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7 Reasons to Rediscover Your Public Library
There are a number of reasons to visit the public library in your neighborhood, but Money Talks reports on just seven reasons, all of which are helpful suggestions for people of all ages to visit (and support) their local libraries. Check out the article here! The article does a great…
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Wonder & Wonderfilled
Every time I see the new Wonderfilled commercials for Oreos, my mind automatically goes to the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s probably one of my favorite books of all time, which is not easy for me to say because I love so many books! If you haven’t seen the…
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State of America’s Libraries 2013 Report
If I had a nickel for everyone time I told someone I was a librarian and their response was either, “You have to go to school to do that?” or “Aren’t you afraid you won’t have a job in 5 years?” – I’d be rich! Yes, you have to go to…
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First (official) Day of Summer Reading
My summer reading planning begins in November/December, but for the general public today is the day that our Summer Reading Program officially begins. I got to work an hour early to make sure the adult and young adult links on the website were working, updated the Facebook page, and…
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Young Adult vs. Middle Grade Books
Summer is fast approaching and as a librarian, I have found that many parents and even some kids are confused and misunderstand the difference between young adult books and books for those students in middle grades. Once I read past the middle grade novels in my public library in my…
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Video Games in the Library ?!?!?
We had about 80 third graders visit the library this morning and while giving tours to about a third of them I had two kids ask why the library rented out video games. I’ll be honest and say that I was shocked that they asked this question, not in an…
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Spring Fever
The last couple days have been in the mid-80s with a great deal of humidity reminding me that summer is just around the corner and if that’s not all we’ve been visiting all the schools in our district getting the kids excited about summer reading this year and spring fever…
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How gross is too gross?!?!?
As I was shifting our picture book collection the other day, I came across a book entitled, Poopendous! written by Artie Bennett and illustrated by Mike Moran. As the book goes, “Poop is yuck, poop is foul. Step in poop and you will howl. To red ths book, you must…
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Summer Countdown….
Now, for most people summertime means vacation, sun, surf, relaxation, being outside, and spending time with family and friends. For public librarians, summer is its own monster filled with busy programs, families coming into the library endlessly asking for their summer reading books for school assignments, and more work hours…
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Lucky, Blessed, Call it whatever you want…
After the events of yesterday in Boston, you have to take a moment to pause and thank whoever you believe in that you are alright. I’d rather not dwell on the atrocities that occurred in Boston, but I also feel the need to acknowledge the event and to thank all the people…