This year, the CDC Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Million Hearts®, invite younger people to gain more awareness and participate in heart healthy ventures. According to the CDC, "adults ages 35 to 64" are a high risk demographic. They have made some simple suggestions to get more involved in care for your heart…
Author of the Month: Chloe Benjamin
January's author of the month is an up and coming author that has captured our full attention with the release of her new book, The Immortalists. Chloe Benjamin's sweeping tale set in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the late 1960's offers up an interesting question to contemplate - if you knew the day you were…
Miss Eva’s Top Three: January 2018
Welcome to Miss Eva's Top Three! Each month I'll be picking out items from three different areas of the children's section to feature that I've enjoyed -- some new titles, some older ones, but all of them things that have caught my eye! Check out this month's picks below. Non-fiction picture book: Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers This…
Check Out a Zoo Pass!
ELPL is excited to announce that we are partnering with Potter Park Zoo as part of their Zoo in Your Neighborhood initiative! Zoo in Your Neighborhood brings the zoo out into the community, including Animal Encounters and Reading with the Animals programs here at ELPL. But that's not all -- you can also use your…
National Day of Racial Healing
As the country celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King in January, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, through their Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) effort, has declared January 16, 2018 as the second annual National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH). NDORH is an opportunity for people, organizations and communities to come together…
Thank You to MSU Greek Life!
Thank you to the MSU Greek Life for designating the East Lansing Public Library as the recipient of the fundraising proceeds from the Michigan State Safe Halloween 2017! We appreciate your support…
Fire and Fury at ELPL
Looking to snag a copy of Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House? We have more print copies on the way to ELPL, but in the mean time, check out these copies in the cloudLibrary: eBook Audiobook…
December 2017 – Poverty and Homelessness
Discussion questions and titles for the December 2017 meeting. 4-6 Year Old Group Still a Family Reflect on the Story: Where did the girl in the story live? Who did she live with? What kinds of things did her family do to show their love for each other? Reflect onto Self: What kinds of things…
One Year of Social Justice
The Social Justice Reading Group (SJRG) was started in January 2017 as a joint effort between MSU faculty and the East Lansing Public Library. Inspired by the tough questions that a five-year-old was asking about topics in the news, the SJRG has blossomed into one of ELPL’s flagship programs. Over the past year, over 1100…
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