Here Comes the Sun
Check out these local resources to find green spaces and help smiles return to faces.
Check out these local resources to find green spaces and help smiles return to faces.
The Library has challenged you to read five books this summer, and now we’re asking you to exercise those creative muscles and create your own illustrations of one (or more!) of the books you’ve chosen. This month I’m redesigning the cover of one of my favorite summer reads with the help of a few drawing resources in our collection and I’m challenging you to do the same!
Once awarded certification, CLP – Carrick will be the first certified Passive House library in North America. Passive House architectural design is a voluntary standard that creates buildings that use … Continued
Alix and her sister, Jools, have never seen the ocean. When their parents pack them up for a week at the shore, Alix is nervous about leaving home, but excited, too. At the beach, the girls make friends, go exploring, and have adventures both big and small.
Wind River tells a story that few directors in Hollywood are willing to tell: that of the high number of Native American women on reservations who go missing every year.
As a kid, I spent a fair amount of time at the state parks in our region. I have great memories of swimming in the lakes at Moraine, Keystone or Laurel Hill, then picnic dinners and short hikes before sleepy drives home. For many years, our big family vacation involved driving two hours or so north to spend a few days at the Presque Isle beaches. As a much bigger kid, I now fully appreciate our free access to these beautiful lands.
Revolution, love, and Cuba: A graphic biography of a man who changed the world.
Me: “OK Google, find me some books about robots.” Google: Whoa. We live in a world where we can ask a robot to find books about robots. Umm, maybe I … Continued
Libraries aren’t just buildings full of books. They’re also places where connections are made and ideas are shared. Read about one such experience in the first person account below by our guest blogger Dutian, a volunteer and enthusiastic promoter of cross-cultural understanding.
Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (known by her pen name, SARK) is a prolific artist and writer of books made to awaken the playful child within all of us and to … Continued