by AnnDee Peterson | Mar 4, 2024 | Featured, Library News
This month’s StoryWalk at Lakeside Park features Harry the Dirty Dog, written by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham. The StoryWalk is available in English and Spanish, and can be listened to by scanning the QR code on the sign. Special thanks to City of...
by AnnDee Peterson | Feb 23, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian I’m not much of a musician—that would be my sister—but I certainly appreciate music and the power it has to bring people together. Think of the times a crowd sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” in unison or joins...
by AnnDee Peterson | Feb 9, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian In 2023, Pittsburg Public Library saw 68,535 people walk through its doors. Even though some were repeat visitors, that’s a lot of foot traffic and indicates a continued interest in our institution. Many think...
by AnnDee Peterson | Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Shown is the edition of Crockett Johnson’s Groundhog Day classic that was my very first book purchase. Sometime in the early to mid-1960’s, this very library held a book sale of discarded books and I was given money to buy a...
by AnnDee Peterson | Jan 26, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Kansas literature often gets a bad rap. No doubt people who call us “flyover country” don’t even think there is such a thing. About the only book related to our state that comes to mind for most people is “The...
