Fiero Code walks students age 8-18 through Scratch, a drag-and-drop coding program developed by MIT that introduces kids to the world of coding. It’s up to students to save Planet Fiero by learning to code! Create an account for free here. As you learn more coding skills, you earn gear for the custom robot you create in the […]
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We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle The Library Tourist Last year on my summer vacation https://we247.org/readers-vacation/ I marveled at the Seattle Public Library. This year, I am again a library tourist. I spent a couple of days in Austin, TX and had 3 goals: Eat some great Texas barbecue […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle This May is a Big Month for New Books As an acquisitions librarian (basically a book buyer for your Willoughby-Eastlake public library) one of the parts of my job that I love is having a box of ARCs land on my desk. ARCs […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle It’s True. A Novel Leads to Facts. Do you ever find reading a novel to lead you to dig deeper into the facts behind the story? I frequently find myself reading nonfiction because, well…SCIENCE. After reading the novel The Overstory (which just won […]
Tumble Math is now available to use with your Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library card. Educators have long known that one of the most effective ways to teach math concepts, especially to reluctant learners, is by using stories and literature. TumbleMath is a comprehensive collection of math picture books complete with animation and narration. The books are […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Meet Imbolo Mbue Immigrants reaching for the American dream has been a plotline for stories since our country’s founding. It takes a skilled author to create empathy for a person from another culture struggling to gain membership in our country. In Behold the […]
Movie Review Eastrail 177 Trilogy by Dennis Campbell As James McAvoy delivers the opening narration as Patricia, woven underneath the chilling performance is seemingly a message from Director M. Night Shyamalan, ‘trust me, as you always have.’ As I watched the credits roll on what had been a trilogy nearly two decades in the making. […]
Movie Review Halloween by Dennis Campbell In one of the more chilling lines of the film, Laurie Strode says of Michael, ‘he’s waited for this night…he’s waited for me…I’ve waited for him.’ I feel with how lackluster the sequels have been this quote also applies to the fans of this franchise. We have waited for […]
Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library to Go Fine Free on February 14th On February 14th, the Willoughby-Eastlake Public will go fine free on nearly all Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library items. At Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, our goal is to make it as easy as possible for area residents to enjoy materials and services that we offer. We have recognized […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Your Book Concierge! How is your book club going? This recent article in Forbes https://bit.ly/2SQcwSu describes how the online presence of celebrities has added to the success and popularity of book clubs beyond the traditional setting. Instagram offers a photogenic platform for book […]
Did you miss one of the most popular titles of 2018? These are the top 20 most borrowed books from the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library. Borrow any of these titles today!
