For right around eleven years, this column has appeared weekly in the Frankenmuth News without a miss – and I am a little bit proud of...

Book clubs are becoming ever more popular these days, and the library is expanding its lineup of book clubs for adults. Here are your...

No matter how many wonderful times and events we have at the library – and there are many – the number one thing that draws people...

Libraries have appropriately focused resources on childhood literacy. After all, story times are a great start to being interested in and...

Books for Lunch is back at the Library on the second Tuesday of every month from 12:30 – 2:00. The parameters of this long-standing book...

We walk through the library doors, and some things never change. We see a circulation desk and we see books on shelves. Depending on how...

The notion of a common book has been around for many years. The idea is to take a book of common interest and value to a community, read...

People routinely tell me the columns they like best are what others are reading, so let’s start 2022 with lots of ideas. Thanks, Beth...

One of the truest things we can count on in 2022, no matter what else is going on, is new books will be published, and your library will...

There’s a fun chart floating around called “Book Blurbs – Glossary of Terms.” I’ve tried to figure out the origin of this clever glossary...

The American Library Association has a lot to say regarding the development of literacy and the part libraries play in that important...

Many readers crave a good series because we become attached to the characters and love the way favorite authors put together a plot....

The American Library Association (ALA) is one of several sponsors of Banned Books Week, the purpose of which is “to celebrate the freedom...

Nineteenth century British poet Walter Landor made this observation, and many people have agreed since then. I thought it would be...

What I always refer to as “my personal book club” is celebrating reading, dining, and even traveling together for 24 years soon. I asked...

Perhaps you’ve noticed changes in your reading habits over the past year and a half. Personally, I have felt that I don’t have the same...

We are used to getting free books at the library. That’s the whole idea. To get the most out of the library’s resources, having a library...

Here is something you really want to do. Go to the library’s homepage (wicksonlibrary.org) and scroll past the middle of the page. You’ll...

Sometimes we aren’t in the mood for complexity, and we want to read something quickly from start to finish. We want to read about birds...

In the library’s quest to have fun in the summer rewarding readers for doing what they do, i.e., read, it has become easier than ever to...