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Fun Friday Program – Secret Codes
The school year has begun and our Fun Friday program is back and in high demand! We had 25 kids register with 14 more on a waiting list. If you’ve missed some of my previous posts, our school district gives the kids a half day on the second Friday of…
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Warning: Do Not Open This Book!
Children’s authors and illustrators, if possible, are becoming more and more creative with new and innovative ideas to create truly interactive books for children. Warning: Do Not Open This Book! is no different – with a seemingly innocent monkey peeking around the corner, children will not be able to help…
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The Wizard of Dark Street
The Wizard of Dark Street written by Shawn Thomas Odyssey is a fun and entertaining read, mixing a touch of magic with a tale of mystery and the off-beat humor expected from authors like Lemony Snicket. Oona Crate is a Natural Magician and the Apprentice to the Dark Street Wizard,…
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Flora and the Flamingo
This is an adorable wordless picture book about a little who wants nothing more than to be as graceful as the flamingo she sees. She is decked out in a yellow swimming cap and flippers with a pink bathing suit. She begins by copying exactly what the flamingo is doing…
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Book Cart Drill Team
I had an amazing (and busy) weekend! Our community is celebrating our 300th year anniversary this year with events happening throughout the year. On Saturday, there was a parade, carnival, and our community day fair, making it a very busy day for almost everyone in town. Our library entered a…
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Al Capone Does My Homework
Gennifer Choldenko has done it again with a cast of characters living on a island with the most dangerous criminals of the time. Al Capone Does My Homework is the third in the series of books about Moose, his sister Natalie, their family and friends, and of course Al Capone…
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C. R. Mudgeon
With a title like that, who could resist this book! C.R. Mudgeon is a hedgehog who knows what he likes and likes what he knows, that is until a new neighbor moves in upstairs and his whole world gets turned around! Paprika the squirrel likes bright colors, spicy food, and…
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Good-Bye Summer Reading, Hello Fall Programming
Summer reading is officially over! YAY!!!! And we are now in the midst of cleaning, organizing, and trying to wrap our heads around everything that’s coming up in the next few months. Overall, our summer was very busy, programming went really well and even though we had fewer registrants than…
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Library Architecture
My sister sent me this amazing article about an architect who truly understands what a library means to the community it serves. Francine Houben of the Dutch studio, Mecanoo interviewed with the Dezeen magazine about her design of the new library in Birmingham, England. “I wanted to make a people’s…
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Cinder
I think I’m obsessed with any form of fairy tales that have been reworked into a new setting or changed, fractured, or updated. As soon as I saw this book I knew I had to read it. This version of Cinderella has a new and exciting setting – it’s the…
