TAG: books
On our coffee tables & nightstands: Books for your reading list
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 18, 2019 at 6:00 am
by Rachel Underwood Working in a library with all of the books can be beautiful, enriching, and wonderfully satisfying. Library staff have the privilege of interacting with an enormous part of our community and pride ourselves on finding that just-right book—or movie or CD or audiobook or magazine—for each person’s needs. However, in order to […]
Tags: adults, book, booklist list, books, kids, reading, recommendations, teens
Native American Heritage Month: A look at books by indigenous authors
Posted in Explore and Discover on November 6, 2019 at 6:00 am
BY CAITLIN WHEELER November is Native American Heritage Month and a great time to learn more about some of the many indigenous groups of North America. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian provides an introduction to indigenous peoples’ portrayals in media after colonialization in Americans, the interactive online exhibit that looks […]
Tags: #NationalAmericanIndianHeritageMonth, Americans, author, books, children, fiction, indigenous, native, Native American, nonfiction, writer
Favorite reads reimagined for the screen: Upcoming film and TV adaptations
Posted in Explore and Discover on October 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Underwood Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Netflix (even Facebook Watch) are churning out as many originals and adaptations as they can buy, produce, and film—all to try to win the fierce video streaming competition. This is fantastic for book nerds because these streaming giants are looking to novels and nonfiction for good source material! […]
Tags: adaptations, adults, Amazon Prime Video, books, fiction, film, HBO, Hollywood, Hulu, movies, Netflix, nonfiction, novels, streaming, teens, TV series, video
Discover the mysteries of cryptids!
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on September 24, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley Back in 2004, some teenage boys in Stevens County got their hands on a gorilla suit and, over several months, staged several Bigfoot sightings along Highway 395 near Loon Lake, until stopped by a police officer. I remember reading about it in a local paper when I moved to Spokane that year. […]
Tags: Abominable Snowman, adults, author, bigfoot, booklist, books, cryptids, cryptozoology, kids, Loch Ness, Mokele-mbembe, monster, mysteries, Ogopogo, parents, reading, Sasquatch, sea monster, teens, tweens, Yeti
Flavors of fall: Food and book pairings for kids
Posted in Parents and Teachers on September 18, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Edmondson Fall is my favorite season. I enjoy sunny weather that is cool enough to welcome jeans and sweaters. I enjoy the beauty of the changing leaves. I relish the cooler nights that encourage snuggles and books on the couch, and I love all the fun flavors that make their way into my […]
Tags: apples, autumn, booklist, books, cider, cookies, donuts, doughnuts, drinks, fall, flavors, food, hot chocolate, kids, parents, pumpkin, reading, recipes, season, seasonal, soup
Spokane Writers Conference offers new intensive small group sessions along with workshops
Posted in News on September 17, 2019 at 6:00 am
The 5th Annual Spokane Writers Conference is full of informative and creative approaches to writing and offers insights about the process of getting your work published. Along with workshops, the conference is offering something new this year: small group intensives. The small group sessions are limited to only 6–8 participants and are laser-focu […]
Tags: annual, book pitch, books, conference, dialogues, draft, emotions, fiction, first drafts, group, journals, learning circles, memory, nonfiction, pitching, poetry, prose, query, querying, relationships, revising, revision, romance, screenplay, small group, spokane, workshop, writers, writers workshop, writing
The Sandwich
Posted in Explore and Discover on September 11, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Earlier this month as my family prepared for a day-long excursion into Glacier National Park from our campsite, we discussed easy travel options for lunch. We had pasta salad and salami and cream cheese rolls, along with other not-so-typical camping fare. Ultimately most of us opted for a good old fashioned sandwich—simple, […]
Tags: adults, book list, books, food, kids, reading, recipes, sandwich, teens, tweens
Explore Space Frontiers with NASA Solar System Ambassador Joe Bruce
Posted in News on September 10, 2019 at 6:00 am
Check out this stellar event with NASA Solar System Ambassador Joe Bruce: Space FrontiersNORTH SPOKANEThursday, September 26, 7–9pm Discover the history of human space exploration and catch a glimpse into NASA’s achievements for our planet. You’ll get the chance to see an actual spacesuit, a glove from a Shuttle EVA suit, a small rocket steer […]
Tags: adults, artifacts, astronomy, books, exploration, glove, kids, Mars, meteorite, NASA, program, rocket, Science in Contest, solar system, space, Space Frontiers, spacesuit, SpaceX, teens, tweens
Incredible reads to finish out your summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 31, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Underwood I am not a picky reader. I love recommendations from other readers, especially those that lead to finding an amazing and unexpected read. It’s one of my most favorite things! If you are on the lookout for a great read, here are just some of my all-time favorite novels, biographies, poetry/short story […]
Tags: adults, artists, authors, booklist, books, epistolary, escape, fiction, imagination, letters, nonfiction, novels, poetry, reading, recommendations, short stories
Things to do during a sedentary summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 24, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino The way I see it, there are two phases of summer: active summer and sedentary summer. For me, active summer occurs when temperatures reach 70–85 degrees. At those temps, I try to spend most of my time outside, preferably in the mountains or at a lake, in the garden will do as […]
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