By Substitute Library Assistant, Laura Puls Inclusion is one of our core values at Poudre River Public Library District; we want everyone to be able to learn, grow, and belong. As of 2018, 12 percent of Fort Collins residents use languages besides English at home. Spanish, Indo-European languages, and Asian and Pacific Island languages were […]
Engaging Young Minds with Scholastic Teachables

By Bonnie Post Your library card can unlock worlds of possibilities; one of these worlds is the excellent learning resource – Scholastic Teachables! With your library card, access this wonderful resource that provides a wealth of exciting and fun activities to reinforce learning. From preschool to 8th grade, Teachables provides a wide range of activities – […]
Community Spaces: Renovating Old Town Library

By Eileen McCluskey, Library Manager at Old Town Library Old Town Library customers are being greeted by workers in hard hats making all kinds of noise as the library’s interior refresh brings changes to the Lobby and second-floor spaces. From our groundbreaking in 1975 (pictured above) to today, we always seek to provide more functional spaces to align with the […]
Picture This
A Homage to Illustrators that have Ignited our Imaginations Written by Amy Holzworth, Children’s Services Librarian at Council Tree Library I used to re-write thank you notes and emails to my lovely Aunt Millie who was an English professor for fear of thin sentence structure, grammar mistakes, and remedial style. She likely didn’t care, but I love that she […]
18 Years of Fort Collins Reads Book Titles

Founded in 2002, Fort Collins Reads has worked to connect neighbors through literature and speaking engagements with some of the nation’s most recognized authors. Over the years, they’ve featured everything from staples of young adult fiction (Lois Lowry’s The Giver) to Pulitzer-winning authors (Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach). Titles are selected with the goal of sparking […]