by AnnDee Peterson | Jun 7, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Mindfulness is a word that has come to the forefront in recent years; it certainly wasn’t something I heard about until a couple of years ago. But as the world around us becomes more fraught and anxiety seems...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 31, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian In the past week I’ve been embroiled in a Virginia civil rights court case before landing in England to take part in a televised baking contest. Of course, these adventures were courtesy of books—the first one...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 28, 2024 | Featured, Library News
Pittsburg Public Library invites you to join us for the Adventure Begins Summer Story Time session, from June 3 through July 24, 2024. June—The Tuesday and Wednesday Story Times are at 10:00 a.m. and will be held in the shade at beautiful Lincoln Park. Look for the...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 24, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian If it’s Memorial Day weekend, then it means Summer Reading will soon be upon us! This year’s theme, “Adventure Begins at the Library,” is appropriate for all age groups and an easy one to plan for because...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 20, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian When I picked up “The Music of Bees” two years ago the only thing I knew about it was that the main character was a beekeeper. I just opened the book and was instantly swept up in the story about Elizabeth,...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 10, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian “I had a mother who read me things / That wholesome life to a child’s heart brings / Stories that stir with an upward touch / Oh that every Mother were such!” (from “The Reading Mother” by...
