• Lists

    Celebrate Teachers – 18 Books for Teacher Appreciation

    teacher

    This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! And in my humble opinion, we should always appreciate and celebrate teachers. Now more so than ever after having to adapt to a completely different world of teaching! Like in any career, not every teacher out there is cut out to be a teacher.…

  • Activities

    Storytime Theme: Sheep

    lamb

    Amidst all the craziness of trying to run a library without being in a physical building, with staff working from home with varying degrees of technology available, I’ve gotten the chance to do more digital storytime for our library’s Facebook page. Due to copyright law and whether or not reading…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter Y: Yerba Buena

    mint

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter Y and the sweet Yerba Buena! Spice: Yerba Buena…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter W: Wasabi

    wasabi

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter W and the swirling spice of Wasabi! Spice: Wasabi…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter U: Urfa Biber Pepper

    spices on yellow spoons

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter U and the richly colored Urfa Biber Pepper! Spice:…

  • Lists

    30 Books for 30 Days of Ramadan

    Ramadan

    I found this theme – 30 Books for 30 Days of Ramadan from Book Riot and loved the concept so much that I thought I’d create my own kid’s version! With Passover and Easter having already taken place this month, I know that celebrating religious holidays when you can’t be…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter O: Oregano

    spices on yellow spoons

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter O and aromatic oregano! Spice: Oregano Oregano is extremely…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter M: Mustard Seed

    spices

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter M and spicy mustard seed! Spice: Mustard Seed The…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter L: Lemon Pepper

    lemons

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter L and sharp and spicy Lemon Pepper! Spice: Lemon…

  • Lifestyle

    Books & Cooks Letter K: Kaffir Lime Leaves

    kaffir

    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter K and lemony-lime tasting Kaffir Lime leaves! Spice: Kaffir…