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Few debut novels garner as much buzz as Lauren Owen’s The Quick has been getting. Released by Random House in June, the novel has gotten praise from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, O, The New York Times, and many others. Tana French (In the Woods) and Kate Atkinson (Case Histories) both blurbed the book. All of… Read More

While many children head back to school and focus on the three R’s of reading, writing and arithmetic, preschool children can focus on the letters of ECRR, which stand for Every Child Ready to Read.  This joint effort between the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children identifies the five early… Read More

We always hear about the benefits of social media and mobile marketing for a small business, but there is an even better tool available to the small business owner that unfortunately gets neglected: email marketing. Studies repeatedly show that email marketing is the most effective way to reach and retain customers. If you thought about… Read More

Source: Kassem Mounhem - Flickr Libraries don’t carry as many reference books as they used to.  By reference books, I mean those books we all used in school when we had to do research for papers and projects.  The ones we could look at but never check out of the library- like encyclopedias, atlases, record… Read More

At the start of Jo Knowles’ See You at Harry’s, 12-year-old Fern’s summer is unfolding in a predictable way as she helps out at the family diner and hangs out with her best friend.  Readers are lolled into her comfortable routine, although there are definitely some incidences that make this more than a simple and… Read More

We had a great turnout for our Glamour Pet Shot event a couple of weeks ago as part of our summer reading program, Paws to Read.   Here's just a few of the great photos taken by pet photographer Marge Hudson of Wetnoze Photography. Thanks to everyone for a great summer of reading! Read More

You may have noticed the beautiful new train interactive wall in the Youth Services Department!  We are very grateful to the Friends of the Library for making this purchase possible.  And while it is definitely a lovely addition to our department, the train is fueled by early literacy practices that can help your child get… Read More

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of “antihero” is “a main character in a book, play, movie, etc., who does not have the usual good qualities that are expected in a hero”. We’ve seen these characters over and over in literature, film, and television -- Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher, and Dexter Morgan to name a few.… Read More

After discussing if the Picture Book was dead, why not check out some picture books you may have missed?  Here are 5 great pictures books and authors, click on the images to open them up in the catalog. Read More

We asked Nina, our Teen Librarian, to name her top 5 favorite Summer teen books. Click the book titles to see them in our catalog. Read More