Nebraska Library Commission

06/19/2026

Dive into the dungeon alongside this week's ! The first in the ongoing series, "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman takes place in a world where aliens have token over and have offered survivors the chance to enter the "World Dungeon". What ensues is a witty, irreverent story of survival and friendship, as former coast guard mechanic Carl, and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, become the unwilling participants in a deadly game. Read more in the NLC staff review on the ➡️ https://buff.ly/fJplNlw

06/19/2026

Find your voice this ! Happy readers! Explore all the African American stories available on Libraries, like “Something to Say” by Lisa Moore Ramée. Recommended for kids in grades 3-7, this chapter book explores the complex social rules of middle school, overcoming fears, and finding friendship. Find this story, and other African American fiction and nonfiction on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. You can find “Something to Say” as both an audiobook and eBook, along with Ramée’s other works, “A Good Kind of Trouble,” and “The Everybody Experiment.” Read more about it on the ➡️ https://buff.ly/GHMOVdv

“Reminiscent in writing style to works by Lauren Myracle and Jason Reynolds, this novel [shows] Shayla’s typical middle school problems, then switches to the very specific problems she faces as a young black girl in America…[For] middle grade readers who aren’t yet ready for Thomas’s The Hate U Give.” ― School Library Journal (starred review)

06/19/2026

Happy from the Nebraska Library Commission. Our office is closed today. If you need anything, send an email or leave a voicemail and we will get back to you. We will be back in the office on Monday.

06/18/2026

Get dressed to the nines this ! This week's highlight is a glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Dora Lane from David City, Nebraska. She is wearing a striped, wool suit with velvet trim on the collar and cuffs, white blouse with lace trim and large black hat with ostrich feather trim. She is sitting, holding a handkerchief in one hand.

This image is published as part of the Boston Studio Project collection, and is owned by both them and the Thorpe Opera House Foundation. See this collection and many more on the archive!➡️ https://buff.ly/SlU72nS

06/17/2026

For a number of years EBSCO promised a better biography database that would include the data from their Biography Reference Source and H.W. Wilson’s Biography Reference Bank databases. They now offer Biography Reference Ultimate that includes more information than the other two databases combined, and it will replace the two biography databases in the lineup later this month.

Those libraries with their own EBSCO accounts may see it available before it goes live on the NebraskAccess web site and will have until July 31 to make the switch.

Read more about this upcoming change on the ➡️ https://buff.ly/RbTCbuh

06/16/2026

We are getting a head start on the 's📚💡3rd biennial Toni Morrison summer read in honor of America’s Second Independence Day this Friday. Like in Nebraska, freedmen made their way out to Oklahoma to homestead often in all Black settlements and farming communities where residents were free from racial violence and segregation laws. In her 1997 novel, Paradise, Morrison presents a fictionalized community of Black Homesteaders in its decline after generations of prosperity. There are 12 copies available for your reading group to borrow in our Book Club Kit collection. Read more on the ➡️ https://buff.ly/1jtHQzu

06/12/2026

MOOOOve over, it’s ! 🐮 Summer is the perfect time to start a teen/YA bookclub to help keep kids reading and engaged until school starts, because reading for pleasure and not just grades is what makes a lifelong reader. Check out “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray, recommended for kids in grades 9-12, is a YA novel that explores the meaning of life, even if it turns out it’s going to be a short one. It’s available as a Book Club Kit from the Nebraska Library Commission, with 16 copies for your reading group to borrow. You can also find “Going Bovine” as both an audiobook and eBook through : Kids & Teens. Read more about it on the ➡️hhttps://buff.ly/sMJNhik

An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy . . . wholly unique, ambitious, tender, thought-provoking, and often fall-off-the-chair funny.” — Booklist, Starred Review

06/12/2026

This week's is commonly listed among suggested readings for . David McCullough’s "1776" is a history of the American Revolution focused on the pivotal year identified in the book’s title – the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the outcome of the struggle depended largely on military success. While the book is a military history, it is also a study of leadership, perseverance, devotion, and commitment to the cause of independence. Read more on the ➡️https://buff.ly/bPyc6wr

06/11/2026

Giddy up ! 🐎 This week's highlight is a black and white stereoscopic photograph on a postcard of a team of horses driven by men. They appear to be plowing. Information printed on item: John Nelson, Commercial Photographer, Ericson, Neb. U.S.A.

This image is published and owned by the Nebraska State Historical Society. See this collection and many more on the archive!➡️ https://buff.ly/PgSLbr0

06/09/2026

“Dog on Fire" by Terese Svoboda is available on cartridge and for download on !

Keep up with all things Talking Book with the Nebraska Talking Book and Braille Service, and read more about the book on the ➡️ bit.ly/DogonFireonBARD

“Dog on Fire" by Terese Svoboda is available on cartridge and for download on ! Imbued with melancholy cheer, Dog on Fire unfolds around a family's turmoil, past loves, and a mysterious death. Read more about the book on the .social blog➡️bit.ly/DogonFireonBARD

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