A news article from CNN Health indicates that knitting and other types of crafting can “help those who suffer from anxiety, depression or chronic pain… It may also ease stress, increase happiness and protect the brain from damage caused by aging”. Sound good? Find knitting books in the Catalog. You […]
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Happy Mother’s Day! We hope it’s a fun and fantastic day with your family and that they did lots of great things for you! We have over 1,000 titles with mothers as a subject. They cover a huge range, from fiction to nonfiction, and all areas of motherhood. Poke around […]
In The Sparrow, it’s 2019, and “humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes […]
In My Father’s Dragon, “Elmer Elevator (narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest of […]
It’s the end of National Poetry Month. What did you read? Did you keep up with the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day website? Or did you check out Poetry 180 run by Billy Collins while he was the Poet Laureate? Or maybe you found a new poet or read some of your favorites. Did you […]
For whatever reason, boys (generally speaking) don’t read as much as their female counterparts. Happily, there are a growing number of resources dedicated to finding books for young(er) male readers, like Guys Read, Books 4 Boys, Best Books For Boys, Booksforboys.com, and Read Kiddo Read. Some of them break up […]
Barbara Kingsolver is an amazing writer, and the staff member who recommended her loves all of her work (except The Poisonwood Bible, but try that too). We recommend her work, especially Animal Dreams which is a stand alone novel about a woman returning home to confront her past and her distant […]
Happy Birthday William Shakespeare! Although Shakespeare’s exact birth date is not known, scholars do know he was baptized on April 26, 1616 and have traditionally accepted his birthday as April 23, 1616. Famous for his plays, sonnets and poems, Shakespeare is also responsible for many common phrases we still […]
To those of you celebrating the holiday, Happy Easter! We hope you have a safe and wonderful day. If you’ll be stuck in the car on the way to Aunt Sally’s, don’t forget to bring something to keep you and your family entertained for the ride, like one of our […]
As you can see when you walk in and look at our latest display, April is National Poetry Month. If a whole book seems like too much work, why not try the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day website? Or if you are in grades 3-12 why not share your poems […]