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Stainless steel electric kettle with a glowing blue power light, sitting behind a small basket of assorted tea bags and snacks.
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It’s usually children who get permission to color and play, but at Bordeaux Branch Library's weekly coloring night, it’s all about the adults, and they keep coming back.
A vintage postcard for National Novel Writing Month with typewriter key icons and the text "Prepare the novel."
Welcome to Part #2 of my NaNoWriMo series. We are now nine days into NaNoWriMo, and at roughly 2,000 words a day, you should have written about 18,000 words. Are you keeping pace? Need help?
Supernatural manga covers
As the days get shorter and Halloween is not too distant in the past, let us preview some manga tales of the supernatural. One of these manga is an all-time classic, the other is still publishing! Join us as we journey into the unknown world of monsters and spirits!
Crayon drawing of a rainbow.
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Just when you're sitting around wondering if you have an impact on children's literacy and educational development, this kind of wonderful thing happens.