Genre Guide – A Newbie’s Guide to Modern Fantasy
There’s a lot of things that come to mind that people think of when they think of Fantasy books: Magic, Faraway Places, Castles, Fairies, Dragons, Magical Creatures, Journeys Across Vast … Continued
Genre Guide – Holiday Romance
‘Tis the Season to read romance! No matter what holiday or holidays you’ll be celebrating as the weather gets cooler, there’s a romance novel to meet your festive reading needs. … Continued
Genre Guide – Gothic Fiction
Welcome to the world of dark and stormy nights, gloomy mansions, family secrets, passionate yearnings, and (mostly) doomed romances. Help yourself to these old-school treats and contemporary tricks of the … Continued
Genre Guide – Paranormal Romances featuring Witches
Looking for love in all the weird places? In matters of the heart, magical mishaps make things a little more complicated, but a lot more fun! Paranormal Romance is a … Continued
Genre Guide – Body Horror
Body Horror often features gross and terrifying transformations happening to humans. Like a rash, from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis to today, body horror is spreading! These selections using the body or … Continued
CLP’s Best of 2023 – Staff Favorites
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The season when we are bestowed with the greatest gift: Best of the year book lists. We love browsing every list from … Continued
Appreciating Gray Winter Days through Picture Books
Learning to appreciate the gray winter days can be difficult, so the picture books included in this list offer many different strategies for making the most of them.
How Do I Love Me? (and You, Too!)
As children learn and grow, the love they feel for themselves, their caregivers and their environments grow too. Close attachments allow children to explore their worlds from a sense of security and safety.
Chilling Short Stories
Settle into the impending gloom of winter weather by reading a few stories in these collections. Although not all of these stories are wintry in atmosphere, the suspense and strange phenomena they contain will be sure to send chills down your spine.
New Historical Fiction for Teens
Adventure, romance, tragedy, and excitement await in this selection of recently published historical fiction for teens.