July is Disability Pride Month! Disability Pride Month is in July because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in July of 1990. Disability Pride comes out of the Disability Rights Movement and the knowledge that disability is a normal, common part of...
Here at the Coventry Village Branch, we’re gearing up for gardening season. In this week of the vernal equinox, we’ve got seedlings starting inside, a new seed library stocked with heirloom vegetable and flower seeds, and our biweekly Garden Gatherings program for...
November is National Native American History Month. We're fortunate that the last several years have seen an increase in the number of books reflecting the diverse, vibrant indigenous cultures of this land. These new opportunities to learn about and celebrate these...
As your child transitions into independent learning and reading, you might notice that they’re what we librarians call a “reluctant reader.” There are so many reasons that someone might be a reluctant reader. Reading is intimidating, especially when it’s new to you....
Where is your favorite place to sit? What seat do you know the best? When you’re out and about, where do you sit for a rest? Are there enough places to rest? Are you someone who needs to think about that, or not? In Sam’s Super Seats, we meet a young girl who must...
Happy solstice! Winter has officially arrived, and, with it, nature’s invitation to cozy up, slow down, and get some rest. As this fall has transitioned into winter, I have been thinking about dormancy and other ways the natural world shifts into a lower gear for the...
October is in full swing and with it, the season for spooky reading! At the top of my October to-be-read list is the final book in Katherine Arden’s Small Spaces Quartet. This is by far my favorite horror for middle...
First readers, easy readers, leveled readers, beginner readers... they go by many names. These small books play a mighty role in your child’s reading development, but they can be mighty confusing as well. But fear not, grownups of growing readers! Today, I’m here to...
Picture books are tools, not just for developing literacy skills, but also emotional skills. Our well-being depends on a set of emotional skills known as emotional resilience, or the ability to cope with difficult feelings, scary or traumatic experiences, life...
Travel through history with pride this month with these YA novels that write queer people back into history, exactly where they belong. Begin in 1893 Chicago with The City Beautiful, a Jewish thriller set against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exhibition....