National Library Week

The theme for National Library Week 2026 is 'Find Your Joy'. Held from April 19–25, everyone is invited to explore, discover, and celebrate what brings them happiness at the library.

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Find out more about our online library which contains over 50,000 stories, 3,700 works of art and 3,000 short films.

Watch this excerpt from a film about the Reading Rainbow Series

Butterfly in the Sky [excerpt]

Brett Whitcomb & Bradford Allen

Tells the story of the beloved series "Reading Rainbow," its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading

Stories

‘The Librarians’ by Kim A. Snyder

By: Naomi Gledhill

Read about Kim A. Snyder's latest feature documentary, 'The Librarians.'

Amanda Gorman: The Poet Who Healed a Nation

By: Shannon Luders-Manuel

Amanda Gorman, America's first Youth Poet Laureate, recited the original poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Max Romey: Winner of BEST of FEST 2025

By: Naomi Gledhill

Read about artist, filmmaker, and educator, Max Romey, winner of the BEST of FEST at the 2025 MY HERO International Film Festival.

Stories from the Christian Science Monitor

How the Librarian of the Year is helping his beloved Los Angeles

By: Troy Aidan Sambajon

Jan. 23, 2025 - We caught up with the 2025 librarian of the year, who leads the Los Angeles Public Library, about the wildfires and about why libraries are needed now more than ever. [CSM Story]

Children were thirsting for stories. This couple built them a library.

By: Whitney Eulich

January 3 2024 - In Ecuador, one couple has found that a love of literature can help bring people together. [CSM Story]

'The Wings' by Elise Chen

This charitable book, which is based on the author's biggest life regret, was written and illustrated by 17-year-old Elise Chen. Find out more and buy the book on the website she hand-crafted at wings.gift. All proceeds from this book provide free tutoring for Korean orphans as 95% of these orphans end up hungry and homeless when they age out of foster care at age 18 as they can't afford hagwon tutoring required to obtain a job.

Elise Chen - Young Author

By: Elise Chen

Films

Biblioburro: The Donkey Library

Producer: Valentina Canavesio

Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, travels on the back of his donkey, bringing with him books for children of the rural communities.

Velo Visionaries - Alicia Tapia

Kristin Tieche

In Episode 3 of Velo Visionaries, we talk/ride with Alicia Tapia, creator of Bibliobicicleta, a free library on wheels that can be found weekly in The Panhandle in San Francisco.

Learn more about Luis Soriano Bohorquez and his traveling Biblioburro Library.

One story is available in text with audio allowing students to listen as they read along. One story is in Spanish and another in French, allowing students to practice reading a foreign language or for those students whose native language is Spanish or French.

Luis Soriano Bohorquez

By: Ryan from San Diego

Luis Soriano Bohorquez started the Biblioburro Library in the mountains of Colombia. This story has text and audio, allowing students to listen as they read.