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APRIL 2026 | LIBRARY NEWS |
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Join the discussion!
We will discuss a new book each month. Join us either day in the Queen City Room. 2nd Monday 5:30pm-6:30pm or 2nd Tuesday 2pm-3pm Open to all adults who have read the book! Need to borrow a copy? Pick one up at the front desk, search our collection, or Libby. April's Pick: Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden |
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Book Talk-Saturday April 11 |
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 Create & Connect: An Adult Craft Night RETURNS April 27!Join us on April 27 at 5:30pm to craft, socialize, and make a fun Bookish Planter.Sign up on our website, as supplies are limited-sedalialibrary.com Queen City Room Intended for Adults |
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- LEGO Club: 1st & 3rd Monday's 4:30-6:30pm, all ages
- Bookworms: 2nd Monday 5:45pm, elementary ages
- Evening Storytime: 4th Monday 5:45pm, preschool
- Morning Storytime: every Thursday 10am, preschool
Don't forget, children's programming will pause in May as we prepare for Summer Reading! |
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PAWS for Reading!
Grab a book and read to Therapy dog, Rosie, in the Children's Department on Saturday, April 18 from 10am-noon. |
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Resilience & Reading: 1940's Wartime Words & Wisdom: Stories from the Homefront
Literature in the 1940s was profoundly shaped by World War II, existentialism, and social upheaval, producing works that explored trauma, morality, and identity. Join us as we take a reading journey through the library's beginning...let's remember the 1940's. |
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Hardcover Library Edition)
by Tennessee Williams
First published in 1947, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is an American play by Tennessee Williams, an American playwright, and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. It centers on a desolated woman named Blanche DuBois. Raised in Old South aristocratic traditions, she lived elegantly in the family homestead, married a man she adored, and pursued a career as an English teacher. But her life fell apart when she discovered that her husband, Allen Grey, was having a homosexual affair. Humiliated, he killed himself. Blanche sought comfort in the arms of other men, many men. After she had relations with one of her students, a 17-year-old, authorities learned of the encounter and fired her. Though scarred by her past, Blanche still tries to lead the life of an elegant lady and does her best, even lying when necessary, to keep up appearances. Top 10 Hardcover Library Books: A Wrinkle in Time (9789389440188) How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (9789387669161) Their Eyes Were Watching God (9789389440577) The Magic of Believing (9789388118217) Zen in the Art of Archery (9789354990298) A Cloud by Day, a Fire by Night (9789391181611) Siddhartha by Hermann hesse (9789387669116) The Richest Man in Babylon (9789354990717) The Book of Five Rings (9789389440553) The Knowledge of the Holy (9789389157239) Note: Search by ISBN
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The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I feel like writing. -Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl is a remarkable first-hand account of the life of a holocaust victim, Anne Frank. A young girl in her teenage, Anne, documented her experiences from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. Living in hiding with her family for these tumultuous years, Anne documents not only the upheaval of the dark times but also the plain and simple emotions and views of a teenage girl. This marvelously rendered account is not only a potent reminder of the horrors of the evils perpetrated by humans but also is a vivid and earnest testimonial of the human spirit. The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating. -The New York Times How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence. -Newsday
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The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi, the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature.
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National Autism Awareness Month April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to recognize the talents, contributions, and diversity within the autism community. |
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