One year, the library offered a Back to School celebration for parents—stop in for donuts and coffee and juice after dropping your kids off for this new school year! It sounded like a good idea, but no one came. Maybe no one wanted to celebrate. Maybe parents were happy to have the kids gone and… Read more »
Some second-graders were at the library for a tour. I talked to them about libraries in general and shared what the library was like when I was a child. “You walked up these great big steps, and when you got to the top, you went in, and there were more steps. It was huge, and… Read more »
442 participants 163 completed Challenges (congratulate the folks you see in their bright orange shirts!) 19,850 points earned by participants 777 total votes cast for the three charitable organizations $300 to top vote getter Jay County Cancer Society $100 each to runners up Pregnancy Care Center and Youth Service Bureau … Read more »
Let’s play a little Summer Challenge [insert name of popular TV quiz show here]. If the answers are: Fin Final. Finally! Finale!!!! The questions must be: What is the French word for end? Which week is this in the Summer Challenge? Are you finished with all four Challenge activity cards? Where will finishers celebrate… Read more »
UPDATE: Winners have been named! How much time do you spend thinking about the future? Do you have a 5 year plan, a 10 year plan or are you just trying to figure out what to do tomorrow? The Indiana Bicentennial Celebration this year will be filled with opportunities to remember the past… Read more »
We look a little different in the summer. We get new and interesting visitors in the Children’s area. We supersize the Look and Find box. We keep a few unusual supplies at the circulation desk. The supplies get organized in the back too. The KiPS* kids are coming. *Kindergarten Prep School… Read more »
Seems like forever since a school year ended on time, what with snow days and fog days and flooding. But wonder of wonders, the originally scheduled last day was actually the LAST DAY. Oh boy! A stretch of days when you can read what you want to read, play what you want to play, nap… Read more »
Do you remember when you decided what you wanted to be when you grew up? What inspired you to follow that career or life path? For me, I believe the books I read played a big part in my plans for the future. Nancy Drew and the 3 Investigators helped me develop a love of… Read more »
Indiana’s tax people shared a video with us. Take a look. Get some tips.
Yes, we all have to grow up sometime but there is fun to be found in our childhood memories and too often we consider these simple joys as being childish and having no place in our adult lives. Why is that? Does the addition of years change us to the point where we can no… Read more »
