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Book Review – “Piper Green and the Fairy Tree"
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree written by Ellen Potter tells the story of a second grader name Piper who lives on a small island off the coast of Maine. She loves her family, misses her older brother, and tells it like it is which makes her a interesting character…
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Family Storytime – Tigers
I must be on some sort of subconscious jungle adventure in my head, as last Saturday I did an elephant theme and today I did a tiger theme. I’m not going to argue as both storytimes have gone really well. Although I didn’t have a large group of kids –…
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Family Fort Night
We’re having our very first Fort Night at the library this evening! I’m so excited – this would have been the perfect program for me when I was younger! My siblings and I made blanket forts all the time, usually taking over the family room or our playroom and hanging…
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Book Review: Dory Fantasmagory
“Fantasmagory: a dream-like state where real life and imagination are blurred together” – a perfect start to a book that does exactly that – blur the line between reality and imagination and it’s exactly what kids need! Everyone calls Dory “Rascal” – she’s the youngest in her family and her…
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5 Thanksgiving Books
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Enchanted Library – Success!
With the help of 20 middle school students, staff, and hours of work our 6th Annual Enchanted Library was a success! We had 310 community members take 16 tours through the library in 2.5 hours on Friday evening. All of the actors and tour guides did a great job! Cam…
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Life-Size Candyland
The kids have the day off of school, so we decided to take advantage and offer Life-Size Candyland at the library. It was absolutely crazy, but the kids had a great time! We found this idea from the ALSC blog and from a website called Recreation Guy. And what we…
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Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Jordan Sonnenblick doesn’t skirt around the difficult issues in this book – coming to terms with denial, anger, and bargaining among the everyday and all-consuming world that middle school can be. Thirteen year old, Steven does not only have to focus on getting good grades, but also practicing for the All-Star…
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Book Review: Loot: How to Steal a Fortune
Loot is exactly what Jude Watson does best – action-packed, fast-paced and adventure wrapped up in a story you can’t put down. When March’s father, a notorious cat burglar dies on the job, March must finish one last job. His father’s dying words to March, “Find jewels,” and it’s only…
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Book Review: "The Swift Boys & Me"
I picked this book up thinking it would be a middle grade novel where everything gets wrapped up very neatly by the end of the story, but I was pleasantly surprised with the ending of this book although there was closure, it was not how I expected it to end. …