Diane Adams

The Arrowhead Library System will provide Take & Write Poetry Workbook Kits to member public libraries. Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Poet’s Workbook designed by COMPAS Teaching Artist and Minnesota Poet May Lee-Yang! Inside your booklet, there are several poetry writing exercises designed specifically for new poets. Each writing exercise will include an example poem, some directions on how you can write your own poem, and space to write! This program, sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

No fooling! It is a very good idea to read aloud to children every single day! Reading aloud to children helps their brains develop and helps them develop the skills needed to be prepared when they enter school. Reading aloud doesn’t have to take much time and doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are some specific guidelines for each of the first five years of a child’s life.

We have reached the latter part of March and the weather is finally warming. I am so ready even for mud.

March may come in like a lion, so I definitely expect it to go out like a lamb. I am ready for spring! I am ready to wear fewer clothes and sit outside. In the meantime, I guess I will continue reading.

March starts next week! How did that happen? I certainly hope warmer weather is on the way. I just recently finished The Ice House by Monica Sherwood about a couple of kids dealing with an extremely long winter of snow and ice and stuck in their apartment building. It is making me wish for spring weather.

I know I continue to talk about how amazing juvenile non-fiction material is these days, But it is! Take a look at the Atlas of Amazing Architecture by Peter Allen for the stories of over 50 buildings from around the world. Travel to an Ethiopian church carved into a mountain then visit Japan and learn traditional Japanese architecture and plenty more.

February is Library Lover’s month. Show your love for the library by visiting the library this month! Check out our Things that can be borrowed, discover our collection of puzzles and games, borrow a magazine or movie and see what is new and available in the new books for babies, children, teens and adults of all ages.