This year, IPL is participating in the Massachusetts Center of the Book’s 2024 Reading Challenge! How does the challenge work? Each month you’ll choose a book that fits that month’s challenge! The challenges are listed below. After you’ve read your book enter it into the reading challenge form. What can you win? Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book. If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books. The Mass Center for the Book will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! To learn more and get reading suggestions, head to the Mass Center for the Book’s 2024 Reading Challenge webpage. We would love to hear about what you are reading! Each month we will post at the beginning and the end of the month about that month’s challenge. We encourage you to comment what book you read for the challenge!
Children’s Holiday Party
Join your children’s librarians for a fun-filled morning to get you in the holiday spirit. Our theme this year is Polar Express. Take photos with the train conductor, bring your letters to Santa, and make some themed crafts! Registration is not necessary. This event will be in the Collins Room of the library, across from the Children’s Room, on Saturday, December 2nd from 10am to 12pm.
National Native American Heritage Month
During the month of November we observe National Native American Heritage Month. You may have already seen our displays around the library of various books, movies, and music to celebrate this month, but if you are looking for a little bit more information and a few more title recommendations, please read below. A Brief History of the Month According to the official U.S. government website dedicated to this observed month, “What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. […] The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday. […] In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 ‘National American Indian Heritage Month.’ Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including ‘Native American Heritage Month’ and ‘National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month’) have been issued each year since 1994.” To learn even more about the history and rich cultures of Native American tribes across the American and Canadian lands, please click HERE. Looking to learn more through a good book? Adult Reading Suggestions: [books list=”adult-native-american-heritage-month” display=”carousel” total_items=”50″ auto=”true”] Teen Reading Suggestions: [books list=”teens-native-american-month-titles” display=”carousel” total_items=”50″ auto=”true”] Kid Reading Suggestions: [books list=”indian-heritage” display=”carousel” total_items=”50″ auto=”true”]
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