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General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
Created on:
Jun 09, 2016
19 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book titles for our citywide reading program for the past 15 years. Here is a look at our ...
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General Recommendations
Oscars 2022: SFPL
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
26 items
2022 Academy Award nominations (winners indicated). DVDs, and books they were based on, and music offered by SFPL.
4 likes
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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
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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
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Spring 2023
Created on:
Feb 24, 2023
20 items
Check out these Spring 2023 Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library staff. Your next great read is just around the corner!
General Recommendations
Toward a Black Aesthetic: Black Women, Style and African Liberation
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Jan 09, 2024
22 items
The street photography of Kenneth P. Green Sr., the first Black photographer at the Oakland Tribune, captured the style and res...
3 likes
General Recommendations
2023 T(w)een Winter Read Recommendations - Middle Grade Edition
By:
SFPL_AshleyM
Created on:
Dec 03, 2023
14 items
Cozy up with a book or three while it's gray outside. This is a list of recent favorites from SFPL librarians, but you can read...
General Recommendations
2022 BCALA Best of the Best Booklist - Pre-K through 4th Grade
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
May 15, 2023
24 items
A list of highly recommended books for African American children and teens recommended by members of Black Caucus of the Americ...
General Recommendations
2023 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 6-8
By:
SFPL_Family
Created on:
May 01, 2023
22 items
Mighty voices. Intriguing myths. Hidden histories. Discover diverse stories in these books for 6th to 8th graders. Hand-picked...
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General Recommendations
Excelsior Branch Book Club 2023 and 2024 titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 25, 2023
19 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club has been in existence since 2016. Monthly meeting are at Excelsior Branch, 6:30-7:30pm on the fo...
3 likes
Genre Guide
Alongside Ancestors - First Nations picture stories of fortitude and community for young readers
Created on:
Nov 03, 2022
42 items
Andrea Page who curated some text for the "Heartdrum" catalog and information says it best - "According to curre...
5 likes
General Recommendations
NoName Book Club Selections 2022
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Sep 12, 2022
15 items
Noname’s Book Club, started by rapper Noname (Fatimah Warner) is “an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices.” T...
6 likes
General Recommendations
¡VIVA! 2022: Must Reads
Created on:
Jul 22, 2022
18 items
Get these must-read fiction books by Latinx authors, available at SFPL.
5 likes
General Recommendations
Book Club: West Portal 2021-2022
Created on:
Aug 23, 2021
19 items
Join SFPL staff & Ms. Christine as she meets virtually with West Portal neighbors to discuss a fiction or non-fiction selec...
1 like
General Recommendations
Best Cinematography Winners (Oscars)
Created on:
Dec 21, 2020
97 items
ONLY DVDS
These are the movies that won the Oscars for Best Cinematography (black & white and colored)
Work in progress /...
1 like
General Recommendations
Jólabókaflóð - A Book for Everybody
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Dec 03, 2020
27 items
Jólabókaflóð is the Icelandic holiday tradition of giving books as presents. In this spirit, here are some recommendations from...
1 like
General Recommendations
More Than a Month 2021 - Adult
Created on:
Nov 22, 2020
45 items
Contemporary books, fiction and non-fiction written by Black author available at SFPL. More Than a Month is SFPL's Black Histor...
2 likes
General Recommendations
2020 American Book Award Winners
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Oct 02, 2020
15 items
The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of A...
1 like
Topic Guide
Read Around Africa
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jun 04, 2020
40 items
A trip through literature around Africa's 40 most populous countries. Books are available from SFPL mostly in eFormats. Pick a ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Staff Picks of 2019
Created on:
Dec 12, 2019
32 items
SFPL's favorites published in 2019, available at your library.
1 like
General Recommendations
More Than a Month - Children's
Created on:
Nov 25, 2019
15 items
A diverse collection of titles from SFPL for children that celebrate Black history, culture and heritage.
General Recommendations
Stupendous Graphic Novels by People of Color
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Aug 09, 2019
20 items
A collection of must read Graphic Novels for Adults, all written by people of color and available for check out at SFPL!
2 likes
General Recommendations
We Love Our Diverse City
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Aug 01, 2019
25 items
Join Youth Engaged in Library Leadership (Y.E.L.L.) at Richmond Branch, Saturday, August 10, 2pm - 4pm, as we celebrate diversi...
General Recommendations
Excelsior Book Club 2019/2020 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 23, 2019
24 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets at SFPL's Excelsior Branch on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 7-8 p.m. New members ...
3 likes