“Where would middle-grade fiction be without Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series” says Booklist Online. And, really, where would it be? Kinney’s series manages to discuss the life and struggles of an average middle school boy using humor and illustrations. Readers were hooked. The book has been such a success that it was […]
Did you know that you don’t have to return your library books to the library you checked them out from? In fact, you don’t have to return them to one of the three libraries at all! We have seven book drop locations placed throughout the Fort Collins area, and of those seven four of them […]
To all ye researchers out there, I’ve got a message for ye. EBSCO Host be introducing a new interface called Explora. It replaces the Searchasaurus, Kid’s Search and Student Research Center interfaces, and streamlines the searchin’ process, mateys. Instead o’ sifting and searching through database after database, now ye’ll be able to search lots of […]
Through a new automated process, Lexile and Accelerated Reader information has been added to 44,000 juvenile and teen listings in the library catalog. Both Lexile and Accelerated Reader are reading level indicators used by teachers and parents to evaluate where a child is reading and to guide readers to books within their level. For families […]
Mateys, have ye noticed how many lads and lasses be travelin’ over seas recently? Every other person ye talk to is goin’ to France, Germany, Morocco, Spain, Italy. Now, mateys, I be a well-traveled pirate, and let me tell ye something. Seeing the world be all fine and dandy until ye find yerself negotiatin’ trade […]
