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More Summer Fun
On Saturday, Mary and I went nuts getting lots of our Summer Reading Program displays up since it’s a new month and this Friday is the kick-off for summer programming. Before we opened, I laid out the large picture find on the floor once more to re-attach any fallen images, as well as add all…

Family Fandom Festival
Have you made it through all of my holiday postings? If your answer is “yes,” then you know what you should do? I know that I will! While working on all of my holiday posts, I kept debating whether or not to create foundation programs for pop-culture-based celebrations. The thought of writing at least a…

Happy Holiday!
You may have heard of Pastafarianism a.k.a the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), but did you know that they have a very special holiday in December? It’s called…wait for it…Holiday. Therefore, they are thrilled to hear people say “Happy Holidays” since they just assume that you’re inaccurately pluralizing the name. One of the…
Libraries Are For Everyone: Chinese
A lovely Chinese novelist reached out to me and among other things, shared with me two translations of Libraries Are For Everyone. She also ended her email with this: Long live librarians! In Chinese: 图书馆长万岁 Literally, “may our library masters live for 10,000 years” – Anonymous Isn’t that wonderful?! Thank you very much, anonymous novelist!!!…
Our Early Literacy Corner
A few weeks ago, Cory Eckert (<a href=”http://storytimeunderground.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>of <em>Storytime Underground</em> fame</a>) shared a quote on <em>Facebook </em>from <a href=”https://www.earlieriseasier.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>EarlierIsEasier.org</a> about <a href=”https://www.earlieriseasier.org/read” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>how important repetition is in a child’s life</a>: <blockquote><em>Repetition is a key ingredient to building a healthy brain. When your child asks for the same book,…
Our Chalkboard Window
At some point this past summer I had a flash of inspiration. It’s probably because I saw yet another awesome <a href=”https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=chalkboard%20sidewalk%20sign&rs=typed&term_meta%5B%5D=sign%7Ctyped” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>chalkboard sidewalk sign</a> on <em>Pinterest</em>, which made me want to do something like that. Then the location of it came about because although I love having windows everywhere in our building, I…