Veterans Day has been celebrated on Nov. 11 as a federal holiday in the U.S. since 1938. It is dedicated to American veterans of all wars. The exact day and month commemorates that in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an armistice — or temporary...
Join NCW Libraries, the Library of Congress, the American Library Association, and libraries across the nation to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month and Rainbow Book Month. Learn more about the history of LGBTQ Pride Month through the Library of Congress. Celebrate LGBTQ...
Production companies have long looked to literature for inspiration to create new movies and television shows. Many books and stories will be adapted to the screen in 2024! If you want to read it first, our Collections Department has curated a list of many of the...
North Central Washington residents checked out, downloaded and streamed more than 1.4 million books, movies, and other materials from NCW Libraries in 2023. That number nearly doubles the 710,395 total checkouts from 2022, when the library district was still emerging...
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. NCW Libraries has an extensive collection of online resources to help celebrate AAPI Month, including ebooks and audibooks, movies, comics and graphic...