by @jessyoonwrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @honeej.bsky.social! Since their debut in 2016, BLACKPINK has taken the world by storm! This Little Golden Book provides biographies for each member and is perfect for all ages.

🕯️On World AIDS Day, we remember the more than 32 million people who have died from AIDS-related illness and the continued fight against HIV. We are commemorating the day with Fight AIDS! by Pennsylvania author Michael G. Long. Fight AIDS! is designed to introduce the AIDS crisis to young readers.

📚 Celebrate Nonfiction November with one of these memoirs written by a Pennsylvania author: 📖 Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas 📖 Sign, Gone by Phuc Tran 📖 The Shoemaker by Mark Saba 📖 Cinderland by Amy Jo Burns

🦃 We are celebrating Turkey Day by reading Two-List Thanksgiving by Christine Whan and illustrated by Sienna Youngsun Kim from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social! Happy Thanksgiving!

🥺 Our Social Media Manager is currently away for Thanksgiving. Please make her happy and read some Pennsylvania books!

📣 New book from Pennsylvania author Erin Frankel! 📖 Mary Oliver, Holding on to Wonder by Erin Frankel and illustrated by Jasu Hu This lyrical picture book biography of poet Mary Oliver focuses on her love of nature and the sense of wonder that inspired her.

📚 Casey Sennett, our Outreach and Social Media Coordinator, recently attended the Library Marketing and Communications Conference in St. Louis! She attended sessions related to video production, establishing healthy relationships and boundaries with social media, and accessibility.

📚 Honor and celebrate Native American Heritage Month with one of these books by an indigenous author: Nonfiction: 📕 Thunder Song by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 📕 Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa Fiction: 📕 We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon 📕 The Devil Is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson

📚 To celebrate National Picture Book Month, we are highlighting a few picture books by Pennsylvania authors: 📙 Unstoppable by Michael G. Long 📙 Just Ducky by @berrietr.bsky.social 📙 Chomp! The Truth About Sharks by @annettewhipple.bsky.social 📙 Wonderful You by Lisa Graff

📣 New book from Pennsylvania author @carolinecarlson.bsky.social! 📖 The Tinkerers When two Tinkerers visit Stargazers Valley, Peter learns they have created a not-a-clock that can turn back time for a few minutes. Peter soon realizes that not everything that feels like a mistake actually is.

Why did the chicken cross the road? 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 To get to the library, of course!

📖 Last month, we hosted Beth Hetland, winner of the 2025 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, for an author talk at Penn State! The event recording is now available on YouTube:

📖 We are currently searching for books to represent Pennsylvania in the Library of Congress' 2026 Great Reads from Great Places program! The books must have some relevancy to Pennsylvania and be published in either 2024 or 2025. Submit your nomination to [email protected] by Wednesday, December 31st!

🎒 Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Director of the PA Center for the Book, selected books for the Penn State University Libraries' new caregiver kits. They provide early childhood development resources to students who are also caregivers. To learn more about the program:

🎉 Happy book birthday to Ravishing by @eshanisurya.bsky.social from @groveatlantic.bsky.social! Eshani Surya's debut highlights the dark side of the beauty industry and how far will we go in exchange for beauty, love, and acceptance.

📖 On Tuesday, November 18th at 6:00pm, join @spotlightpa.org for an online Q&A with author Lorene Cary! The event is part of Spotlight PA’s new book club, Booklight PA, which selected Cary's novel If Sons, Then Heirs for their November read. For more information:

📖 We recently hosted graphic novelist Beth Hetland, the 2025 Lynd Ward Prize winner, for an author talk at Penn State! Her visit also included presenting at the Delta High School in State College and a first-year graphic design seminar at Penn State. Thank you to Beth for such a wonderful visit!

📚 Our Outreach and Social Media Coordinator, Casey Sennett, attended the Pennsylvania Library Association's Annual Conference last week in Erie! She presented a poster about the PA Center for the Book and our various initiatives. She also got a library card at the Erie County Public Library!

🎉 Happy book birthday to Black-Owned by Char Adams! Black-Owned celebrates the living history of Black bookstores. It documents Black political movements through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have served as centers for organizing since abolition.

🕯We are celebrating Día de Muertos with Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson! Ramón Montez and Julieta Campos meet on Día de Muertos, but lose each other until Ramón acquires Julieta's closing taqueria. Forced to work together, can they overcome their differences and divided families?

👻 Happy Halloween! The Center's friendly ghost is celebrating with our 2025 Lynd Ward Prize winner, Tender by Beth Hetland! This body horror graphic novel follows a woman who is obsessed with curating a picture-perfect life. What are you reading for Halloween?

📚 Celebrate #TeenTober with one of these young adult novels from a Pennsylvania author: 📖 It's A Love/Skate Relationship by @icarli.bsky.social 📖 Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas 📖 They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social 📖 The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

📣 New from Pennsylvania author Alison Green Myers! 📖This Way to Happy After the death of Reilly's grandfather, the joy of operating her family's amusement park disappears. As the family struggles to keep the park open, Reilly discovers that even in the most challenging times, happiness is not far.

👻 Celebrate spooky season with one of these creepy books for young readers from Pennsylvania authors: 📙 Peril at Price Manor by @lauraparnum.bsky.social 📙 It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell 📙 Girl on the Run by @abigailjohnsonya.bsky.social 📙 She is a Haunting by @nvtran.bsky.social

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📣 This Saturday is the YOung People’s Book Festival of Greater Philadelphia in Villanova! The YO! Book Fest features writing and drawing workshops, signings with more than fifty children’s, middle grade, and young adult authors, and so much more! For more information:

📖 On Thursday at 6:00pm, join Spotlight PA for an online Q&A with Philly-based author Stephanie Feldman! The event is part of Booklight PA, a new book club, which selected Feldman's science fiction novel Saturnalia for their October read. For more information:

✨ Light up your Diwali with the magic of reading! We are celebrating the Festival of Lights with Sleepless in Dubai by @sajnipatelbooks.bsky.social! Happy Diwali!

📚 This Friday at 4:00pm, we are hosting author Beth Hetland, winner of the 2025 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, for a presentation and signing in Foster Auditorium at the Penn State University Libraries at University Park! The event is free and open to the public!

📚 For National Bullying Prevention Month, we are reading Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. and illustrated by Jes & Cin Wibowo! Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books and anime, but his classmates think that makes him a weirdo. After a traumatic event, he begins a journey to become the hero of his own story.

📚 Next week, we are traveling to Erie for the Pennsylvania Library Association's Annual Conference! Join our poster session on Monday to learn more about the PA Center for the Book and to pick up some fun swag! Will we see you in Erie? #BookSky #PaLA2025 #Pennsylvania

🎉 Happy book birthday to Together We Are Sunshine by @authorjamilah.bsky.social and illustrated by Raissa Figueroa from @randomhousekids.bsky.social ! This heartwarming picture book celebrates sisterhood and the harmony between sisters of all ages.