March is Indiana Disability Awareness Month. Did you know that there are 54 million Americans with disabilities and that people with disabilities make up about a fifth of Indiana's population? Today, I'm sharing some great books for all ages that explore disability experiences. Pick them up now to acknowledge Disability Awareness Month or anytime. For [...]
This weekend and next weekend the Maple Syrup Festival is going on at LM Sugarbush Farm in Salem. Are you going? Have you been? It's always a fun time and great chance to purchase some locally made, delicious maple syrup. And after you visit the Maple Syrup Festival, you might want to come on home, [...]
I recently read this sweet teen romance, Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz (find it here in print or here on downloadable e-book via Overdrive) and it's perfect for fans of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (though it's less sad!) or Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott. Isabel doesn't date. It's [...]
Yesterday at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting, the winners of the 2020 Youth Media Awards were announced. Some of our Public Services staff got together to watch the live webcast of the award announcements and root for our favorites in real time. You can find the entire list of award winners and honor books [...]
Monday, January 27 is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Governor Holcolm has declared the day "Eva Education Day". Eva Kor was a Holocaust survivor who dedicated most of her life to educating people about the Holocaust. She lived in Terre Haute, IN where she operated a Holocaust museum. She passed away [...]
A new year, a new crop of books to be excited about! Hundreds and hundreds of books will be published in 2020 and I know that as the year goes on I'll learn about more and more awesome books. But here are a handful of upcoming books that I'm particularly excited about! What books are [...]
Happy New Year's from your library friends! Image by Taweesak Chansawatwirot from Pixabay Are you making any resolutions this year? How about reading resolutions? This is a great time to reflect on your reading and think about what your reading goals are for 2020. Maybe you want to read more books. Maybe you [...]
The end of the year is always a fun time for readers because Best Books lists start coming out. These lists give you some great ideas for good books to read, books that other people thought were the best of the year! There are TONS of "best books" lists to peruse. If you want to look [...]
It's Christmas Eve and your library is closed today and tomorrow. And next week we'll be closed on New Year's Eve and New's Year's Day. We'll miss you! I hope you stopped by to stock up on reading, viewing, and listening material over the holidays. But if you forgot or if you're out of town, [...]
Have you been watching His Dark Materials on HBO? I have! And this is one of my favorites fantasy series of all times. If you've been watching or hearing about the series, you might want to pick up the books (they are awesome!). Start with the original trilogy: The Golden Compass (published in England as The [...]