• Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Would Hand to a Reluctant Reader

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    So today’s theme’s official title was “Books I Would Hand to Someone Who Claims to Not Like Reading”. But that was an awful lot, so I shortened it a bit. I’m not necessarily a huge fan of the term “reluctant reader” because I think it’s got a little bit of…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/1/2021

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    What I Read Alright, everyone! I finally read more than a couple of chapters this week! I finished up Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches by Michel Guyon and although it stopped on a cliffhanger – I really enjoyed the story overall. It’s a fantasy middle grade book that you’ll hear more…

  • Lists

    National Cat Day Book List

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    It’s National Cat Day! As a librarian, you would assume I’m a cat person and don’t get me wrong I love cats, but I’m actually a dog person. Granted, as a kid, the only reason we had a cat was that I begged my parents long enough that we finally…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Plot Twists & Unreliable Narrators

    Top Ten Tuesday

    With a number of other book lists on my blog featuring all things Halloween, I decided to take a different route today! Plus, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge scaredy-cat, so my knowledge of scary Halloween-y books is at a minimum. I’ve got lists about ghosts, witches, bats, monsters,…

  • Lifestyle

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/25/2021

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    What I Read Another week of working six days which, as usual, equates to less reading time! I know I’m lucky in that this is just for a short time and I won’t always be working six days a week. I got further into Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches…

  • Activities

    Activity Corner – Dragons

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    We offered a really fun grab and go activity at the library last month – a fire-breathing dragon and I thought I’d share it with a few books and other activities for a perfect activity corner post. There are some extra adorable picture books about dragons, but also some great…

  • Lists

    9 Books All About Moose

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    Today was supposed to be a quick Four on Friday post. But when I started researching moose books, I realized that there are some really great ones out there and I couldn’t just stop at four. I’ve never seen a moose in the wild, but I can’t imagine their size!…

  • Lists

    RIP Gary Paulsen

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    Gary Paulsen passed away yesterday at the age of 82. He was the author of over 200 books during his life, one of his most famous being Hatchet. Like so many kids growing up in the ’90s, we read Hatchet in school. And although I’ve got to be honest, I…

  • Lists

    9 Books to Celebrate National Fossil Day

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    There was a time that I was considering archeology as a profession and like many of my thoughts for the future, it was fleeting. Being a librarian was my calling and I love what I do. What’s really interesting is that my brother actually is an archeologist! And although he…