LONG BEACH, CA — Laura Numeroff, bestselling author of the beloved picture book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, is coming to Long Beach Public Library (LBPL)! The children’s author is scheduled for a reading and interactive session with her fans this Saturday (Sept. 21).  Numeroff’s visit to LBPLRead More →

Ethel Mertz. She is Fred’s wife and Lucy’s best friend. Ethel is the voice of reason who always manages to get caught up in her good friend’s shenanigans. There is, however, more to this beloved I Love Lucy character than what meets the eye.  Ethel is Beautiful Some cannot seeRead More →

On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper-Mercer fatally shot an assistant professor along with four students at Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Roseburg, Oregon. The 26-year-old then engaged in a shootout with police before committing suicide. To date, The 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting is the deadliest in Oregon’s modern history. Read More →

TALLAHASSEE, FL – The state of Florida is being sued by several major publishers over its law that allows for widespread book bans. Simon & Schuster along with Penguin Random House and others filed suit last Thursday (Aug. 29) in hopes of having the controversial law amended.  The argument atRead More →