Senior Collection Development Librarian Dan Coleman interviews author and illustrator Jose Pimienta about his graphic novel Halfway to Somewhere, which is set in Lawrence, KS.
I Need to Elpy So Bad I Might Have an Accident
Librarian Dan Coleman returns to bestow Elpy Awards upon those hidden gems of children's literature that deserve extra praise and recognition!
Taylor Is in the Building
Dan knabs the Eras Tour Book for the Swifties in his family on Black Friday.
Close Encounters
During the early days of the pandemic I took a spectacularly unsuccessful stab at homeschooling my kids. One bright light during that time came in the form of a gift my mom had shipped to our house (was there any bigger event than a visit from a delivery driver in 2020?). It was a small…
Guess and Win
I’ve always loved the Farmer’s Almanac and its old saws, especially those which make predictions or suggest the timing of things to be done based on observations of natural phenomena. There is the classic about wooly bear caterpillars predicting the severity of the coming winter by their markings (alas, debunked by the National Weather Service)…
Heaven Elpy
Another awards season is underway! The 2024 Golden Globes and Grammys are in the books, as are the American Library Association Youth Media Awards, which shine the spotlight on so many great children’s and teen authors and illustrators each year. We’ve listed winners and runners up in print, and on our digital reading platform, Libby.…
Loves Me Like a Rock
When I was a kid my favorite thing about visiting my dad at work was his Pet Rock. It lived on his desk, a gag gift from a friend, in the original packaging: a box with holes in it, a bed of straw and the whole bit. I still can’t look at a photo of…
The Return of the King
In 1993, legendary riverman Tommy Burns put pen to paper to record his memories of hunting, trapping, and fishing along the Kansas River near Lawrence, Kansas. Thirty years later, a new copy of the book, entitled 60 Years on the Kaw River, is headed for the Helen Osma Local History Room at the Lawrence Public…
Even More Interesting Trees
It’s hard to believe a full two years have passed since we’ve done one of these, but trees around town keep getting more interesting, so it’s time once again to go tree-watching with LPL's arborist-turned-librarian, Jake Vail, and LPL's librarian-turned-tree-hugging-nincompoop, Dan Coleman. We've got five new trees this time along with some new arboreal…
A Chip Off the Old Block
Somehow I ended up with roommates from each of the five main classes of vertebrates. The best thing animal cohabitants is that unlike spouses and children, you can openly complain about them, and rank them in order of their current annoyingness without fear of emotionally scarring them for life or being kicked out of the…
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