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Can’t decide what to read next? Need a new book to read? Check out what our teen volunteers have been reading! Read more

Meet one of history’s greatest leaders in January. "Winston Churchill: Man of the Century" will be at Chandler Center for the Arts on Sunday, January 16, 2022, with two performances at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Read on to learn more about Randy Otto, creator of the play. Read more

High Five keeps parents and children coming back to Chandler Public Libraries, in person or not! High Five is an early literacy promotion that introduces five key concepts: Talk, Sing, Read, Write and Play. Read on to learn about another way to ready to your child to read when they don’t want to listen to a book from beginning to end. Read more

Are you using Freegal? If you're a music fan, you need to explore this excellent service that gives you five songs per week — absolutely free — that you can keep forever. There are thousands of songs from popular artists and tons of new & upcoming bands and musicians to enjoy. Check out our staff pick of the month! Read more

Learning a language? Access one of the most popular language-learning products, Mango Languages, completely free with your library card! Read on to learn more. Read more

Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. Sign up for a card at your local branch and explore everything your library card has to offer! Read more

The September list of librarian favorites includes imaginative stories, some different takes on romance and suspense and new offerings from well-known authors. Find out more about each selection - and place holds - by clicking the title to visit our catalog, and see the LibraryReads website to read brief reviews submitted by librarians from across the country. Read more

In 1965, 16-year-old Doug Keister acquired 280 glass plate negatives from a local garage sale. He made prints from some of the plates to reveal powerful, early 20th-century portraits of African Americans living in Lincoln, Nebraska. These astonishing images are now part of a traveling exhibition curated by Keister, titled "Black and White in Black and White: Images of Dignity, Hope, and Diversity in America." Read on to learn about the exhibition at the Chandler Museum and related resources at the Chandler Library. Read more

It's blazing hot this time of year. The only thing I think could be hotter would be the chemistry between Piper Bellinger and Brendan Taggart in It Happened One Summer. Yet the two could not be more opposite from each other. Maybe that is the attraction? Read more

Are you using Freegal? How can you call yourself a music fan and not be using this excellent service that gives you five songs per week – absolutely free that you can keep forever. There are thousands of songs from popular artists and tons of new & upcoming bands and musicians to enjoy. Check out our staff pick of the month! Read more