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Why my children study a foreign language
Posted in For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on July 23, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley They don’t believe us when we tell them, but our children will thank us for this one day. You see, for the last few years, my husband and I have required our three daughters to study a foreign language; specifically, Mandarin Chinese. Why Chinese? We taught English for 18 months at a university in the People’s […]
Essential items for cosplayers and costuming enthusiasts
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on July 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson With annual comicons like SpoCon, Lilac City Comicon, Kuronekocon, and Worldcon 2015 all being held in Spokane this summer, there are plenty of opportunities for cosplayers and costuming enthusiasts to share their interests and talent with others. Now I’m kind of a cosplay newbie, but I do enjoy creating costumes and exploring […]
5 eBooks for comic and cosplay fans
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on July 21, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Clarissa Fidler Summer is the season for superheroes. Between the numerous comicons and superhero blockbuster movies, characters like Black Widow, Mad Max, and Ant-Man are front and center. While I thoroughly enjoy Marvel action movies like The Avengers and Iron Man, I admit that I’m a novice when it comes to true superhero knowledge. […]
Beyond books: discover valuable library resources
Posted in Business and Careers, Explore and Discover, For You on July 16, 2015 at 6:00 am
Libraries offer so much more than books. Our blog team is here to help you discover the many resources available to library members. We recently asked them the following question: What library resource do you wish more members knew about or took advantage of? Here’s what each of our bloggers had to say: Digital Resources & Apps The di […]
Tags: digital library, resources, services, technology
Written in the stars
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 15, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Jane Baker The old lawn chair isn’t comfortable. My legs always stick to it when I wear shorts and it tilts to the left. But on this unusually warm Fourth of July evening, just minutes before the grand fireworks were about to begin, I was able to lean back and gaze up to a sky full of […]
Tags: education, hobbies, STEM, technology
Recommended for you: 3 YA books to read right now
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Teens on July 14, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs As the District’s Youth Collection Development Librarian, I work in our Collection Services Department, where all the library’s materials are selected, ordered, cataloged, and processed. We get to see all the new items before they even hit the shelves! Every now and then, we like to handpick a few of our favorite titles […]
Free Books: Accessing the World’s Public Domain Literature
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 9, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen Whoever coined the Internet phrase “never read the comments” was a wise person indeed. It’s especially true if you’re a librarian (or library fan) reading pretty much any news article related to public libraries; inevitably, there’s the one commenter who questions why public libraries even exist, the guy w […]
Tags: books, technology
Binge Read This: The Little Lady Agency Series
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley When I tell people I’m a librarian, I often get a response like: “Oh, I’ve always wanted to be a librarian. You have all that time to just sit and read.” The truth of the matter is, while many of our library members do just that in our libraries, librarians don’t ever have time […]
Little Free Libraries: Hope for the Future
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 7, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Clarissa Fidler Turn south onto Conklin Road from Sprague Ave and you’ll find a vacant field nestled between a credit union and a large apartment complex. A sign bearing the words “Future home of Conklin Road library” stands a couple hundred feet away from the property’s only other structure: a newly installed Little Free […]
Tags: community
6 Pantry Essentials for Quick Meals
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on July 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kim Harshberger We’ve all been there. It’s time to make a meal and you end up standing staring into the fridge, then the cupboard, then the pantry, then the freezer, and back around again. All you see are ingredients to make food. In my very early years of cooking, the throw-together meal used to […]
