All DMPL locations are warming centers

All DMPL locations are serving as warming centers during open hours. DART will be providing free rides to designated warming centers through Monday, December 8. Learn more about additional warming centers.

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DMPL Youth Librarian Honored by James Patterson

More than thirty families crowd into the meeting room at Central Library. Music is playing. Bubbles are in the air. At the center of all of this fun is Samantha Reid, a beloved youth librarian here at Central Library. Miss Sam, as she is known to many of her storytime families, was recently recogn...

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"The Night Before Christmas Collection" at the Central Library

'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse So begins perhaps the most famous poem in American history, "The Night Before Christmas." (Fun fact: the real name of the poem is "A Visit from St. Nicholas"). The poem was anonymou...

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Databases for Teens

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States by Proquest

Black Freedom Struggle by Proquest

Website featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history that may be used by a wide range of students, from middle and high school students to college students and independent scholars.

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Mango

Mango is a fun and easy way to learn any of more than 70 languages, plus English courses in more than 20 languages.

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Looking for your next great read? Find series information, reading lists, award winners, book discussion guides, and more.

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