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Activity Corner – Owls
I love owls, especially ones found in picture books. I’m honestly not sure why because I’m not a huge fan of birds, to begin with, but I really like owls! A quick side note, for about a year and a half, I mistakenly thought my brother’s then-girlfriend (now wife) loved…
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9 Middle Grade Books featuring Dragons
I’ve got dragons on the brain! Back in August we planned much of our programming and displays for the children’s department of the library and we decided to focus on the fantasy genre for September. We have an adorable fire-breathing dragon craft as a grab-and-go activity this month and we’re…
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6 Books for Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur begins this evening at sunset. While many non-Jewish people put an emphasis on Hanukkah, Yom Kippur is one of the most important holidays of the Jewish faith. Although I’ve created a book list for Rosh Hashanah, twice! I’ve never created a book list for Yom Kippur. So today’s…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/13/2021
What I Read In the past two weeks, I’ve only read two books. It’s been super busy at work. Our ILS had an upgrade and data migration going on for about a week and that wasn’t too bad. But, coming out of that, there were so many issues with data…
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Author Spotlight: Cale Atkinson
I fell in love with the illustrations of To the Sea with its bold, rich colors and its beautiful story about friendship. Since then, I’m always excited to see what new projects Cale Atkinson has been working on. I haven’t shared an author spotlight in a while, but I love…
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9 Titles All About Tornadoes
It’s been a little crazy weather-wise in my neck of the woods in the past few weeks. Although we live over two hours from the ocean, we’re getting a lot of rain and tornado watches and warnings. In the past two weeks, we’ve spent a good amount of time in…
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9 Picture Books that Celebrate Hair
My hair is probably the longest it’s been since I was five or six years old. It’s only this long for two reasons, one – my sister’s wedding in June (it’s so much easier to style when you have more to style) and two – COVID. I’ve been trying to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/30/2021
What I Read Well, an unplanned power outage that lasted almost an entire 24 hours led me to do A LOT of reading. It’s amazing what you can read when conserving your cell phone battery, without wi-fi and many of the modern luxuries needed to clean the house! I finished…
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9 Titles for Football Season
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not really into sports at all. Most don’t really hold my attention, especially football – it just takes so long! I can definitely watch hockey, only because it moves so much faster. That being said, I know so many kids who are sports-focused,…
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Activity Corner – Pinecones
Let me set the stage, every morning I roll out of bed as my dog insistently whines at me to get a move on. I stumble through the house with my eyes barely open, pulling on something that’s halfway reasonable for the neighbors to see me in. Then I pull…
