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When Life Gives You Lemons…

When Life Gives You Lemons…

  • Post published:June 29, 2022
  • Post author:Erin

Or perhaps this should read "When a Librarian Gives You Lemon Books..." Regardless, the answer is very similar. In the first, you make lemonade. In the second, you make lemonade…

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Read It, Make It: Fourth of July!

Read It, Make It: Fourth of July!

  • Post published:June 27, 2022
  • Post author:Rachel G

Get excited about July 4 by reading one of these books, then create a festive patriotic blower to help you celebrate! Have fun! These books are available to check our…

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Graphic Novels and the Fate of Literacy

Graphic Novels and the Fate of Literacy

  • Post published:June 22, 2022
  • Post author:Jessica M.

Visit my webcomic, No Pizza After Midnight, for more fun comics! Don't make the same mistake I did! Check out all these great graphic novels: Bone, American Born Chinese, Robot…

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Read It, Make It: Dandelion Craft

Read It, Make It: Dandelion Craft

  • Post published:June 18, 2022
  • Post author:Emily Lindberg

The classic children's book, Dandeline by Don Freeman reminds readers that it's always best to just be yourself. Read the book then make a fun lion craft. You'll need to…

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Ligeia, Morella, and Annabel Lee: The Women of Poe

Ligeia, Morella, and Annabel Lee: The Women of Poe

  • Post published:June 16, 2022
  • Post author:Erin

Reading Edgar Allan Poe is like a fever dream. And the more that I read from the Master of the Macabre, the more I realize that he had a very…

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I Want My Mummy: Tales of Reanimation, Reincarnation, and Revenge

I Want My Mummy: Tales of Reanimation, Reincarnation, and Revenge

  • Post published:June 14, 2022
  • Post author:Erin

I enjoy a good horror story, and there's something genuinely chilling about a mummy story. The idea of a being that has survived for hundreds, if nothing thousands of years,…

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Westlake Porter Public Library Art Gallery

Westlake Porter Public Library Art Gallery

  • Post published:June 9, 2022
  • Post author:Andrea

Westlake Porter Public Library is excited to display photography by Thurston Cosner. Mr. Cosner is a retired psychologist with a keen eye for photography. He developed his interest in photography…

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Read more about the article Read It, Make It: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Read It, Make It: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

  • Post published:June 3, 2022
  • Post author:Rachel G

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! I want to see bugs! Bob Barner's Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! is filled with bright and colorful illustrations of bugs that seem to bounce off the page. Check…

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The Classic of the Month: Silas Marner

The Classic of the Month: Silas Marner

  • Post published:June 1, 2022
  • Post author:Erin

Welcome to our second installment of The Classic of the Month! Last month, we looked at the perennially popular Pride and Prejudice. This month, we'll be exploring a slightly less…

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