“By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir of Disaster and Love” by Joe Blair: BIOG BLAIR

In March, I heard an interview with Joe Blair, author of “By the Iowa Sea,” on Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa.” I didn’t hear the whole interview, but I heard enough to be intrigued.

Joe Blair and his wife, Deb, are o… Readmore…

ZerotoThree (a national nonprofit dedicated to helping better the lives of children ages 0 to 3) does it again!  They have some excellent age appropriate activities for children 0 – 12 months, 12 – 24 months, and 24 – 36 months.  Here are three quick examples: So Big! for 0 to 12.  Ask, “How big… Readmore…

So dads, assuming you all conform to that traditional procrastinating stereotype most of you are flying out the door to go shopping because you only have less than 12 hours to find a Mother’s Day gift.  Finding the right gift can be difficult, especially when you have a little one who doesn’t bring… Readmore…

“Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden” by Diane Ackerman  508 AC (also in LARGE PRINT)

I had read Ackerman’s “A Natural History of the Senses” (612.8 AC) many years ago and really loved it.  “Cultivating Delight”, a compilation of seasonal essays, has the same sensual nature.  … Readmore…

South of Superior by Ellen Airgood,  FIC AIRG

I thought that my friend Carmen, who had moved away from the Quad-Cities to live her dream retirement in way north Wisconsin, recommended this title to me.  And the whole time I was reading it I was thinking, “I can see why Carmen liked this so muc… Readmore…

I had been collecting the titles of books with shoes on their covers for quite some time.  I finally decided to put some on display in Display Central in the middle of the Library.  But why stop there?  Might as well put real shoes in the showcase too!  I asked my colleagues to bring in any inte… Readmore…

2012 Summer Reading Program
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