Myra Colby was born on February 12, 1831, in Manchester, Vermont. She was the daughter of Eben Colby and Abigail Willey. She lived with her family in Vermont and Western New York during her childhood. When she was twelve, the family moved to Schaumburg, Illinois. She attended schools in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later enrolled in Elgin Female Seminary…
Celebrate Autumn with Kids’ Books You Can Fall Into!
We are almost halfway into Autumn, and the air is finally cooler! What better time than to curl up with a cozy blanket, a warm drink, and a good book. We have
Classic Horror and Sci Fi: Come Sit for a Spell…
Macabre movies for your spooky Halloween night in? Freshly popped popcorn, drinks or some pumpkin spice tea and hoarding your Halloween candy all for you to munch on...unless of course, you would like to share with the trick-or-treaters flocking to your door. You could also invite a few friends over to share in the scare…
Over the Garden Wall
Led through the mist by the milk-light of moon, all that was lost is revealed. Our long bygone burdens, mere echoes in the spring. But where have we come, and where shall we end? If dreams can't come true, then why not pretend? Over the Garden Wall is a limited series created by Patrick McHale…
Halloween Spotlight: Interview With a Vampire
Halloween Spotlight: Interview With the Vampire "Drink from me and live forever." Hello again and welcome to Halloween 2019! This month, we are covering another spooky favorite, Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire. Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Anne Rice is a native of New…
Tough Times at School
School is in full swing for our younger patrons, bringing with it a year of learning and growing. Unfortunately, it's not always an easy time. Things like bullying and peer pressure still creep into the school experience and sometimes it helps to know you're not alone. All's Faire in Middle School Imogen has grown up…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: Blade
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently, in film as well. Among the various comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Can You Spot Fake News?
October 21-25, 2019 is Media Literacy Week in the United States. Learn how to spot fake news.
Spooky Scary Comic Books, vol. 3
Welcome again to our annual list of comic books perfectly picked for this special time of year. Nights are getting longer, the leaves are changing colors, and the monsters inside us are growing wild for fun-filled frights and scary stories. If these don't satisfy your howling hunger, check out the articles from 2017 and 2018…
Read Harder 2019 Challenge Tasks #19 and #20
Hello Readers! For this month, the challenges are #19 A book of nonviolent true crime and #20 A book written in prison. Task #19 Read Harder 2019: A Book of Nonviolent True Crime Like Crime, but don't like violence? Try the following books! The Gardner Heist The Feather Thief Bad Blood View Full List Task…
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