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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Bullet Journaling
Program Name: Not Your 13-year-old Self’s Journal What: I tried to bullet journal a little bit last year and unfortunately I just didn’t keep up with it, but I’ve been wanting to offer a how-to bullet journal program at the library for a couple of months now. I think this would be…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Ancestry
Program Name: Trace Your Roots What: We have offered a few sessions on using the library edition of Ancestry.com to trace a person’s family lineage. This program consists of learning what Ancestry.com has available, other resources that may be of some assistance and a short time ensuring that patrons understand how to…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge
This is my third year participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge and I’m so happy I am finally writing this post – just under the wire as the AtoZ Challenge begins April 1st. Take a look at my first year’s theme – Storytime Plans from A to…
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Trying Something New – Open House
We tried something new at our library this week – an open house for township employees. One of our major goals of late is to educate the public about everything the library has to offer – services, programs and resources. So, I got to thinking, how about we try to…
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Parachute Storytime: Hats Off!
I got a chance to do two parachute storytimes yesterday and it’s fun to see the kids who really love the parachute get a chance to release some energy with lots of movement. A few kids come in with much more trepidation, but most will stay and just observe. This…
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5 Places to Find Bookish Gifts (that aren't books)
If you’re looking for a gift idea this holiday season for your favorite bookworm, look no further than these five retailers offering some awesome bookish gifts, that aren’t another gift card to the bookstore!
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Random Acts of Poetry Day
Today is Random Acts of Poetry Day! I think poetry often gets a bad rap as people remember poetry for being inaccessible and difficult to understand. People remember having to memorize poetry in school or trying to study poetry to understand what the poet what truly trying to say. Many…
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Multi-Cultural Night
This is one of my favorite programs we put together at our library – we’ve done this a few times. What makes it absolutely amazing is that we ask our patrons to share their culture which means we get an authentic look into a variety of cultures in just one…
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Community Connections – Interfaith Education
I spent a few hours last night at a Sharing Ramadan event hosted by our local Islamic Society. It was a wonderful event with a speaker who took the time to talk about the beliefs of the Islam faith as well as how Muslims are being viewed by the media.…
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Wonder Trailer – Get Ready to Ugly Cry
As a book lover and past children’s librarian, I adore LOVE children’s books and so I don’t say this lightly – Wonder by R.J. Palacio is one of my favorite books of all time. And so I was ecstatic to see the official trailer for the new movie was released. Let…