Birch Bay voters will decide if a new library will be built for their community in the Nov. 2, 2021, general election. If Proposition 14 passes, a Birch Bay Library Capital Facility Area (LCFA) will be established, allowing the LCFA board of directors to issue bonds to finance the construction of the library at 7968 … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: FRIENDS Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Let’s talk about friends! Who are some of your friends? What do you like to do with your friends? What do friends do for one another? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing Sing “Hello Friends” or “The More We Get Together” Wednesday: Let’s Practice Reading Read a book about … Read more
Wonder by R.J. Palacio Wonder is an amazing book about a boy named August (Auggie) Pullman who has a facial deformity. He has been homeschooled all his life and his parents decided to send him to Beecher Prep, a private school. A lot of the students there make fun of him because of how he … Read more
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead, our August eRead of the Month selection, is an epic, soaring novel perfectly suited for your final weeks of summer reading. When Marian Graves meets a barnstorming pilot in a beat-up plane as a young girl, it inspires in her an obsession with flight. A … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: DOGS Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Let’s talk about dogs! Do you like dogs? Do they scare you? What do you think about dogs and how do they make you feel? What kind of jobs do dogs have? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing Sing the song BINGO, and every round remove one of the … Read more
The Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) is one of eight winners of the 2021 John Cotton Dana Award, which honors outstanding library public relations campaigns. Managed by the American Library Association, the prestigious professional honor includes a $10,000 grant from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. WCLS won for its 2020 Library Card Sign-Up Month campaign, a … Read more
THIS WEEK’S THEME: FEELINGS Monday: Let’s Practice Talking Talk about different emotions. What makes you sad? What makes you happy? What makes you angry? And how do you deal with each of those emotions? Tuesday: Let’s Practice Singing “If you’re happy and you know it.” Add verses for other emotions. Wednesday: Let’s Practice Reading Read … Read more
Mel Fell by Corey Tabor Five Early Literacy Practices Washington State Library Rural Heritage Foundation The Fireman by Joe Hill Archive of Cascadia Weekly Book Reviews written by Christine Perkins
