As we are in the midst of a spooky season, let’s indulge ourselves by reading some Gothic fiction! Surprisingly, this literary genre came about as a “sophisticated joke” when an author in 1764 applied the term to the subtitle of his novel… Continue Reading Gothic Fiction
It is officially Fall! The foliage is becoming crisp and turning vibrant shades of red and amber, and of course, we celebrate all things pumpkin and pumpkin spice. The days are now shorter, and the air is much cooler. This is the… Continue Reading Fall Comfort Foods (with beautiful craft inspirations)
It’s that time of year again! Where the leaves change colors, and if you stop and take a deep breath, you might even smell pumpkin spice in the air! If you’re looking for great ways to celebrate the fall/spooky season, look no… Continue Reading Fall in Love with These Library Resources
Chapter 2: Trading a Walking Stick for an Awkward Situation After about an hour of traveling down the road and occasionally tugging on the leash to get the rooster to cooperate, you make it to Milkvale. Despite its… Continue Reading Call to Adventure
Hello again, friends, and welcome to Documentaries for Teens, where I review documentaries on Kanopy for you, the teen! Kanopy is a great source of movies, international works, shows, and of course, documentaries. (How many times is she going to say documentary?… Continue Reading Documentaries for Teens: Stolen Education
Well of course we have a month to celebrate the delightful, delectable, dear old mushroom. Mushrooms have been used perhaps most popularly in cooking, but also for their medicinal/healing properties throughout history. There is also quite a bit of myth and folklore… Continue Reading National Mushroom Month Craft
Tween Comic Club is a place for comic lovers ages 9-14 to discuss what they are reading each month. Here is the latest list of the books we’ve been talking about and that our tween readers recommend! Follow the links to check… Continue Reading Tween Comic Club Recommends 25
Chapter 1: Call to Adventure (and Losing Some Health Points Along the Way) You wake up one morning, the sun shining through your window. Your story begins in a little cottage in the countryside. You live a simple… Continue Reading Call to Adventure
It’s coming. You can’t stop it. It’s inevitable. Summer is going to end and school is going to start again. The return date is fast approaching and trying to stop it is futile. Some of you reading this will be excited by… Continue Reading 8 Great Young Adult Titles Set in Schools
With summer coming to a close, now is the time to preserve the bright colors to remind us of warmer days during the cold winter. So let’s discuss the methods of drying and displaying dried flowers and other plants. Below you will… Continue Reading Flower Creations
