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Our non-traditional collection is growing! - Summer’s here – time get back on your bike! If your bike has been in storage all winter, it might be time for a tune up. Now you can give your bike the love it needs from home with one of our bike maintenance kits! The Main and MacKay branch libraries now own a complete … Continue reading Our non-traditional collection is growing!
Bibliobites in May: Fizzy, Fruity, and Fresh - Author Ashley English is a sort of one-woman cottage industry for teaching “homesteading” skills; she’s written books on beekeeping, canning, home dairying (a past Bibliobites selection), and keeping chickens. This month’s title, Quench: Handcrafted Beverages to Satisfy Every Taste and Occasion, is in a similar vein. As in her other books, English shows us how … Continue reading Bibliobites in May: Fizzy, Fruity, and Fresh
Juneteenth! - A few years ago, I learned about a holiday I had never heard of before – Juneteenth! Here’s a little bit of info about it from colorsofus.com: “19th of June is Juneteenth! Also known as Juneteenth Freedom Day, it commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas, and more generally the emancipation of African American slaves … Continue reading Juneteenth!
Teen Reads featuring Immigration Stories - Immigration is all over the news these days, and it got me to thinking about 2 great teen books I recently read featuring immigration stories (recommended for high schoolers) Americanized: Rebel without a green card by Sara Saedi This is a nonfiction memoir about the author’s experience growing up as an undocumented immigrant in the … Continue reading Teen Reads featuring Immigration Stories