Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15, and there's no better time to look into book written by and about our Hispanic neighbors! There are many wonderful writers worth checking out, from classics like Pablo Neruda and Gabriel Garcia Marquez to newer voices like Valeria Luiselli and Cristina Henriquez, but because of [...]
It's been a while since we've put out an update, so you may be wondering - What's open now at the the library? We're happy to report that our entire Upper Level is now open! Previously, we only had the front lobby open, but we've expanded our service. Just remember to enter through the front [...]
It's National Hispanic Heritage Month! This celebration, which runs each year from September 15 - October 15 to commemorate the independence days of many Latin American nations, honors the culture and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans. Today, I collected some biographies of amazing Latinx Americans for all ages. For the younger crowd: Dancing Hands: [...]
Sometimes you just need to share a good laugh with your kids! A couple of weeks ago, one of the Grab Bag requests I received asked for hilarious picture books that made you laugh out loud. It was such a fun request to fill and I turned to some of my librarian colleagues for more [...]
As a civic institution, the library encourages everyone to vote if they are eligible. In pursuit of that, and in honor of National Voter Registration Day earlier this week on the 22nd, here is some information about voting in Indiana: Voter registration deadline is October 5; if you are mailing your registration in, it needs [...]
As many of you know, the Library, as well as the Friends of the Library, have been unable to accept book donations due to COVID restrictions. So where is everyone supposed to donate all the books they bought online during the stay-at-home order now that they've read them all and need to make room for [...]
Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, a day that commemorates the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and recognizes “all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” We’d like to celebrate by recommending these children’s books. Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin, ill. In this silly [...]
I have spent much of my work from home time creating Family History class tutorials, since our scheduled Family History classes were canceled due to the pandemic. Ordinarily, there are four two-hour Beginning Family History classes and four two-hour Intermediate Family History classes. I have streamlined these, broken them up, and rearranged some of them [...]
Join us for Discovery Friday this fall on Fridays at 10:30 AM beginning September 11. You can sign up to reserve a free cotton face mask that you can decorate however you like. We'll also have S.T.E.M. activities with Purdue Extension and art programs from the library and the Carnegie Center of Art & History. [...]
Here’s the Rub: Experiencing History Through Art Blog and artwork by: Al Gorman, Coordinator of Public Programs and Engagement Carnegie Center for Art and History, A Branch of the Floyd County Library With minimal art materials (paper, graphite, crayons, for example), you can explore history through the built environment around us. As we have experienced [...]
