Own Voices for Adults: India
*CCPL Staff picks are chosen by CCPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so write to us and tell us what you’d recommend!* What are Own Voices [...]
Tween Comic Club Recommends 27
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 [...]
6 Picture Books for National Arts & Humanities Month
Join us as we celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month during October! Do you need ideas to get your creative juices flowing? Take a look at Creativebug for inspiration or browse CCPL’s online catalog Cosmos for resources on topics related to arts [...]
How to Write a Parody
If you enjoy shows like “Saturday Night Live,” then you are most likely a fan of parody. What is parody? “A parody is a composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally for comic effect and often by applying that style [...]
Tween Comic Club Recommends 26
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 [...]
Horror Movies that are PG-13 (or Lower) that Will Still Scare You!
Do you enjoy scary movies? Most horror movies today are rated R, but there are still some great movies that are PG13 (or even rated PG or no rating at all!) that can still scare the dickens out of you! Take a [...]
Gothic Fiction
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 [...]
Finding Your Horror Subgenre – What To Look For When Looking For Your Next Chilling Book
*CCPL Staff picks are chosen by CCPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so write to us and tell us what you’d recommend!* Welcome to October, everybody! It’s the time [...]
Fall into a Good Book
Are you already tired of pumpkin spice cookies, coffee, muffins, and even cereal? Are you wondering if the fun-size candy will ever come off the shelves? Fall is a great time to pick up a good book, sit outside in the cooler [...]
Count the Scoops
This is a colorful and fun counting activity! Children create a work of art as they stamp scoops of colorful ice cream onto ice cream cones. They will combine counting, color recognition, and fine motor skills as they stamp. This activity comes [...]