The library is a place for all ages to connect to information and technologies, exchange ideas, and interact in a safe environment. Our adult programs seek to provide intellectually and socially stimulating activities for all to enjoy. We are constantly exploring new opportunities for programs, and invite feedback from community members and those interested in partnering with the library. Please contact Caleb Conover, Public Services Librarian, at cconover@boylepublib.org or by phone at (859) 238-7323, ext. 120.
For more information about upcoming events, check out the "April Calendar" under Attachments below. You can also watch a video that previews all of our April Programs.
Autism Awareness Month 2021
April is recognized as Autism Awareness Month, a specific time set aside to educate and expand understanding of autism. Studies have shown that the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder amongst children has more than doubled in the last two decades.
We encourage you to check out the titles in our collection displayed below, not only in April, but all year round.
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
My Life with Asperger's
Megan Hammond
The Aspie Teen's Survival Guide
J. D. Kraus
Autism in Heels
Jennifer Cook O'Toole
The Kitchen Daughter
Jael McHenry
Marcelo In the Real World
Francisco X. Stork
Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, Bipolar, and More!
Martin L. Kutscher, Tony Attwood, Robert R. Wolff
Demystifying Autism Spectrum Disorders
Carolyn Thorwarth Bruey
Autistics' Guide to Dating
Emilia Murry Ramey, Jody John Ramey
No Book But the World
Leah Hager Cohen
House Rules
Jodi Picoult
Nobody Nowhere
Donna Williams
Understanding Autism
Katrina Williams, Jacqueline Roberts
Odd Girl Out
Laura James
Sorta Like a Rockstar: A Novel
Matthew Quick
Thinking in Pictures
Temple Grandin
Look Me in the Eye
John Elder Robison
Water Bound
Christine Feehan
Afterward
Jennifer Mathieu
The Cactus
Sarah Haywood
The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida
The Stolen Child
Ann Hewetson
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang
The Art of Being Black - A Reading List
Accompanying the Art Center of the Bluegrass exhibit, The Art of Being Black: Conversation and Experience, we have compiled a reading list focused on African Americans in the arts. We encourage you to safely visit the exhibit at the Art Center, and consider checking out additional information from our library collection!
Wake Up Our Souls
Tonya Bolden
A Splash of Red
Jennifer Bryant
Black Art
Richard J. Powell
I See You, I See Myself
Deborah J. Leach
Deep Blues
Bill Traylor, Josef Helfenstein, Roman Kurzmeyer
Viewfinders
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Half Past Autumn
Gordon Parks, Philip Brookman, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Harlem Speaks
Cary D. Wintz
Talking to Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold, Linda Freeman, Nancy Roucher
When Malindy Sings
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Margaret Armstrong
Poems of Cabin and Field
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Black Genius and the American Experience
Dick Russell
Old in Art School
Nell Irvin Painter
It Jes' Happened
Don Tate
Black Artists in Photography, 1840-1940
George Sullivan
Infinite Hope
Ashley Bryan
Beautiful Shades of Brown
Nancy Churnin
Special Moments in African-American History, 1955-1996
Moneta Sleet, Doris E. Saunders
Social Justice Reading List
Books in the following list are referenced by one or more of the following: We Need Diverse Books' Resources for Race Equity and Inclusion, the National Book Foundation's National Book Award, or the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards or book list (specifically the Coretta Scott King Award, Morris Award, and the Amelia Bloomer Book List.
All of these books are available to check out from the library's print or digital collections using the Libby or Hoopla apps.
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
Monday's Not Coming
Tiffany D. Jackson
Monster
Walter Dean Myers
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Malcolm Little, Alex Haley
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fatal Invention
Dorothy Roberts
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Stamped
Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds
This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell
