• Lists

    9 Children’s Books All About South Asian Cuisine

    Indian Sweets

    I love a few things in this world and two of my big loves are books and food! We celebrated Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights this week at our library with a storytime, craft, vendors, dancers, and singers – it was a beautiful celebration. And, I must admit, my…

  • Lists

    6 Books to Celebrate Diwali

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    We have, in our community, a large population of Indian families. Many of which live permanently here in the U.S. while others come to work for a few years and then go back to India. Our library has hosted Diwali programming for a number of years now and it’s a…

  • Reviews

    Picture Book Month Theme: Holidays

    You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month.  You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books!  Check…

  • Activities

    Diwali Celebration

    We had a HUGE crowd to celebrate Diwali last night!  We have a large Indian population in our community and although Diwali is celebrated in different ways (across India), we had a wonderful time last night!  For our youngest patrons we hosted a brief storytime with a beautiful Diwali book The…

  • Activities

    Good-Bye Summer Reading, Hello Fall Programming

    Summer reading is officially over! YAY!!!!  And we are now in the midst of cleaning, organizing, and trying to wrap our heads around everything that’s coming up in the next few months.  Overall, our summer was very busy, programming went really well and even though we had fewer registrants than…