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Celebrate Black History Month

Memphis : a novel
Harlem shuffle
Don't cry for me : a novel
Their eyes were watching God
The source of self-regard : selected essays, speeches, and meditations
A promised land
Letter to my daughter
Uncomfortable conversations with a black man
I take my coffee black : reflections on Tupac, musical theater, faith, and being black in America

Black History Children's Books

Parker looks up : an extraordinary moment
Let the children march
The other side
Mae among the stars
We march
Be a king : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and you
A sweet smell of roses
This is the rope : a story from the Great Migration
Fly high! : the story of Bessie Coleman
Schomburg : The man who built a library
The youngest marcher : the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist
I am Jackie Robinson
Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave
Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman
Little leaders : bold women in black history

Upcoming Events

Typing LessonsMon, February 6th - 9:00 AM
Beginner Computer ClassMon, February 6th - 10:30 AM
Beginner Computer ClassMon, February 6th - 1:00 PM
Giant Tissue Paper FlowersMon, February 6th - 4:00 PM
Mathy MondayMon, February 6th - 4:00 PM
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Popular Romance

Neon gods
When in Rome : a novel
The bodyguard
November 9
Lessons in chemistry
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Highly suspicious and unfairly cute
Seven days in June
Sari, not sari : a novel
The Spanish love deception : a novel
By the book
The worst best man

Latest News

Mon, January 23rdFeb-March Cattails is available online

 

The February-March Cattails is now available online and will be at your favorite Library the first week of February.  If you would like the bimonthly newsletter emailed to your home or business email ccalhoun@oplib.org with your name and mail...

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Tue, December 27thOuachita Parish Public Library offers first Winter Reading Challenge

 

Ouachita Parish Public Library will offer its first Winter Reading Challenge this January. Based on the Library’s popular Summer Reading Challenge, the Winter Reading Challenge will run for one month, from January 1 to January 31, 2023. The ...

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Thu, December 1stThe December/January Cattails is now here!

 

This issue includes information about a Book Club Meet Greet as well as the Library's first ever Winter Reading Program: All the Feels!  The December/January Cattails is now available in every branch of the Ouachita Parish Public Library and t...

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Tue, September 20thThe new Cattails is here!

In this issue of Cattails, you'll find information about Pumpkin Bash and more. 

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Wed, August 31stSeptember is Library Card Sign-up Month

 

 

The Ouachita Parish Public Library continues a 65-year tradition by encouraging everyone to get a library card during September Library Card Sign-up Month. Started in 1957 by the American Library Association, a library card is a passport t...

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