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It’s Picture Book Month!

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Katie Auman in Book Recommendations, Library Blog, Library Programs

What’s your earliest memory of reading? Was it snuggled in someone’s lap, looking at a picture book, and pointing at the words and artwork? Was it making up your own story about the illustrations in a book? Or was it was reading and re-reading a favorite story until the pages were thin and torn? For […]

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20 Fun Activities for Family Literacy Month

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Katie Auman in Library Blog, Library Programs, Library Services

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” – Emilie Buchwald, award-winning children’s author, poet, and teacher Whether it’s a young child excitedly pointing to the drawings in “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” or grandpa re-reading his favorite C.J. Box novel, the love of reading and books cross all […]

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Creating Community through Books, Toys, and Play

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Katie Auman in Business, Library Blog

“You can never have too many books,” Becca firmly believes. She and her sister Jenny are the founders and co-owners of Clothes Pony and Dandelion Toys in Old Town Fort Collins (and which happens to be a Flash Your Card participant). You might think that owning a retail store that includes a curated selection of […]

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For the Love of Books: Summer Reading and Storytimes

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Katie Auman in Library Blog

Fourteen-month-old Diya Nitin proudly points to her favorite board book, My Car by Byron Barton. It’s a book her mother Sowmya Bali says she’s probably read to Diya every day since early summer – and sometimes multiple readings in a day. Diya chose this book herself after she and her family reached the 10-hour reading […]

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New TumbleBooks! Just in Time for Summer Reading

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Katie Auman in Captain Cache, Captain Cache Podcast, Library Blog, Library Programs

Updated 4/2019 with Captain Cache Podcast  We’re excited about a brand new digital resource available at the library called TumbleBooks! This eResource is a collection of children’s eBooks with added animation, sound, music, and narration that are perfect for summer reading and entertaining. TumbleBooks offers digital books on demand, so there are no checkouts, holds, […]

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