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Espresso Your Imagination: Wickson Library’s “STARBOOKS” Experience
In the Children’s Wing of the Wickson Library, a magical transformation is taking place. While the Fall season is ushering in cooler...

Chelsea Keat
Sep 12, 20232 min read


From Story Time to Craft Time: Fall Fun at Wickson Library
Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial start to Fall, is behind us. The very first leaves are beginning to change, another school year is in...

Chelsea Keat
Sep 7, 20232 min read


Hotel Cuba: A Jewish Jane Austen Novel
Detroit native, Aaron Hamburger, was on his way to Capitol Hill to meet with Senator Debbie Stabenow and advocate for progressive causes...

Chelsea Keat
Aug 28, 20233 min read


Summer Reading Recap: The Science Behind the All-Together-Now Mentality
In recent years, studies have shown that trees encompass a vast network of underground fungi known as mycelium—tiny threads that wrap...

Chelsea Keat
Aug 15, 20233 min read


The Benefits of Reading Outside
Summer is winding down and somehow, it’s already August. Summer reading will be wrapping up this week. Be sure to turn in your summer...

Chelsea Keat
Aug 8, 20232 min read


Why Children’s Books Are for Everyone, Especially the Old and Wise
I’ve long been fascinated by starlings. The way the birds launch themselves into the sky at dusk for a mesmerizing performance of...

Chelsea Keat
Jul 24, 20233 min read


From Fortune 500 to France: How a Single Book Changed Everything
What if I told you a single book could alter the course of your life? Would you believe me? For native-born Michigander, podcaster, and...

Chelsea Keat
Jul 3, 20233 min read


Homebound Delivery Service: We’ll bring the library to you!
“It’s like how the mailman used to knock on the door to deliver the mail. It’s the point of contact with the customer that’s special. The...

Chelsea Keat
Jun 26, 20232 min read


Chevy in the Hole, A Love Letter to Flint, MI
Kelsey Ronan's 2023 Michigan Notable Book, Chevy in the Hole, is a stunning, painfully honest love letter to Flint, MI. The popular story...

Chelsea Keat
Jun 13, 20232 min read


10 Little Facts About Little Free Libraries
You’ve likely seen them before—those little, often colorful, book-sharing boxes dotting the perimeters of parks, playgrounds, and private...

Chelsea Keat
Jun 6, 20233 min read


Tsundoku, Abiliophilia, and Ballycumbers
Currently on my bedside table are Hotel Cuba by Aaron Hamburger; Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda...

Chelsea Keat
May 22, 20233 min read


National Library Week 2023: “There’s More to the Story”
This week we’re celebrating libraries far and wide, from small-town libraries like ours, to the largest academic libraries in the nation....

Chelsea Keat
Apr 25, 20232 min read


Books for Lunch
This week I opened the windows and read to the soundtrack of birdsong, the hum of my neighbor’s lawnmower, the rush of the creek at the...

Chelsea Keat
Apr 17, 20233 min read


Local Authors Roz Weedman and Susan Todd Make Their Cozy Mystery Debut
Poppy and Mary Ellen Deliver the Goods: Book One of the Frankenmuth Murder Mysteries by Roz Weedman and Susan Todd checks all the boxes...

Chelsea Keat
Apr 3, 20233 min read


The Friends of the Library Spring Garden Program
Spring is officially here, and we’re gladly welcoming the warmer, more colorful changes of the season. In my own yard, the robins have...

Chelsea Keat
Mar 27, 20232 min read


Books for Lunch, March Edition
Not sure what to read this month? Here’s a short list from Books for Lunch, Wickson Library’s monthly gathering, where everyone is...

Chelsea Keat
Mar 20, 20232 min read


The World Needs Your Story
Stories are one of the most powerful and influential art forms to shape the human existence. Stories have been used as cautionary tales...

Chelsea Keat
Mar 13, 20232 min read


Join Us for a Michigan Notable Book Discussion
According to the Library of Michigan, “Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written...

Chelsea Keat
Mar 6, 20232 min read


10 Must-Reads for Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, and the 2023 theme is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” The theme focuses on women throughout...

Chelsea Keat
Feb 28, 20233 min read


February’s Books for Lunch
Books for Lunch, the library’s no-obligation book club, continues to meet on the second Tuesday of every month from 12:30-2:00 pm. We’ve...

Chelsea Keat
Feb 20, 20233 min read
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