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Recommended for you: 3 YA books to read right now
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on July 14, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs As the District’s Youth Collection Development Librarian, I work in our Collection Services Department, where all the library’s materials are selected, ordered, cataloged, and processed. We get to see all the new items before they even hit the shelves! Every now and then, we like to handpick a few of our favorite titles […]
Free Books: Accessing the World’s Public Domain Literature
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 9, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen Whoever coined the Internet phrase “never read the comments” was a wise person indeed. It’s especially true if you’re a librarian (or library fan) reading pretty much any news article related to public libraries; inevitably, there’s the one commenter who questions why public libraries even exist, the guy w […]
Tags: books, technology
Binge Read This: The Little Lady Agency Series
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley When I tell people I’m a librarian, I often get a response like: “Oh, I’ve always wanted to be a librarian. You have all that time to just sit and read.” The truth of the matter is, while many of our library members do just that in our libraries, librarians don’t ever have time […]
Little Free Libraries: Hope for the Future
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 7, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Clarissa Fidler Turn south onto Conklin Road from Sprague Ave and you’ll find a vacant field nestled between a credit union and a large apartment complex. A sign bearing the words “Future home of Conklin Road library” stands a couple hundred feet away from the property’s only other structure: a newly installed Little Free […]
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6 Pantry Essentials for Quick Meals
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kim Harshberger We’ve all been there. It’s time to make a meal and you end up standing staring into the fridge, then the cupboard, then the pantry, then the freezer, and back around again. All you see are ingredients to make food. In my very early years of cooking, the throw-together meal used to […]
You and Me and Him: Q&A with YA Author Kris Dinnison
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on June 30, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs One of the best things about having bright, talented literary friends is getting to read their work and celebrate with them when their novels are published. I’m especially excited in the case of Kris Dinnison, longtime friend, community builder, and emerging YA voice. Her debut novel You and Me and Him is […]
May the Force Be With You: 7 Star Wars Books for Kids
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids on June 25, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Clarissa Fidler I confess that I don’t know a lot about Star Wars. Growing up my exposure to the “Force” was limited to a few viewings of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi at a family friend’s house. Jabba the Hut always creeped me out but I loved Princess Leia’s strong character […]
Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Kid-Friendly Fun with the Spokane Indians
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids on June 24, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Edmondson When my oldest daughter was still in diapers, my husband and I decided to brave our first baseball game with a kid in tow. We packed our diaper bag to overflowing, slathered on the sunscreen, and, with a little trepidation, headed to a Spokane Indians baseball game with some friends. We weren’t […]
Hire Me: Tips for Writing Your First Resume
Posted in Business and Careers, Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on June 23, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Aileen Luppert There is a first time for everything—including writing a resume. It has been many years since I wrote my first resume, but I still remember how overwhelming it felt. Those feelings of anxiety recently resurfaced when I was working with a group of students who needed to prepare their first resume. Like […]
The End is Nigh: Four Post-Apocalyptic Novels to Read Now
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on June 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen As a kid, I spent quite a bit of time worrying about global nuclear annihilation. I was seven when the made-for-TV movie The Day After aired, too young to process much of the plot but old enough to remember the images of people being reduced to skeletal outlines by the flash […]
