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 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...
by AnnDee Peterson | May 7, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian Whenever I learn one of my favorite authors is coming out with a new book my first thought is, “Great! I love his/her books.” Then doubt sets in: what if it’s not as good as the last one and then I’m left in...
by AnnDee Peterson | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured, From the Stacks
From the Stacks By Carol Ann Robb, PPL Reference Librarian The reviews for Amanda Peters’, “The Berry Pickers,” raved about her debut novel (it was the winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was named to numerous “Best of” lists) but it took...
