This a blog maintained by the Avalon Free Public Library in Avalon, NJ. This blog is a part of the library’s mission to encourage a literate and informed community by providing free and open access to first class collections, services and programs that inspire, inform and enrich our community. Any views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily reflective of the views of the Avalon Free Public Library, the Avalon History Center, or its employees. We hope you enjoy reading our posts and we encourage comments and suggestions.  For more information, please visit our library website.

Unless otherwise noted, the library and its staff do not receive compensation for inclusion in posts or for links to or purchases on outside websites. We do sometimes receive free copies of books, movies, or other materials for review consideration and / or for purchase consideration for our collection, though this in no way impacts our evaluations of said materials and does not guarantee coverage. We do sometimes use AI for image generation or video effects, and make a note of it when we do. AI is not used in any writing for this site, though it is sometimes used for editing and summarization.