Little Free LGBTQ Library

Happy Pride y’all! Celebrate with us with a Pride Lotus Energy Drink all month long. ❤️🧡💛💚💙

And while you’re here, stop and check out the newly restocked and grab a new read!

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈
Be sure to stop in at CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar and grab a refreshing pick-me-up and your next favorite LGBTQ+ read!
And if you have some to share, feel free to drop them off!

Two ways to warm your heart today:
- a great cup of coffee from CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar
- a graphic novel series that will have you feeling all the feels from Alice Oseman

If you’re a fan of Heartstopper, you gotta read the full series - and we’ve got them in the library now! Swing by and check them out.

Woot! Congrats, Timothy!
There are a couple copies in the LGBTQ Library, so be sure to hit up CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar to grab one if you don't have it already. And if you happened to grab one already, be sure to bring it back so others can read this great book, too! 😄

OPL is excited to be giving away 25 signed copies of this year’s Omaha Reads Book, “The Perfume Thief” by Timothy Schaffert!
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One entry per person. Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM CST on Monday, August 8th . Each winner receives 1 signed copy of “The Perfume Thief.” This contest is only open to U.S. residents. Winners will be contacted via direct message and prizes will be available for pick up at any OPL location. Winners to be chosen randomly. Not associated with Instagram.

Enjoy and stop by CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar for a drink to recharge after the parade! (And check out this memoir by George M Johnson too.)

Happy Pride, 📕📙📗📘

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Is your week heating up?
You should grab your lil’ monsters and stop into CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar to grab a Lemonade Shaker and chill with a good book, like this one by Lady Gaga!

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Book banning is almost never a good sign…


“As highly visible and politicized book bans have exploded across the country, librarians — accustomed to being seen as dedicated public servants in their communities — have found themselves on the front lines of an acrimonious culture war, with their careers and their personal reputations at risk.

They have been labeled pedophiles on social media, called out by local politicians and reported to law enforcement officials. Some librarians have quit after being harassed online. Others have been fired for refusing to remove books from circulation.

In many communities, putting books on the shelves has become a polarizing act and has “turned librarians into this political pawn,” said Ami Uselman, the director of library and media services for Round Rock Independent School District, in Texas.”

With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war.

Rainy days got you down?
Head over to the Little Free LGBTQ Library in and grab a coffee and some laughs with David Sedaris! Guaranteed to make your weekend more hilarious and insightful. 📕📙📗📘

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A big thank you to Julie C. of Omaha for donating these wonderful Soap Sacks to our library! Slip a bar of soap in and use it like a washcloth - such a neat idea. ☺️ Grab a read and pick one up for free today at CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar!

(NOTE: The coffee shop is open until 3 today, and then closed Sunday and Monday for the Fourth!)

THIS JUST IN!
Some of the many new additions to the library, thanks to The Bookworm Omaha!
Stop into CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar and grab a title for your Fourth of July road-trip or staycation! ☺️

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So many books!
Which one will be your summer jam?

Best Books 2022: Books We Love Here are 160+ great reads from the first half of 2022 handpicked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

Sending a HUGE thank you to The Bookworm Omaha and Andrea Barton Gunther for donating two boxes (!!) of books to the library! Stop in to CTRL Coffee & Cereal Bar to check out all the new stuff, and grab a custom-printed latte today!
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