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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
Our Latino Heritage: 2nd-8th Grade
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Nov 09, 2015
15 items
Children's books about the Latino-Hispanic experience. These are just a few of our favorites; let us know which ones you like a...
2 likes
Topic Guide
SFPL Effie Lee Morris Lecture presents Christian Robinson
By:
s
SFPL_ELM_Collection
Created on:
Jun 02, 2016
29 items
Newbery and Caldecott Award-winning Bay Area illustrator Christian Robinson was the invited guest lecturer for the Main Childre...
Topic Guide
LGBT Speculative Fiction - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 26, 2015
13 items
These titles are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to LGBT speculative fiction. An SFPL LGBT Booklist.
1 like
General Recommendations
¡VIVA! for Kids 2021
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Jul 21, 2021
22 items
Check out these books for kids for ¡VIVA!, San Francisco Public Library's celebration of Latinx heritage, language, authors, an...
1 like
Genre Guide
Immerse in Verse: Poetry Collections and Novels in Verse for Upper-Elementary Readers.
Created on:
Apr 10, 2017
16 items
An SFPL Fisher Children's Center Librarian's list of selected poetry and novels in verse for upper-elementary grade readers.
2 likes
General Recommendations
West Portal Branch: Staff Recommendations 2023
Created on:
Feb 10, 2023
45 items
Items selected by SFPL staff at West Portal Branch Library during 2023.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Must-Listen Memoirs for Women's History Month
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Feb 28, 2022
18 items
For Women's History Month, listen to a memoir. Check out this list for inspiration.
SFPL's downloadable audiobook collection ...
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
Genre Guide
Book 1: Start a New Mystery Series
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
May 01, 2020
48 items
If you're looking to dive into a new mystery series, this list will get you started. This list features the first books in some...
7 likes
General Recommendations
2020 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 6-8
By:
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Apr 27, 2020
22 items
In a time when we may all feel isolated from each other, spend your summer connecting to others through stories. Challenge your...
General Recommendations
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Fiction Booklist
Created on:
Apr 07, 2020
17 items
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month - here is a collection of Fiction books about sexual assault, all available for check o...
1 like
General Recommendations
More Than a Month -- Racially Mixed People -- Race Identity – Interracial Relationships
Created on:
Dec 18, 2019
30 items
This list in recognition of "More Than A Month", SFPL's celebration of Black History Month, includes books from vario...
7 likes
General Recommendations
16th One City One Book 2020/2021: Longlist
Created on:
Dec 02, 2019
24 items
Titles under consideration for SFPL's 2020 One City One Book selection.
4 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
General Recommendations
2017 National Book Award: Fiction
Created on:
Sep 19, 2017
11 items
National Book Foundation's 2017 National Book Award Fiction nominees at SFPL (winner indicated).
Topic Guide
Writers Resist
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Jan 15, 2017
15 items
A selection of titles you can find at SFPL by writers participating in the Writers Resist movement.
#writeourdemocracy
1 like
Topic Guide
VIVA!! - Celebrating Latino Hispanic Heritage for young readers
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Aug 27, 2016
22 items
An SFPL reading list of books honoring the deep roots of Hispanic/Latino culture and its intertwined history within the United ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Undaunted Women You May Never Have Heard Of
By:
SFPL_ChristineG
Created on:
Feb 26, 2016
18 items
Search the SFPL catalog for these unsung heroines.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Women + Art: An Idiosyncratic List
By:
SFPL_LisaD
Created on:
Aug 11, 2015
11 items
Women + Art: An Idiosyncratic List. Creative, artistic women I wish I could meet. SFPL
General Recommendations
2015 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 6-8
By:
SFPL_Family
Created on:
May 19, 2015
20 items
SF Unified School District and SFPL have partnered to bring you this list of amazing tales and true stories for youth entering ...
General Recommendations
Audiobook Education 2017: history, personal narratives, resistance, and more...
By:
c
catcormier
Created on:
Dec 29, 2017
28 items
In the aftermath of the 2016 American Presidential election and deeply upset by the outcome, I decided to educate myself throug...
General Recommendations
LGBTQIA Center New Aquisitions
Created on:
Dec 20, 2017
100 items
Titles recently added to the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center Collection at SFPL, most of which are newly published and some of w...
4 likes
Topic Guide
Immigrant Voices in Fiction
Created on:
Dec 21, 2016
11 items
A selection of novels presenting different perspectives on the immigrant experience in the United States. All titles are avail...
5 likes