TAG: summer
50 Summer Activities to Explore in Your Backyard, Around Town & the PNW
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 5, 2023 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole We are in the full swing of summer. And before you know it, we will be swinging back toward fall, crisp leaves, hot cocoa, and (dare I say it) snowy weather. But before that happens, we have summer fun awaiting us. I’ve compiled a list of 50 summertime ideas for things to […]
Tags: activities, adults, booklists, books, community, kids, parents, summer, teens, tweens
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 […]
Tags: active, activities, adults, bingeing, books, crafts, Discover Pass, events, hobbies, hoopla, indoors, kids, library programs, LinkedIn Learning, minecraft, Novelist, outdoors, parents, pronunciator, reading, recommendations, sedentary, SelectReads, streaming, summer, teens, tweens, watching
Teens in-between: Finding your first summer job
Posted in Explore and Discover, Teens on June 18, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Stacey Goddard I got my first paying job—that wasn’t babysitting or doing chores—pretty much by accident. The summer before my sophomore year of high school, my younger and much more industrious brother found his own job: delivering the afternoon edition of the local newspaper. The route he was taking on was big enough that […]
Tags: apply online, book a librarian, cover letter, employment, hoopla, interview, job, job hunt, jobnow, library card, printing, reserve computer, resume, summer, summer job, teens
Dance like You’ve Got Ants in Your Pants: Q&A with Eric Herman
Posted in kids, News on June 29, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Erin Dodge We’re ready for comedy, creativity, audience participation, and outrageously amusing songs this summer. And we hope you are too! Eric Herman performs his cool tunes at our libraries, July 17–21. I reached out to Eric with a few questions and learned a bit about how Siri, poets, and kids influence his music. I […]
Tags: events, family, kids, music, parents, summer, summer performers, summer programs, Summer reading, young learners
