December's author of the month released her debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, in 2006. A classic gothic novel set in a ruined mansion in the English countryside, Diane Setterfield's debut was reminiscent of the works of Brontë and du Maurier, and quickly became an overnight success, selling over 3 million copies in 38 countries. This month…
Musical StoryTime
On December 7 the library's weekly StoryTime welcomed special guests from the Michigan State Univeristy College of Music! We read Little Pig Joins the Band, The Orchestra Pit, listened to beautiful music and marched to the beat led by Miss Emily. [alpine-phototile-for-flickr src="set" uid="126510258@N06" sid="72157698740483510" imgl="fancybox" style="gallery" row="4" grwidth="600" grheight="400" size="500" num="24" align="center" max="80" nocredit="1"…
Story Walk at Michigan State University Museum
Staff from the East Lansing Public Library and the Michigan State University Museum have partnered to create an interactive StoryWalk featuring the book Because of an Acorn by Lola Schaefer. Our very own Miss Eva worked with MSU staff to find the perfect book for this unique exhibit. Children and adults can explore the book…
Check out the first episode of Director’s Cut With Mitch Albom
ELPL's Director, Kristin Shelley hosts her first Director's Cut podcast with best-selling author, journalist, radio and television broadcaster Mitch Albom.
Take a break!
As a child, my mom always let me help her prepare our Christmas cards. Our family had these very cool cards that had tags with all of our names on them, and every year was a totally new scene. One year the card was a cookie jar and all of us were different kinds of…
Happy you, Happy family
As a preschool teacher, I am often told by parents that it’s hard to find out what happened at school, except, of course, what their child ate for snack!!
There’s a waffle in my pocket – parenting with patience and humor. Picture Books are for All Ages.
Sometimes it feels as though we spend a lot of time talking to little kids about feelings. Do we spend time talking to big kids about feelings? I've caught myself squashing the feelings of my 10 and 14 year old girls, thinking that I'll come back to that and we can talk about it at…
There’s a waffle in my pocket – parenting with patience and humor. Graphic Novels are the bomb.
Does your weird uncle collect comic books? Does your dad still read the funny pages? Comics have grown into an amazing new genre, Graphic Novels. The term is not strictly defined, though Merriam-Webster's full dictionary definition is "a fictional story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book". These illustrated novels are engaging and…
There’s a waffle in my pocket – parenting with patience and humor. You are amazing.
This morning I got all three girls in the car. They were dressed, they were fed, they had backpacks and their snow pants - I felt amazing. Then, as I had just buckled in the youngest, the five year old took. off. her. coat. I have no idea why, but I knew I had two…
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