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General Recommendations
A Moment in Time - Summer Adventure 2025
By:
ACL_AmyY
ACL_AmyY
Created on:
Jun 14, 2025
14 items
These books for adults all focus on a different moment in history, ranging from ancient Greece to late 20th-century Sri Lanka.
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1 like
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Cozy, Feel Good Reads for Adults - Summer Adventure 2025
By:
ACL_NissaN
ACL_NissaN
Created on:
Jun 02, 2025
10 items
Looking for a book that gives you that comfortable, cozy feeling? Give these a try!
AC Library invites everyone to participate...
3 likes
General Recommendations
1960's Babies (Books Set in the Decade You Were Born - 1960s) - Summer Adventure 2025
By:
ACL_KellyP
ACL_KellyP
Created on:
May 27, 2025
25 items
Pick up one of these books for adults to revisit the decade of counterculture, the civil rights movement, and memorable pop cul...
General Recommendations
Fascinating Moments in History for Kids - Summer Adventure 2025
By:
ACL_MaidaP
ACL_MaidaP
Created on:
May 21, 2025
15 items
A Paris mosque under Nazi occupation, a strange object crashes in the New Mexico desert, and a young girl navigates the partiti...
General Recommendations
Funny Books for Teens - Summer Adventure 2024
By:
ACL_KellyP
ACL_KellyP
Created on:
Jun 14, 2024
16 items
Embrace your sense of humor with these humorous stories!
Alameda County Library invites you to come along for our 2024 Summer ...
General Recommendations
Enhance Your Taste with Cookbooks- Summer Adventure 2024
By:
a
ACL_JenniferC
Created on:
May 31, 2024
11 items
These cookbooks are geared for teens, but can be enjoyed by anyone wishing to enhance their culinary adventures this summer.
“...
1 like
General Recommendations
Musical Books for Kids - Summer Adventure 2024
By:
ACL_KellyP
ACL_KellyP
Created on:
May 28, 2024
20 items
Music has the power to spark joy, heal loss and create connections. Explore how music can influence lives in these books approp...
General Recommendations
Books on Music in Adult Non-Fiction - Summer Adventure 2024
By:
ACL_ChristinaL
ACL_ChristinaL
Created on:
May 23, 2024
15 items
Music enriches our lives and engages our brain by stimulating our sense of hearing. It enables us to concentrate, to memorize a...
1 like
Topic Guide
The Sense of Smell--Summer Adventure 2024
By:
ACL_ChrisS
ACL_ChrisS
Created on:
May 16, 2024
10 items
Follow your nose through these adult fiction and nonfiction books that relate to the sense of smell.
Alameda County Library in...
1 like
General Recommendations
Authors with Disabilities or Who Identify as Neurodivergent...for Kids! - Summer Adventure 2023
By:
a
ACL_KatieH
Created on:
May 24, 2023
17 items
What is it like to live with a physical or invisible disability? Read about characters who are similar to the authors who wrote...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Books for Adults by Authors with Disabilities - Summer Adventure 2023
By:
ACL_MaidaP
ACL_MaidaP
Created on:
May 23, 2023
12 items
Adults: Read a book by an author with a disability or who identifies as neurodivergent.
Alameda County Library invites you t...
1 like
General Recommendations
Translated Books for Teens - Summer Adventure 2023
By:
ACL_MaidaP
ACL_MaidaP
Created on:
May 13, 2023
10 items
Teens: read a book originally published in another language.
Alameda County Library invites you to come along for our 2023 Sum...
2 likes
General Recommendations
ACL - Where Water Sets the Stage - Summer Adventure 2022
By:
ACL_KellyP
ACL_KellyP
Created on:
Jul 09, 2022
25 items
Water is one of our most precious resources-- but it's also pretty cool when it's crucial to a story. These middle grade titles...
1 like
General Recommendations
Saving the Planet, Saving Us - Summer Adventure 2022
By:
ACL_ChrisS
ACL_ChrisS
Created on:
May 31, 2022
13 items
If you're a teen or adult wanting to become a climate activist. This list is for you!
Alameda County Library invites you to co...
1 like
General Recommendations
How Wonder Changed the World (Children) - Summer Adventure 2022
By:
SummerAdventure
SummerAdventure
Created on:
May 31, 2022
16 items
All through history, humans have used their curiosity and wonder to not only explore the world, but also to shape what’s possib...
1 like
General Recommendations
How Wonder Changed the World (Adults and Teens) - Summer Adventure 2022
By:
SummerAdventure
SummerAdventure
Created on:
May 31, 2022
16 items
Throughout history, humans have used their curiosity and wonder to not only explore the world, but also to shape what’s possibl...
1 like
General Recommendations
Enjoy a Math Story (Teens) - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
ACL_PolinaR
ACL_PolinaR
Created on:
Jul 07, 2021
25 items
Teens: These selections draw their inspiration, in whole or in part, from the world of math.
Alameda County Library invites yo...
General Recommendations
Enjoy a Math Story (Children Ages 6-12) - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
ACL_PolinaR
ACL_PolinaR
Created on:
Jul 01, 2021
24 items
Children 6-12: Fun tales and fascinating facts, fantastical and real worlds, thrilling adventures and clever mysteries...all in...
2 likes
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Latino/Latina/Latinx Books for Kids - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
a
ACLVivianJ
Created on:
Jun 23, 2021
14 items
Children: Dive into some books with Latino characters.
Alameda County Library invites you to come along for our 2021 Summer Ad...
General Recommendations
Enjoy a Math Story (Adults) - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
ACL_PolinaR
ACL_PolinaR
Created on:
Jun 23, 2021
25 items
Adults: These selections draw their inspiration, in whole or in part, from the world of math.
Alameda County Library invites y...
1 like
General Recommendations
Poetic Tales for Kids - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
a
ACL_JuliaW
Created on:
Jun 22, 2021
13 items
Instead of the typical prose found in most novels, each of these books is told through poetry. Perfect for young readers ages 8...
1 like
General Recommendations
I'm New! Immigrant Experiences for Children - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
ACL_AlexP
ACL_AlexP
Created on:
Jun 02, 2021
18 items
When people move to a new country, it is called immigrating. Immigrants enrich a country's cultural background and bring about ...
4 likes
Genre Guide
Autobiographies in Translation - Summer Adventure 2021
By:
ACL_ChrisS
ACL_ChrisS
Created on:
May 20, 2021
10 items
Enjoy these fascinating autobiographies written for adults and translated from languages other than English.
Alameda County Li...
General Recommendations
STL Summer Adventure: Community for Teens
Created on:
Apr 14, 2025
19 items
The Summer Adventure is here! Starting June 1, kids and teens can complete any ten activities in the Summer Adventure Booklet t...
General Recommendations
STL Summer Adventure: Community for Kids
Created on:
Apr 14, 2025
20 items
The Summer Adventure is here! Starting June 1, kids and teens can complete any ten activities in the Summer Adventure Booklet t...
