Jump Into Joy With These Adult Non-Fiction Titles
As National Library week comes to a close, it's important to remember that you can find joy every day. Joy can be felt in every day small moments. It can…
Cat’s Picks! Find Your Joy in Community
In one of my presentations earlier this year, I touched briefly on the importance and the significance of a third space to the growth of theaters in the mid-century. But…
Picture Books That Spark Joy
Sometimes, we all need a quick shot of pure fun! Here are some picture books guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan -…
National Library Week: The Joy of Reading
Artwork by Lorraine Nam from "I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy." It's National Library Week! This year, the theme is "Find Your Joy", so I thought…
Read All About It: Librarians as Protagonists Extraordinaire
Have you noticed that bookshelves everywhere are overflowing with titles about libraries and librarians, book club groups and their readers, book shops and their clerks and clients? Why the growing…
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Let’s Get Sewing at Westlake Library!
Since this year's National Library Week Theme is "Drawn to the Library," I would like to draw your attention to one of the creative services our Makerspace offers at WPPL…
National Library Week: What’s Outreach?
Here is an exclusive inside look into the outreach department in celebration of National Library Week! Outreach in 2025 is very different than the outreach of the 1930s! The Pack Horse…
Join a Club at Your Library!
What's even better than spending some time at the library? How about spending some time at the library with a group of awesome people? Or, to make it even better,…
Do You Know Dewey? Miscellaneous Formats
Happy National Library Week! This week, we celebrate all the things that make our libraries wonderful, including, but not limited to, the Dewey Decimal System! Since I've been talking about…
Librarians in Books: Solvers of Mysteries, Savers of History, and Defenders of Information
Librarians aren't just found in libraries...they can be found as characters in many books! Begun in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), National Library Week is celebrated this year…
National Library Week: Libraries in the Movies
One of the many great things about Westlake Porter Library’s collection is its generous movie offerings. Let’s celebrate both National Library Week and WPPL’s movie collection with several entertaining movies…
Take a Break from Looking at the Sky to Meet Our Maker Magicians!
The Westlake Porter Public Library Makerspace is a creative recording, design and fabrication space that allows library patrons the opportunity to access a variety of professional and innovative tools and…
Dig Into a Story!
"There's More to the Story!" is the theme for 2023's National Library Week. What better way to find out more about a story than to dig into the story with…
Are You Scared Yet?: The Horror Film Club Wants You!
There's something scary going on at your library--and it happens once a month! March 5, 2023-- The Westlake Porter Public Library Horror Film Club celebrated our 8th anniversary! We are…
There’s More to the Story! Non-Traditional Items
Westlake Porter Public Library circulates books, sure, but did you know you can check out a DVD player? That's just one of the non-traditional items that the library makes available…
An Illustration Celebration!
We all know the saying: picture is worth a thousand words. But do we really need to pit them against each other? Art and language have long been partners in…
Happy National Library Week
Let's talk about Peeps! Peeps were first introduced in 1953 and have become a widely popular candy throughout the United States. According to the Food Network, Just Born Candy Company…
National Library Week: Connect to your Health
I confess, I have a relative who asks me every time I see him, "how are all the books?" I try my best to remind him that while books are…