We hear part two of my interview with Mary Vermillion about Library Card Sign-up Month and then we do a speed round of book recommendations with our Collection Development Librarians Mary Kinser and Emma Radosevich. Also the Library of Things and more. Library of Things Authors that Emma and Mary K. have met Audio books … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: BUILDING Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Walk and talk about the buildings you see. Are they houses? Apartments? Stores? What other kinds of buildings are there? Talk about what kinds of shapes you see in the buildings? How are the buildings the same and different? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing Sing “London Bridge is Falling Down.” … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: HARVEST Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Describe the process of how things grow. What can you grow? What does it need to grow? While cooking together, ask your child(ren) what ingredients you have. Does it come from a tree? A bush? Is it pulled from the ground? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing Sing “Bananas … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: FRIENDS Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Let’s talk about friends! Who are some of your friends? What do you like to do with your friends? What do friends do for one another? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing Sing “The More We Get Together” with Laurie from the Sumas Library. Wednesday: Let’s Practice Reading Read … Read more
THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green We live in hope–that life will get better, and more importantly that it will go on, that love will survive even though we will not.” John Green’s first book for adults is a collection of essays that explore humans’ relationship to history, the natural world, and each other. The … Read more
Our ILS Administrator Carmi Parker won a Movers and Shakers award from the ALA for coordinating a boycott of Macmillan Publishers and taking a stand for patron access to eBooks and eAudiobooks. Then we talk to Mary Vermillion about Library Card Sign-up Month. Get a card today at wcls.org/getacard/
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby After their mother dies and their father dumps them “temporarily” at an orphanage, teenage sisters Frankie and Toni realize they are on their own in the rough world of 1940s Chicago. Pearl, a ghost, tells the story and comes to terms with her own tragic death. … Read more
Prince in Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm A fun romp in the Scottish Highlands – tomboy Dylan tries to avoid the reality TV marriage drama of her prom queen sister and instead finds a romance of her own. Funny, great plot twists!
THIS WEEK’S THEME: CELEBRATING DIVERSITY Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Children as young as 3 months start noticing differences in appearances. Early childhood is a great time to start pointing out the beauty in our differences. Practice looking at books and acknowledge the similarities and differences in characters but also show that you celebrate those differences. … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: CELEBRATING DIVERSITY Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Children as young as 3 months start noticing differences in appearances. Early childhood is a great time to start pointing out the beauty in our differences. Practice looking at books and acknowledge the similarities and differences in characters but also show that you celebrate those differences. … Read more