Need practice folding paper? This craft activity is just for you! Create this cute Zig Zag Snake and watch it come to life before your eyes. While creating the craft, head over to Kanopy and watch a short animated video on a curious… Continue Reading Make a DIY Zig Zag Snake
For a creature so small and delicate-looking, butterflies are amazing. Monarch butterflies will travel over 3,000 miles each year for the winter. Purple Emperor butterflies will feast on animal corpses and dung. To celebrate such incredible creatures, here’s a fun and easy DIY… Continue Reading CCPL DIY: Beautiful Butterflies!
Are you having trouble taking good pictures of your pet? I am here to help you by giving you tricks to take the best pictures of your animal companions! The photo essay of this blog post features my niece, Jackie! She is a… Continue Reading Tricks for Pet Pics!
In an episode of Pokemon, Brock holds up a plate of rice balls and loudly states, “These donuts are great! Jelly-filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a jelly-filled donut!” Sorry Brock, but they’re called Onigiri (oh-knee-gear-ree). It is a popular Japanese snack to… Continue Reading How to Make Onigiri (Rice Balls)
Most parents of children and teens that love reading usually don’t have a problem with bringing their child to the library to look for books and browse the shelves for the whole family. But, what do you do while the library is offering… Continue Reading Finding Adventures in Reading for Any Age
Every August, Earth passess through the debris from the Swift-Tuttle Comet and this makes conditions right for an especially spectacular meteor shower known as the Perseid Meteor Shower. The Persied’s typically start in late July and fall throughout the month of August,… Continue Reading The Perseid Meteor Shower
Hello! My name is Ms. Kate, and this is Gardening with Ms. Kate! In this episode, we will be talking about “pups.” No, not pups like dogs; even though that would be a great read, this is all about pups that come from… Continue Reading Gardening with Ms. Kate – Ep. 7: Pups
Calling all Local Authors, young and old, big or small! During the month of November, we will be featuring local authors on the official CCPL @ Home Blog. If you are a local author and would like to be featured as part… Continue Reading Local Author Reception: Call for Submissions
Summer is here! And you know what that means… It’s Summer Learning Challenge time! You can find all of our amazing summer programs, along with how to sign up in Beanstack to get started earning points. We have programming for all ages and interests that… Continue Reading SLC Booklist – Adults
Summer is here! And you know what that means… It's Summer Learning Challenge time! You can find all of our amazing summer programs, along with how to sign up in Beanstack to get started earning points. We have programming for all ages and… Continue Reading SLC Booklist – YA
