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Pennsylvania Book Bans

Pennsylvania schools have banned books more often than every state but Texas since last summer

ABC, Scholastic to donate books to the Philly school Quinta Brunson attended

Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary

Disney's first openly LGBTQ lead characters based on book by West Chester author

Brian Zepka Novel

One Book, One Philadelphia selects Quiara Alegría Hudes' 'My Broken Language' as this year's title

One Book One Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia names Airea D. Matthews as city's newest poet laureate

Airea Matthews Poet Laureate

Barack Obama names Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' among his favorite movies of 2021

Barack Obama Summer of Soul

Free Library of Philadelphia's 'Books and Cooks' will feature cookie decorating, storytelling

Free Library Philadelphia holiday events

Will Smith says his father's death motivated him to write his new memoir

Bruce Springsteen tells Stephen Colbert what it's like to collaborate with Barack Obama

Bruce Springsteen Barack Obama Renegades

Questlove to release new book chronicling American music, history over last 50 years

Will Smith to kick off book tour for memoir in Philadelphia

Will Smith Book Tour

Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama's 'Renegades' podcast will be turned into a book

Bruce Springsteen Barack Obama Renegades book

Tariq Trotter chronicles childhood in Philly in Audible Original '7 Years'

Black Thought, Tariq Trotter Audible book

Author Michael Pollan gave up coffee for 3 months to explore caffeine addiction

Michael Pollan coffee

Will Smith says his memoir, set for November release, was a 'labor of love'

Ray Didinger to release memoir detailing Eagles fandom, sports writing career

Ray Didinger Memoir

Harriett's Bookshop seeking permanent home in Fishtown

Harriett's Bookshop Philly

Steven Van Zandt to release memoir detailing musical, acting career

Steven Van Zandt memoir

One Book, One Philadelphia picks poetry collection as its 2021 selection

One Book, One Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania

Penn student applauded for breakout novel published while attending college

penn student debut novel

Emma Roberts adapting 'Tell Me Lies' novel into Hulu series

New edition of Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' features Charles Santore illustrations

Charles Santore

Kelly Ripa producing Hulu show 'Mexican Gothic' with husband Mark Consuelos

Support black-owned businesses in Philly and buy from these bookstores

black-owned bookstores

Amazon editors pick best books to read in May

new books to read in May

Michelle Obama reads children's books on PBS web series

Michelle Obama children's book

Sally Rooney's 'Normal People' adaption on Hulu is the next big thing to watch

Normal People on Hulu

Amazon editors pick Best Books of the Month for April

Amazon's Books Of The Month April

J.K. Rowling launches Harry Potter at Home hub for families during the COVID-19 crisis

Harry Potter at Home hub

Dolly Parton reads bedtime stories to your kids during the coronavirus pandemic

'For You' is a must-read book for Bruce Springsteen fans social distancing at home

Bruce Springsteen For You book

Audible offers free audiobooks for kids during self-quarantine

Audible free audiobooks during coronavirus crisis

The best apocalyptic books and movies to check out while observing social distancing

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Top books to read this March picked by Amazon editors

Amazon's editors pick the top books to read this March

SparkNotes' best 'Great Gatsby' tweets to laugh at as we enter the new Roaring '20s

New Year's Eve parties

These are the 20 best books of 2019, chosen by Amazon editors

best books of 2019 picked by Amazon editors

His life in 'overtime,' Penn doctor races to find better treatments for rare Castleman disease

David Fajgenbaum Castleman Disease book 2

Free Library of Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia eliminates late fees for overdue books

Free Library eliminates late fees

Tommy Orange's 'There There' selected for 2020 One Book One Philadelphia

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Inside the Franklin Institute's 'The Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Experience'

Franklin Institute Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Experience

Free Library to display Shakespeare first folio in rare book department

Free Library of Philadelphia

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'The Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Experience' opening at the Franklin Institute

Worst-Case Scenario Survival Experience at Franklin Institute

Eagles' Zach Ertz is publishing a children's book with a foreword from Carson Wentz

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