Hoopla: talk or writing that is designed to get people excited about and interested in something: TO-DO; also : BALLYHOO (from Merriam Webster) The Poudre River Public Library District is the perfect place to discover what all the “hoopla” is about! We have now added hoopla– a streaming digital service with access to thousands of …
Are you gift shopping for a child in your life? Books are great gifts for kids of all ages. Gift books give importance to books and reading, provide tired kids and their adults with a quiet activity among all the treats and excitement of the holiday season, and keep on giving as the books are …
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The Do-It-Yourself Library- Have you recently biked around Fort Collins and noticed what looks like extra-large birdhouses in people’s yards and wondered what they were? If you got close enough, you saw that these small structures are full of books, and that the books are all free. These mini-libraries are part of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) …
Happy December everyone! Hope you had a great holiday weekend, but as you know that was just the start of the season. Here are some ideas from the Library District Green Team to make your holidays, specifically the gift-giving aspects, more environmentally friendly. Ways to REDUCE this holiday season: Batteries – Roughly 40% of all …
Do you have back issues of Newsweek, Better Homes and Gardens, and Audubon cluttering up your every countertop, table, and drawer? Poudre River Libraries can help! We have a solution for you with Zinio— a digital magazine distribution service that the Library District subscribes to. Magazines can be read on computers, smartphones, or tablets and …