Tween Graphic Novel Book

Tuesday, February 28 at 7pm

If you enjoy the pace, imagery and stories presented in graphic novels then this is the club for you!

Registration required

Jackbox Party Games! 

Friday, March 3 at 4pm

Join us for some quirky Jackbox trivia and party games.

Ages 12+

Anime/Manga Club

Wednesday, March 8 at 4:30pm 

Meet and hang out with lovers of all things anime!

Ages 12+

Engineer with Explo: Animal Spa

Thursday, March 9 at 4pm

Come meet EXPLO to explore, create and collaborate. This week, create a sink for a zany animal spa.

Grades 5-7

Registration required

Tween Reads

Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi - This inspiring memoir chronicles Top Chef star and James Beard-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi and his first great love -- food. Using money he made selling candy on the subway, he started his own catering company, and from there, opened five restaurants all before turning thirty.

Mighty Justice by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, adapted by Jabari Asim - This biography brings to life Dovey Johnson Roundtree, one of the first black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army. As a civil rights lawyer, Roundtree won a landmark bus desegregation case that eventually helped end "separate but equal" and dismantle Jim Crow laws across the South.

Call Him Jack by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long - Per his wife Rachel, Jackie Robinson was Jack, not Jackie. This eye-opening biography demonstrates his power as a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality and an inspiration for everyone beyond just baseball.

Teen Reads

We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson - The vibrant coming-of-age story of four boys raised by their grandmother -- Nanny -- in New Jersey, spanning their early experiences with racial discrimination, coming to terms with their queerness, their first loves and loss.

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom & Waldo E. Martin Jr. - This is the history of the Black Panther Party, about Black nationalism, Black radicalism, about Black People in America. The text highlights the BPP’s many community programs such as implementing breakfast programs for schoolchildren and their families and getting Black Studies into school curriculums. 

Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor - Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America." For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States because of segregation. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations and other businesses that were safe for Black travelers.