This letter was sent to board members and staff of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library on March 16, 2017 in reaction to President Trump’s proposed budget. Dear Friends Board Member: President Trump released a partial outline of his 2018 budget today, and this budget includes spending cuts that will directly and severely…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Minnesota Nonfiction finalist: The Ford Century in Minnesota by Brian McMahon Published by: University of Minnesota Press Category Sponsor: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota In 1903,…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Middle Grade Literature finalist: Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson Published by: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Category Sponsor: Education Minnesota This striking work of…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Memoir & Creative Nonfiction finalist: The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang Published by: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company Category Sponsor:…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Genre Fiction finalist: The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens Published by: Seventh Street Books Category Sponsor: Macalester College Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden’s…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 General Nonfiction finalist: Designing Our Way to a Better World by Thomas Fisher Published by: University of Minnesota Press Category Sponsor: College of Saint Benedict Literary…
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