Goodreads is a social cataloging website for book nerds that launched in January 2007. As of July 2012 it had 10 million registered members with 20 million monthly visits. That’s a lot of book recommendations.
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If you use the book drop in Peculiar, please be aware we moved it to the new City Hall located at 250 S Main St. It’s in a convenient location to drive up and drop off your returns.
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Historian and reenactor Jim Beckner outlines the Christmas traditions of the 1850’s and 1860’s including trees, cards, gifts, food and the Santa of 150 years ago! Fun and informational for both children and adults!
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Last spring I was asked to be on the Mark Twain Award Committee for the Missouri Association of School Librarians. I was the public library representative. It was our job to read hundreds of books of which one would eventually be chosen to be the Mark Twain Award book of 2014.
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There’s something about us that can’t be measured in dollars and cents. And that’s what you give when you volunteer. When people volunteer, that’s when a community becomes a family.
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Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. What a simple little thing are the bubbles taking flight and floating over the tiny heads that are dancing, laughing and prancing below them. Simple, yet magical in the eyes of the toddlers who have come to the storytime that morning.
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September is my favorite month in library land. For the entire month, I await with anticipation the best library event of the year – Banned Books Week. I usually pull some of the best of the banned books off the shelf, make an eye-catching display, and sit back and wait for the questions to start pouring in. Invariably someone will ask, “Why would you want to celebrate dirty books?”
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