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Bookworm Love
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Halloweeeeee!!!
Over the past several days we have had several parents ask us where our Halloween books are. I think that we were all a little taken aback, but as our newest team member Julia said, “the stores have the Halloween stuff out, so it’s on parents’ and kids’ minds.” Plus, it definitely feels like autumn…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Macedonian
MSc. Jelena Petrovaska, library advisor at NI University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Bitola, North Macedonia provided me with the Macedonian translation of #LAFE. Thank you, Jelena, for sharing your beautiful language!

A Legacy of #LAFE
It is hard for me to fully express what the Libraries Are For Everyone campaign has meant to me. Hitting 100 languages this week has really made me pause and reflect on this experience. When I’ve been asked to talk about it, I find that I can’t because it is so deeply moving to me,…