The only thing hotter than the Teen Zone's Summer Reading Events is the fabulous SWAG we've got to go with them! Congratulations to Abby, whose first place Stay Unplugged design will give us the best looking tees in town. Also a big thanks to Beaux, whose second place big foot reading design will be featured…
Teen Fines Read-Off
One of the worst things to hear from a teen in the library is, “I really want to check out this book, but I have too many fines.” It breaks my bookish heart! This is one of the many reasons why we’re offering the great Teen Fines Read-Off program throughout the summer! Reading books …
Like Water for Miriam’s Well
Local author Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg’s, latest book, Miriam’s Well, is a wonderful chronicle of one woman’s life as she navigates the modern world. The title character is a woman without a home, but finds herself rooted in nation-changing events throughout the 20th and 21st century. We see Miriam and her family walk through moon-lit streets during…
Matt
785-843-3833 x110 mseidel@lplks.org Loves helping young readers discover new authors and subjects to explore. I also enjoy drawing mazes, playing guitar, and strategy games, especially chess (seriously, challenge me anytime)…
’90s Nostalgia For a New Generation
Some of my earliest childhood memories were made at my hometown library. I can remember being four years old and winning a Jurassic Park beach towel as a summer reading prize. (Over 20 years later, I still own that towel.) I remember going to the nonfiction section and scooping up EVERY book on horses I…
Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and our Future
Not emails. Nor tweets. Nor texts. Letters. The kind you thought people didn't write anymore. And not to friends or family, either, but to that steadfast and necessary minority that will save the world, if given the chance. I'm speaking, of course, of young farmers…
Ep 022: From the Mixed-up Files of Lawrence P. Library
Polli and Kate explore Magic (both Big and Darker), plus books to help you talk about race and books to help you sublimate your righteous anger. This month we discuss From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler through the eyes of two mixed-up adults who missed it as kids. Bookish News: Earlier this…
Verse Novels to Help You Celebrate National Poetry Month
Like many people, I spent a fair amount of time in my teenage years writing poetry. Some of it was quite good (I even won some state-wide awards for it!), but m
Remembering an All-Ages Historian
History, in its most basic form, is storytelling. Who did what? And how? And why? Like the best stories, the answers to these questions are oftentimes complicated, muddled by both conflicting viewpoints and the inevitable, obfuscating passage of time. For children, these questions are made further confusing by heightened questions of authority. Why is this…
I’ll Never Let Go
Noon, 10 April, 1912: Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England. 23:40, 14 April, 1912: Titanic strikes iceberg on starboard side of ship in Atlantic Ocean. 02:20, 15 April, 1912: Titanic sinks into the Atlantic after splitting in half. 19 December, 1997: Movie-goers flood into theaters to watch James Cameron's epic, Titanic, starring Kate…
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