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- Juvenile Literature (39)
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- Graphic Novels (22)
- Bildungsromans (20)
- Domestic Fiction (19)
- Electronic Books (19)
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General Recommendations
SFPL Explorer Guide Mission Branch Library
Created on:
Oct 05, 2021
10 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
What SFPL Staff Is Currently Reading
Created on:
Jul 07, 2015
18 items
Want to know what the members of the SFPL Readers' Advisory team is currently reading? Check it out here!
4 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
By:
SFPL_joanl
SFPL_joanl
Created on:
Jun 18, 2015
11 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book books for our citywide reading program for the past 10 years. Here is a look back at ...
General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book selections through the years
Created on:
Jun 11, 2015
13 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book books for our citywide reading program for the past 10 years. Here is a look back at...
Topic Guide
Life in the Middle East - An SFPL Resource Guide for Teens
By:
SFPL_NancyS
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
May 18, 2015
11 items
These items explore the range of experiences of young women and men growing up in the Middle East. An SFPL Resource Guide.
1 like
Topic Guide
The LGBT Experience - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide for Teens
Created on:
Apr 20, 2015
23 items
These fiction and nonfiction resources explore the range of LGBTQ life as experienced by young people, as well as provide an in...
3 likes
Top Picks
Indigenous Voices for Children & Tweens
By:
SFPL_Family
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Oct 30, 2020
24 items
Check out these recent titles by Native authors, about the Native experience, from board books to novels to nonfiction. All ava...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Filipino American History Month - Youth Booklist 2020
By:
SFPL_Family
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Oct 13, 2020
19 items
Celebrate Filipino American History Month by diving into titles that reflect and uplift Filipinos, a cornerstone community with...
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2021
Created on:
Jan 05, 2021
38 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids fiction, both the good, bad, and not ...
1 like
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2020
Created on:
Mar 31, 2020
70 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids fiction, both the good, bad, and not ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
Teotihuacan for young readers
By:
SFPL_Family
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Oct 26, 2017
21 items
Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire at the de Young Museum showcases the mysteriously beautiful ruins of an ancient Mesoam...
Topic Guide
SFPL: Oceania
By:
SFPL_AbrahamI
SFPL_AbrahamI
Created on:
May 16, 2018
39 items
"Our sea of islands...the world of our ancestors was a large sea full of places to explore, to make their homes in, to bre...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Audiobooks You Can Really Sync Your Ears Into [SFPL]
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Oct 13, 2016
23 items
Yes, listening to books counts as a type of reading, at least in this librarian's "book." Of course, it really matt...
5 likes
General Recommendations
AANHPI 2022: Children's Books Celebrating
Created on:
Mar 17, 2022
31 items
SFPL highlights these children's books that celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Bay Area points of historical interest with literary tie-ins : for students
Created on:
Dec 01, 2021
42 items
A school librarian had a great idea: they read the Port Chicago 50 and then took the students there to visit the site. Then the...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Excelsior: Winter Holiday Books
Created on:
Nov 19, 2021
44 items
A list of winter holiday books available at SFPL to accompany the Youth Art Exchange 2021 holiday window project. They reflect ...
1 like
General Recommendations
First Person 2021 for Kids
Created on:
Sep 27, 2021
12 items
Recommended reads in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month at SFPL.
1 like
General Recommendations
West Portal: Staff Recommendations October 2021
Created on:
Sep 23, 2021
8 items
Items selected by SFPL staff at West Portal Branch Library for the month of October 2021.
1 like
General Recommendations
Filipino American History Month 2021 - Fiction, Poetry & Graphic Novels
Created on:
Sep 08, 2021
16 items
Available here at SFPL, a selection of fiction, poetry, and graphic novel titles by Filipino or Filipino American authors prese...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Total SF Book Club: The End of the Golden Gate
Created on:
Jun 28, 2021
20 items
Total SF Book Club with Daniel Handler and Gary Kamiya, "The End of the Golden Gate" – Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
San Francis...
1 like
General Recommendations
Our Stories - a celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander families in children's picture books
Created on:
Mar 25, 2021
52 items
Families are big. Families are small. Families can be close. Families can be far. Families are many things and that is what mak...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Contemporary Scandinavian Fiction
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Mar 11, 2021
90 items
Works of fiction from Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with additional titles from Iceland and Finland. 1945 to 2021. Some may be av...
4 likes
General Recommendations
El Mes de la Historia de la Mujer 2021
Created on:
Feb 12, 2021
10 items
Marzo es el mes de la historia de la mujer. Disfrute de esta selección de materiales de SFPL.
General Recommendations
85 Notable German Novels of the 20th and 21st Centuries
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Feb 10, 2021
85 items
Notable German-language novels written roughly in the last hundred years. Some are also available as ebooks or in German at SFPL.
4 likes
