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In this edition, you will read stories about the 2024 LitLUNCH! event, Books 'n' Bears at the Holidays, the Literary Feast 2024 Reading Challenge, Scholarships for Career Online High School, and more.

Literary Feast dates and locations, remembering literary legacies, Summer Learning Program recap, Wednesday's Women reading groups, and more news of interest from the Library Foundation.

The Library Foundation thanks the Children's Services Council of Broward County for their incredible support of the Conference on Children’s Literature! Thank you to everyone to the over 140 people who attended, including authors, educators, librarians, and vendors. It was an outstanding event, and we look forward to next year.

The Broward Public Library Foundation is happy to be working with our friends at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library to promote and spread the word about their amazing upcoming series of author talks and community events.

Celebrate the Bridgerton series with Julia Quinn, best-selling author of historical romance fiction, at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library. Quinn will discuss her newest book, Queen Charlotte, and her writing career.

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On Monday, July 31 , our friends from the Florida Panthers visited the South Regional/Broward College Library to read books to children o n their Summer Reading Tour. The final stop of their tour occured on Saturday, Aug. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Northwest Regional Library in Coral Springs. Panthers radio voice Doug Plagens was the special guest reader. To catch up on the Reading Tour fun, make sure to visit the links to press coverage below: https://www.local10.com/sports/2023/07/31/panthers-defenseman-dmitry-kulikov-reads-to-children-at-summer-reading-tour-event/ https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/31/for-dmitry-kulikov-return-to-florida-panthers-feels-like-it-was-some-unfinished-business/ WSVN Video: https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/1a65390f-a541-439d-9e9a-6f943c9f9de7?token=ce3ce582-18d0-4501-8dfb-704791aa7bfc

Kicking off the Summer Learning Program, the Children’s BookFest is a family fun day with book giveaways, arts and crafts, and engaging entertainers. During the Broward County Library's Summer Learning Program , kids of all ages are invited to compete in reading challenges to win great prizes from local organizations such as the Museum of Discovery and Science, Florida Panthers, Shake Shack and more. The 2023 theme, “All Together Now”, includes big topics such as unity, kindness, mental health, growth mindset, empathy, building community, friendship and more. From June through August, participants log the books they read and join the library for fun, interactive programs that encourage reading, learning, and a better understanding of one another. The Summer Learning Program offers more than 3,500 activities and programs in libraries across Broward County. All are aimed at helping children keep an active mind, read more, and stay engaged in learning activities while out of school. For a list of Summer Learning Program activities visit broward.org/Library/Pages/summer.aspx. Both the Children's BookFest and the Summer Learning Programs are funded in-part through the Broward Public Library Foundation, thanks to the support of community members. You can help ensure the library continues to offer important, education programming all summer long by donating to the Summer Learning Program at bplfoundation.org/summer-learning .