¡Feliz Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana! Today is the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month! You may be asking, why does this heritage month start in the middle of this month and end in the middle of next month. The date, September 15th, coincides with Independence Day of five…
Konnichiwa! Aloha! Ni hao! Namaste! Anyong haseyo! Sawasdee kha/khrap! Selamat siang! Selamat pagi! Xin chao! Talofa! Mālō e lelei! Bula! Kia ora! Halo ola keta! Ia Orana! Hello! Did you know that there are over 2,300 living languages spoken across Asia and approximately 2,000 languages spoken through the Pacific Islands/Austronesian…
May is certainly a very busy month for spreading awareness and celebrating cultures, but today we’re going to be talking about Mental Health Awareness. Not to sound like a cliche fast food ad, but the past year was real trying times, and I know that keeping up with your mental…
Hello everyone! It’s been a very long year, but at long last we are open once again! We are so happy to be able to see all of your smiling faces, and personally I’m excited that we’re opening during National Library Week! This fun event has been going on…
There has been quite a lot of news lately about books going out of print, but what does that mean exactly? To put it simply, an out-of-print book is a book that is no longer being published; even then it could eventually be put back in to print and sold…
Let’s talk about some famous women in both past and modern history! But before we do that, did you know that Women’s History Month started as just Women’s History Week? It started as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County created…
There are so many examples of Black Excellence in both past and modern history, but here are a few firsts that I personally felt like highlighting: Marvel Jackson Cooke (1903-2000) was the first Black woman to work at a mainstream white-owned newspaper and an incredible activist. Cooke took on jobs…
The Jewish holiday Purim, or Feast of Lots, is coming up on February 25th, so it’s time to pull out the fun costumes, noise makers, and yummy cookies! To commemorate being saved from persecution in the ancient Persian Empire, the Jewish people will give gifts or charity to those…
Hello Teens and Tweens! School has started back up so now is the time to learn new things! So here’s some fun/interesting/weird facts you probably won’t learn in school: Cotton candy was created by a dentist, so remember that next time you have that sweet treat. Clouds can weigh…
March is Women’s History Month! In honor of some incredible women, check out these books! Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice – Phillip Hoose #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women – Lisa Charleyboy A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II – Elizabeth Wein…
