Get Curated Reading Suggestions on Selected Topics Sent Right to Your Inbox.

Blog Entries

Blog Type
Blog User
Mango Languages

Database Spotlight: Mango Languages

You can find our latest "Database Spotlight" on our YouTube channel. In April we highlighted "Mango Languages", an online language learning tool that offers courses in Spanish, Polish, English, Mandarin, and over 70 other languages. You can access "Mango Languages" free with your library card though our website. Learn key phrases, watch movies in the language you are learning and use the online translator.

Read More
Robots Rule Badge

Ready to Read: Robots Rule!

Beep - Bop - Boop… Are you ready to read this week? We’re going to have some fun with some robots, because everyone knows, Robots Rule!

If you click the search bar above and type the tag: #robotsrule, you’ll find a lot of fun books to share, like the ones below!

Read More
Middle Grade Food and Sweets Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Food and Sweets!!!

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about titles that feature food and sweets!!!  If you have a sweet tooth (no matter how big or small), there is something just incredible when that can be transferred to something we read as well and that is exactly what these books do; they will have you wishing that you could enter a candy mak

Read More
Dirt and Worms Badge

Dirt and Worms Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? Spring is on the way and it’s time to get the dirt ready for planting. We may just need some help from some worms too! 

If you the search bar above and type in the tag: #dirtandworms, you’ll find a lot of fun books to share, like the ones listed below. 

Read More
Middle Grade Humor Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Humor!!!

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about humorous books as April is National Humor Month!!!  Books are some of the best ways to get some laughs and are filled with so many different types of humor; some catch you by surprise while there are others that are ones that could actually happen or that you wish would actually happen.&n

Read More
Colors of Spring Badge

Colors of Spring Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? We’re celebrating spring and all of the wonderful colors we’ll see! 

Type into the search bar above, tag:#springstories for some great books exploring spring and colors, like the ones listed below!

Read More
Middle Grade Bookworms Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Bookworms & Libraries!!!

Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on books that feature some of our favorite things--books, bookworms, and libraries!!!  The first week of April is National Library Week and what better way to celebrate than to read a book which highlights this amazing place.  We have a variety of books that feature a traditional library simil

Read More
Opposites Badge

Opposites Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? Maybe you’ll read a really BIG book, or maybe a little small book? Will you read it fast? Or Slow? This week we’re reading about opposites! 

Click on the search bar above and type in the tag:#oppositeday for some great books about opposites, like the ones below!

Read More
Puppies and Kitties Badge

Puppies and Kitties Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? We’re celebrating our favorite fluffy friends, Puppies and Kitties!

When you click on the search bar above and type the tag: #pupsonparade, you'll finds some great puppy books, or try the tag: #falinefriends to find some fun books about kitties, like the ones below!

Read More
Middle Grade VRC Winners Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--VRC Winners!!!

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is all about books that have been chosen for the Virginia Reader’s Choice (VRC) award over the past years!!  The VRC award was started back in the 1980s with the goal being that students across the state choosing what they thought the best book of the year is instead of adults.  Every year, there

Read More
Leprechaun Badge

Catch a Leprechaun Storytime!

Are you ready to read this week? It’s a magical week, full of four leaf clovers, pots of gold, and leprechauns! In fact, we’re going to try to catch a leprechaun!

Click on the search bar above and type in the tag: #catchaleprechaun to find some fun books for Saint Patrick’s like the ones below. 

Read More
Middle Grade Women's History Month Book Covers

Middle Grade Book Spotlight--Women's History Month!!!

Our Middle Grade book spotlight this week is celebrating some serious girl power as March is Women’s History Month!!!  We have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that highlight some strong females that made a difference in their world, or still are, either real or imagined.  Every reader can take encouragement from these amazin

Read More