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. Picture book: Alma and How She Got Her Name by…
Mitten, YouPer, and Thumbs Up! Award Winners for 2018
Your next great book is here! The Michigan Library Association announced the winners of the 2018 Mitten, YouPer, and Thumbs Up! awards, and you can find them all here! Congratulations to the winners and honor books! Mitten Award: The Mitten Award recognizes and promotes quality literature for youth in picture book format. 2018 winner: 2018 honor books:…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Since 2016, the city of East Lansing has observed the holiday Indigenous Peoples' Day on the second Monday of October. This holiday reminds us to reflect on the first people to live in the Americas, their cultures and histories, and to challenge prejudices and long-standing misconceptions about Native Americans and colonialism. Here at ELPL, we…
Cardi B’s “Invasion of Privacy”
Every time Cardi B's "I Like It" comes on the radio, I turn up the volume and bounce to the beat in my seat. How can you not with fun lyrics like: "They call me Cardi Bardi, banging body, spicy mami, hot tamale" Plus, the song samples the 1967 song from Puerto Rican singer Pete…
DVD copy of “An Evening with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor”
If you were unable to join us at the East Lansing High School on Sunday, August 26, you can now watch "An Evening with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor" on DVD. Place a hold on a copy today, One Book One Community Featuring Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author Of "My Beloved World…
September 2018 Exhibit in the Brick Wall Gallery
September's artist is Mariia Bashtova. You can find her pieces on display all month long in the Brick Wall Gallery. This is Mariia's second exhibit in the gallery. Mariia's artist statement: My name is Mariia Bashtova. I was born in 1978 in the south region of Ukraine (as part of the former USSR). I grew…
Books & Bagels Dates
Books & Bagels is a book discussion group for grades 4-6. Each meeting includes a book discussion, a craft, and bagels from Bruegger's Bagels in downtown East Lansing. Upcoming Books & Bagels sessions…
There’s a waffle in my pocket – parenting with patience and humor. Book Reports.
School has started, soon your child will be excited to pick out a book for the first book report of the year. Well, if they are't super stoked to pick out a book, may I make some suggestions? I've provided links to popular book lists. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. Pick out a book, put it…
Arr! September 19 be talk like a Pirate Day!
"Avast! We be swashbucklers!" means "Stop! We're pirates!" in pirate! As part of your membership to East Lansing Public Library, you have access to Mango Languages. With Mango you can learn many different languages - 71 languages to be exact! Can you guess what one of them is? PIRATE! You can learn very practical phrases…
Miss Eva’s Top Three: September 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. Picture book: Apples and Robins by Lucie Felix This creative…
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