12 Boredom-Busting Activities from the Library

Feel like you’re running out of fun activities to do during these dog days of summer? We’ve come up with a few creative ideas to do through your libraries. Let us know what your best boredom-busters are in the comments! 1  Create your Comic Con Cosplay Outfit Fort Collins Comic Con is coming up August …

Invest in your Child’s Financial Literacy @ the Library

Have you noticed an uptick in recent news reports about personal financial literacy and young adults? School districts around the country are considering how to include personal financial education in their curriculum and whether to make a class mandatory for graduation. Others, like the Poudre School District, already have requirements and academic standards established around …

Presentando Odilo, la nueva colección en línea en Español

“Introducing Odilo, the New Spanish-Language eMedia Collection” (English translation provided below) Nos complace presentar una nueva colección digital de contenidos en Español de escritores de habla Hispana, así como otros materiales traducidos al español de alta calidad. Esta nueva colección se estrena justo a tiempo para el Programa de Lectura de Verano: “Construyendo Suenos” / Summer Reading …

Have You Used A Neighborhood Little Free Library Yet?

Little free library. Book box. That thing in the neighbor’s yard. They’re known by many different labels, but those cute creations dotting front lawns and greenbelts around town are all the same in their purpose: to promote a love of reading! Now that’s definitely something we can get behind! In fact, we want to help …

Queen of Katwe Sparks Curiosity in 2nd Grader, Myla Osborn

Sometimes the most wonderfully unexpected things happen when you’re at the library. And when it does, it can lead you in many exciting new directions. Myla Osborn had such an experience this year when she was invited by friends to attend a screening of Disney’s docu-movie, The Queen of Katwe, at Lyric Cinema. The movie …