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General Recommendations
Let it Shine: Children's Books About the African-American Experience
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Feb 20, 2015
18 items
The books listed are a sampling of the titles available for young readers and listeners. Ask your SFPL children's librarian fo...
3 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL Parkside Mother-Daughter Bookgroup Suggested Titles
By:
SFPL_ParksideLib
Created on:
Aug 04, 2021
72 items
Books we've read and discussed
5 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL West Portal Mother-Daughter Book Club Suggested Titles
Created on:
Aug 04, 2015
91 items
A list of books we've read and discussed and would recommend to our friends ages 9-12
13 likes
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
Topic Guide
Beyond Anne Frank: More About the Holocaust - An SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Apr 02, 2015
19 items
Teens will be interested in these nonfiction and fiction stories of terror, struggle, death, and survival. An SFPL Booklist.
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2022
Created on:
Jan 10, 2022
45 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids books, both the good, bad, and not so...
1 like
General Recommendations
Afro-Latinx stories in focus for kids and families
Created on:
Jun 25, 2020
24 items
Black, African, and Latinx histories are very intertwined across time and continents. Here are some picture story style books c...
Genre Guide
Some Serious Mysterious -- Mystery Novels for Middle Grade Readers
Created on:
Feb 05, 2017
25 items
SFPL Main Children's Center presents a list of librarian-selected, reader-approved mystery titles for tweens and early teens. O...
6 likes
Topic Guide
Jewish Fiction - an SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Jan 27, 2015
12 items
Some classics, some new titles, all good reads.
1 like
General Recommendations
New Fiction in Translation
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Aug 21, 2020
40 items
Travel to other countries in these new fiction titles translated into English - no foreign language skills required. Check them...
General Recommendations
A Touch of Magic -- Books on Magical Realism
By:
SFPL_LorettaC
Created on:
Jul 15, 2020
15 items
These books at SFPL will shuttle you into a world between fantasy and reality.
5 likes
General Recommendations
Using Kids Books to Counter Antisemitism and Islamophobia
Created on:
Dec 08, 2023
14 items
Parents, caregivers and teachers: these children's books available at SFPL can be a place to start to help educate kids and rai...
4 likes
General Recommendations
If you liked THAT, now read THIS - juvenile fiction read-a-likes
Created on:
Oct 28, 2020
37 items
Have you ever finished reading a chapter book and had a hunger for the sequel that just doesn't exist? Satisfy that desire by a...
3 likes
General Recommendations
West Portal Branch: Staff Recommendations 2022
Created on:
Jan 16, 2022
55 items
Items selected by SFPL staff at West Portal Branch Library during 2022.
1 like
If You Liked ...
The Mountains Sing
Created on:
Apr 17, 2020
11 items
The Vietnam War may have ended in 1975, but its efects have reached across generations, as The Mountains Sing makes clear. SFPL...
General Recommendations
FOGUST
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Jul 24, 2019
16 items
Books to cuddle up with during those cold San Francisco summers. All books are owned by SFPL, and have a winter theme.
3 likes
General Recommendations
Queer Fiction by Queer Writers of Color
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
May 20, 2019
53 items
Extensive, yet by no means comprehensive, list of queer fiction written by queer writers of color. All titles are recommended ...
8 likes
Top Picks
Films of Isabelle Huppert
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Feb 23, 2017
10 items
France's fiercest actress, Isabelle Huppert, is finally getting her due in the United States with her Golden Globe win and Osca...
1 like
General Recommendations
World Literature Book Club
By:
SFPL_JohnS
Created on:
Jan 12, 2016
100 items
Our group meets on the first Thursday of each month, 6:00-7:30 p.m. We are meeting online, using the Zoom platform, unless othe...
33 likes
Genre Guide
Juvenile fiction with multiple narrators
Created on:
Oct 12, 2018
19 items
Multiple narratives bend the rules for conventional narratives that have a linear structure, one overarching story arc, and a s...
General Recommendations
Best Films of the 21st Century...so far
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Jun 16, 2017
50 items
Picked by NY Times and others. Check out these Blu-ray/DVDs from SFPL
4 likes