On Saturday, April 30, the library will be participating in Floyd County Pollinator Day, presented by Purdue Extension Floyd County and Sunnyside Master Gardeners. This event will take place from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The location of this event is at the Purdue Technology Center of Floyd County located at 3000 Technology Avenue in [...]
April showers got you stuck indoors? Cozy up with one of these awesome picture books about rain to have a great time inside. The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates (2018). A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain. Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett (2017). A lonely [...]
Happy 458th Birthday to William Shakespeare, playwright, actor, and poet! Shakespeare wrote 154 multi-layered poems about things like beauty, love, and mortality, considered to be the best of all time in the English language. He also wrote at least 37 plays–comedies, histories, and tragedies–with complex stories that explore basic human experiences that we all understand, [...]
Passover began April 15 and runs through April 23 this year! We wish all celebrants a safe and happy holiday.
April is Autism Acceptance Month, a wonderful time of year to learn about Autism, read books and pieces by Autistic authors, and celebrate all our differences. We've blogged before about books by Autistic authors and children's books that focus on Autism. Today, I want to share some new books by Autistic authors! But first... [...]
April is National Poetry Month, so what better way to celebrate than to read a novel in verse. Some of my very favorite novels are written in verse. Even though there are fewer words on a page, these books have a lot to say. Let me introduce you to some of my favorite children's novels [...]
Tomorrow, April 9th, wraps up National Library Week and we at Floyd County Library just want to take a moment and acknowledge how grateful we are to serve this community. Libraries serve a different function in the lives of different people. While to you it may be a quiet place to study, to another it [...]
April 25th is National DNA Day! The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is leading the celebration of National DNA Day, which was established in 2003, to commemorate the completion of the human genome project and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953. "The National Human Genome Research Institute began celebrating DNA Day annually [...]
If you've been to our library recently, you may have seen empty shelves and construction equipment in our usual Children's department! In order to install a new chiller (and have refreshing air conditioning this summer!), we are replacing some pipes that, unfortunately, run right through the room where you would normally find books and [...]
2022 National Poetry Month Poster, Poetry.org Would you believe me if I told you I know a librarian who was once a 'reluctant' reader? It’s true. It was me! Until I was an adult, reading an entire book felt overwhelming and impossible. I would count the pages, distracted by the enormity of so [...]
