• Lifestyle

    Director’s Thoughts – 11/22/24

    Director's Thoughts

    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…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons I’m Thankful for Books

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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…

  • Activities

    Activity Corner – Gratitude

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    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…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Winter Reads

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Re-read

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Things I’m Thankful For

    Top Ten Tuesday

    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…

  • Lists

    Happy Thanksgiving! 15 Books About Being Grateful

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    Happy Thanksgiving, readers! Before I head out to two Thanksgiving dinners, I wanted to share 15 books about being grateful and thankful for this holiday season. These books aren’t specifically about Thanksgiving necessarily but are about teaching kids the importance of being thankful for the things they have. I am…

  • Lists

    Five Thanksgiving Picture Books

    I always seem to find it difficult to find great Thanksgiving books, but these five are AWESOME!  Enjoy spending time with family and friends! Gracias ~ Thanks by Pat Mora Thank You, Thanksgiving by David Milgrim Run, Turkey, Run! by Diane Mayr The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz The Thankful Book…