I’m guessing if I told you that August is “Get Ready for Kindergarten Month” you’d tell me that it’s already on your calendar. In red. Circled. No? Well if you’re as surprised as me, and if you have a soon-to-be kindergartner in your life, the library is here for you! Bring your kids to the …
Just because the Library District’s annual summer reading challenge started in June, doesn’t mean it’s too late to sign up now. Maybe you’ve been in summer classes, maybe you forgot it was happening, maybe you’ve been visiting grandma, or maybe you were abroad (like me!). It doesn’t really matter why you haven’t signed up yet. What …
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If you missed the earlier post on diverse picture books, start there for the full background on the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign. The short(er) version is this: the majority of books published, reviewed, and talked about are books about the majority view: that is, Caucasian, able-bodied, heterosexual, average weight, of a two-parent family, and with no discernable …
Read more “#WeNeedDiverseBooks – Middle Grade Reader Edition”
Our Programming Team is hard at work on the finishing details of the “Discover Your Power” Summer Reading Challenge. Ever since we came up with the theme last year, everyone has been so excited about how they can add their own powers into the program to make it the best yet! Getting those folks …
If you’re a parent of little ones, or even little ones big enough to resent the term “little ones,” you may have noticed a problem with the books available for children. Or maybe you haven’t. It took me awhile to catch on because the books available largely reflect my own experience. The problem is this: …