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Check out recent book columns by FVRLibraries staff, including the weekly "Check it Out" column that first appears in The Columbian and the monthly "Book Beat" column that first appears in The Messenger.

Check it Out: A Pumpkin Palooza

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of titles to get you pumped for pumpkins.

Book Beat: October Stories

J. Alder
Our Book Beat columnist offers a selection of books about October.

Check it Out: International Postcard Week

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of titles in honor of International Postcard Week.

Check it Out: New Titles

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of new titles.

Check it Out: Talk Like a Pirate

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about piratical parlance.

Check it Out: Mushroom Love

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about the fungus among us.

Check it Out: Blue Moon

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about the moon.

Book Beat: Library Stories

J. Alder
Our Book Beat columnist offers a selection of books about libraries and librarians.

Check it Out: New Titles

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of new titles.

Check it Out: Impossible

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about overcoming some major human challenges.

Check it Out: Hey, Hey, We're Reading

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of August (or anytime) reads.

Check it Out: I've Got a Case of the Wiggles

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about the wiggles.

Book Beat: Shipwrecks

J. Alder
Our Book Beat columnist offers a selection of books about a recurring motif in her travels.

Check it Out: July Birthdays

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about well-known lovable Leos.

Check it Out: Fun with Mermaids

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about these mythical creatures (or are they?).

Check it Out: Night Lights

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about incandescent natural phenomena.

Check it Out: Summer Wildlife

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books for young minds learning the joys of nature.

Book Beat: Disability Pride Month

J. Alder
Our Book Beat columnist offers a selection of books to celebrate Disability Pride Month.

Check it Out: Random Reads for the Fourth of July

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers an encore performance of randomness, via a selection of books.

Check it Out: Road Trip

J. Johnston
Our collection manager offers a selection of books about hitting the road.