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Ignite Your Mind: 50 Years of Banned Books

As we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary, we would like to encourage you to ignite your mind, by reading some of the following books that have been banned over the last 50 years.

50 Years of Sci-Fi/Fantasy

May is made for the science fiction and fantasy lovers. So, we decided to celebrate by looking back over the last 50 years at some of our favorite science fiction and fantasy novels.

50 Years of Reading Together: What We Have Been Reading Over the Last 50 Years

Check out the books that were the longest running New York Times #1 Bestsellers for the last 50 years!

Resolve to Read 50 Books

I love to read, but I never get enough time to read all the books that I want to read. That’s why I’m excited to commit to HPB’s Resolve to Read 50. That’s right – I am committing to reading at least 50 books this year. Now, I just need to pick the books! I… View Article

The 10 Most Challenged Books of the Last Year

“The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”

Summer Reading Camp: MORE Recommendations, Recreations & Recipes

Enjoy some more wonderful books, fascinating activities and scrumptious camp foods to try this summer!

Summer Reading Camp: Recommendations, Recreations & Recipes

Summer is here, and at HPB Summer Reading Camp that means reading, completing activities and eating!

Blowing Smoke: How to Appreciate a Dragon

Any book lover will tell you dragons are a very real and integral part of literature that have fascinated us for centuries and deserve our appreciation, which is why January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day.