Library Reception

Think Green Display

In honor of the beauty of nature which we are reminded of each Spring season, the library has a Think Green collection on display.

This display includes titles on Green Careers, Conservation and Environmentalism and Plant Life.

Please feel free to stop by the library to browse through the display!

Spring Awakenings: Coming of Age Fiction Display

With Spring reminding us of renewal and growth, the library has a collection of coming of age fiction on display. 

According to Bloom's Literary Reference (which is available to Fontbonne students), coming of age fiction can be defined as, "stories that mark a child's passage from innocence to experience or knowledge, in which the child usually pays the price of pain or disillusionment". 

Included in our library Spring Awakenings display are the following titles: 

~Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos

~The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 

~Dreamland by Sarah Dessen 

~The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 

~Life of Pi by Yann Martel 

~Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff

~The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

~The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman 

~My Antonia by Willa Cather 

~The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 

~The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

~A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 

~Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson 

Fontbonne Library Celebrates Spring

The Fontbonne Academy Library Celebrates Spring!

Check Out Our April Displays