Penn Libraries Community Engagement

Looking for an exciting and rewarding job this summer? Love libraries, literacy, equity, and working with community?
If you're a current Penn student with workstudy funding, come join PLCE!
Check the link in our bio for more information!
If you have further questions, please email Rosie Jacobson at [email protected]

Meet Librarian Yasmeen, the Community Connection Librarian, to explore her Library for book recommendations from around the world and experience the power of books in uniting hearts!
In the first Shelf, Yasmeen shares some of author Nadia L. Hohn’s () top picks 📚✨ Dive into the magic at the link in our bio!
Books in this post:
◾Harriet's Daughter by M. NourbeSe Philip
◾Front Desk by Kelly Yang
◾A Likkle Miss Lou by Nadia L. Hohn and Eugenie Fernandes
◾ Malaika's Surprise by Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher

Get ready to meet your 10 new best book friends!
Starting soon, we’ll introduce our Virtual Librarians who will invite you into their wonderful worlds of books, activities, games, and more. You’ll meet Librarian Nigel, who loves discovering joy and sharing it with others, Librarian Miss Alice, aka, the Legendary Philadelphia Storybuilder, Librarian Ramona who will help us discover what wellness means to us, and so many more!
Get excited! We can’t wait for you to meet them!

“He steps into the spot where Ida liked to soak in the sun. He listens to their city pulsing around him. He remembers what Ida said, you don’t have to see it to feel it. The sidewalks tap and the streets hum. Gus’s heart beats. And Ida is right there. Always” -Ida, Always
As hard as it is and as sad as it makes us, saying goodbye is part of our lives. The books on our Grief Shelves are full of different characters and different losses. Read these with your young reader and give them some space to talk about these deep feelings.
Losing a Friend
◾ Ida, Always by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
◾ Birdsong by Julie Flett
◾ Paws and Edward by Espen Dekko and Mari Kanstad Johnsen
◾ A Map of the World by Kao Kalia Yang and Seo Kim
Losing a Family Member
◾ I Lost Something Very Special by Husna Rahman and Anita Bagdi
◾ Love Made Me More by Colleen Rowan Kosinski and Sonia Sanchez
◾ Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane
◾ My Father’s Arms are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde and Øyvind Torseter
◾ If You Miss Me by Jocelyn Li Langrano
◾ Birdie by Eileen Spinelli
PhillyCEAL is the local initiative of the National Institutes of Health Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities (NIH CEAL). NIH CEAL is working with local communities to find ways to share trustworthy health information--an effort being managed through a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Philly Counts. Penn Libraries Community Engagement (PLCE) team is leading a piece of this larger initiative through collaborating to build health education resources & library collections within partner schools.