Welcome to the Pennsylvania Center for the Book!

The PA Center for the Book's YouTube channel features book recommendations, library resources, and Pennsylvania's literary heritage. New videos include:

• African American Musicians from Pennsylvania
• Day in the Life as a Library Worker
• National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled Summer Reading Program
• Philadelphia's Literary Heritage
• Weeding Library Books

To celebrate Disability Pride Month in July, we are highlighting a few books featuring characters with disabilities: 

• Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
• Something More by Jackie Khalilieh
• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
• Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest

To celebrate Pennsylvania Day on July 20, we are highlighting a few young readers books based in Pennsylvania: 

• This Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
• Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir and illustrated by Myisha Haynes
• Sheets by Brenna Thummler
• Riding Chance by Christine Kendall
• Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

The PA Center for the Book is thrilled to announce the 2025 A Baker's Dozen: The Best 13 Books for Family Literacy booklist! 

A Baker’s Dozen is a nationwide, annual initiative to review picture books published each year and identify the top 13 books that support family literacy program goals. This year’s jury reviewed more than 800 titles.

Learn more about the 2025 booklist here.

To celebrate Pennsylvania Day on July 20, we are highlighting a few adult books based in Pennsylvania: 

• The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod
• American Rust by Philipp Meyer
• Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace
• Before All the World by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
• Take What You Need by Idra Novey

The PA Center for the Book is thrilled to announce the books representing Pennsylvania in The Library of Congress Center for the Book’s 2025 Great Reads from Great Places program! 

This year's youth title is With or Without You by Eric Smith from Inkyard Press and this year's adult title is Sidle Creek by Jolene McIlwain from Melville House Publishing!

Learn more about the 2025 Great Reads selections here.