Laura Ingalls Wilder

Book Reviews

Remembering another tough winter

Think this is a tough storm? Try the Laura Ingalls Wilder classic The Long Winter about the 1880-1881 winter that almost killed Laura and her family after deep snow prevented the trains from getting through to her small town for several months.

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We Have Banned Books

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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