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Hello everyone! Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! The holiday has passed, but fear not! Even though MLK Day is over, there’s still plenty to learn! Here are three children’s books to give a try! Voices of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander Choosing Brave by Angela Joy For this week’s…
Hello Everyone! The weather is getting weirder and weirder, which means it’s a good time to hide inside with a book! And boy do we have books! Here are a few of my favorites that we read at storytime! For this week’s storytime, we read Olivia by Ian Falconer and Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be…
Hello Everyone! It’s been a while! I hope everyone had an excellent holiday season and new year! There’s a lot to catch up on in this email, so I am going to get started. Last week for story time we read Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima and Are Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton. Not Quite Narwhal is a cute…
Hello Everyone! I can’t believe it’s almost January already! I haven’t even started thinking about a New Year’s resolution yet. What I have done is finished the event calendar for January! We’ve got a bunch of fun activities planned for everyone! As always, if anyone has any questions, feel free to email me. We have…
Hello Everyone! December is going by so fast! And we lost all our snow already! If we all think very cold thoughts, it might come back. Maybe. That’s how weather works, right? This week we read Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman and Help! We Need a Title! By Hervé Tullet during story time and made our own book…
Hello everyone! On Thursday I attended a webinar about running the Summer Reading Program. It feels like summer is so far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, more library activities! We have plenty going on next week! On Wednesday from 3:30 to 4 we will have Yarn Time! Come…
Hello everyone! It’s already the end of November. Thanksgiving has come and gone, but another holiday season, full of more food, awaits. For this week’s story time we read Hot Dog by Doug Salati, as a reminder that warm weather will return, and Papa Bear’s Page Fright by Wade Bradford (I have no explanation for choosing this book besides…
Weekly All-Ages StorytimeEvery Thursday from 10:45-11:45Stories, crafts, toys, and fun! LEGO Club with Mr. Dowal & Mrs. HunewellSession 1: Tuesday, December 12th 2:15-3:30Session 2: Tuesday, December 19th 2:15-3:30 YARN TIMEWednesday, December 13 3:30-4:00Learn to crochet or knit! We will provide yarn and materials but welcome people to bring their own Puppet Theater ExtravaganzaThursday, December 14th…
We purchased several display cases for the LEGO Club with funds given to the library by the Friends Group. Here is a special shout-out to thank them. We previously purchased a wooden bench that sits outside the Children’s Room also with funds from the Friends. We will forever be thankful.
Hello Everyone! It’s getting colder! But it’s also not? The weather lately has me confused. I can’t decide whether to read books about snow or books about summer. I’m considering spending Thanksgiving at the lake. I bet some of you are traveling across the country for the holidays, while others will be relaxing at home….