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Top Ten Tuesday: Newly Published Thankful & Grateful Picture Books
While the roots of Thanksgiving are difficult, I think it’s important for people to take time not only to spend with family or friends, but to consciously create a attitude of gratitude. And I know, all too well, that not every has had an easy year, and there is something…
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Storytime Theme: Thanksgiving
It’s time for another holiday storytime! And this time we’re focusing on Thanksgiving. And while I know Thanksgiving is fraught with a difficult past, I wanted to create a storytime that shared both the importance of learning history and also sharing some fun stories that are just silly. I found…
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Director’s Thoughts – 12/13/24
I’d have to say one of favorite things about working in a library is selecting new books for the collection. It’s a lot of fun unboxing new books and checking out titles that get automatically added to my TBR list. But, coming in a very close second is the opposite…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books on Gratitude
Today’s a thankfulness freebie for Top Ten Tuesday and while last week I shared about the ten things that make me thankful for public libraries, today I wanted to share just a couple of picture books about gratitude and thankfulness. Take a look at this list full of some popular…
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Director’s Thoughts – 11/22/24
Since it’s November and a time for gratefulness, I decided to share ten reasons why I’m thankful for libraries. I grew up visiting my home library since I can remember and I started working in libraries when I was 14 years old. I have had a passion for libraries for…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons I’m Thankful for Books
Thanksgiving is just a few days away and while I’m not in charge of the BIG dinner, I do have family over on Friday for what we’ve affectionately named “Fiesta Friday” and yes, we have a massive taco bar with all the toppings you could ever ask for! And since…
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Activity Corner – Gratitude
We’re offering a really fun grab-and-go activity at the library this month – a handprint gratitude wreath! It inspired this post on all things gratitude. It’s hard, after almost two years of the complete upheaval of daily life to take the time to find things to be thankful for. But…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Winter Reads
Winter is coming! And with it, some amazing stories about the season. These are perfect books to read aloud to the whole family under a warm, cozy quilt with a cup of hot cocoa! I also just finished up a list on hibernation and migration if you’re interested in looking…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Re-read
With so many books being published, I rarely re-read titles anymore. As a kid, I re-read the books on my shelves over and over again. Now that I have (almost) daily access to new books, I don’t often sit down to re-read. In fact, I don’t even like to start…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things I’m Thankful For
This is a completely necessary exercise in thought that I needed right about now. I know that in the scheme of things I am blessed beyond measure. But 2020 sure seems to be kicking my butt. Between coronavirus, coronavirus adjacent, and just other random stuff I feel like the rug…
