Talking Library Fines – Somebody Please Make Me Feel Better

Don’t tell my husband but I have $20 worth of fines on my library card right now.  Hey, it would happen to you too if you happened to have five Thomas the Tank Engine DVD’s checked out and all overdue at $1 a day.  That’s in addition to the $30 I’ve probably paid this year.
I [...]

What Happens When Your Kids’ Favorite Librarian Calls in Sick

We have been going to storytime regularly three times a week at two different branches for 2 1/2 years.  My two little boys LOVE one particular children’s librarian, Miss Allison.  I bow down to her awesomeness.  She is FANTASTIC.  Very energetic, engaging, lots of songs, rhymes, reading time, and play time.  She remembers all the [...]

In Salt Lake on Saturday? Meet Me at the Library!

So if you live in Utah and follow any of our local authors blogs (Shannon Hale, Sara Zarr, James Dashner, to name just a very few – we are so very blessed to have a lot of great authors here) then I am sure that you already know about Rapunzel’s Roundup this Saturday.  No?  Shannon [...]

Kicking off the Summer at the Library

Summer is in full swing here in Utah even if the weather isn’t (I’ve just turned on the heater again). Sadly, summer at our library means no more Tiny Tot storytimes because of the summer reading program, Catch the Reading Bug. When you go to storytime three times a week, and suddenly it’s [...]

Authors Here, Authors There, Authors Everywhere!

After my Friday evening at Stephenie Meyer’s book signing, my husband and I packed up the kids and headed to the Provo Children’s Book Festival. How could we not show up? It was free and all kinds of authors were just waiting for us to show up and meet them.
As soon as we arrived, [...]