The past few weeks, we have been submerged in hurricane information, and even the library lines written previously by Samantha Roll was hurricane related. Living in Florida, tropical storms are just a fact of life. To get the sunshine, you must go through the rain. Highlands County was blessed, lucky, caught a break, whatever […]
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What’s Left? by Vikki Brown
You have all read and heard all about the wonderful events happening at the Highlands County libraries over this summer. We have already had performers grace us with their skills, offered an escape room, a Harry Potter convention, glittery slime making, and TONS of crafts. After dabbling in glitter and sporting imaginative costumes, you […]
Lake Placid Loves These Young Adult Books by Samantha Roll
Here’s what Lake Placid residents are loving so far this year. “Firstlife” by Gena Showalter is the first book in the Showalter’s “Everlife” trilogy. “Tenley ‘Ten’ Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let […]
Wands Up! by Vikki Brown
In 1997, who would have thought that the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” would have expanded into a multiple book and movie series? This series has a devoted fandom and remains popular to this day nearly 22 years later. In fact, the 22nd anniversary of the release of the first book is on […]
Digital Services Offered to Highlands County Library Patrons by Samantha Roll
Do you want to learn a new language at your own pace? Or maybe read a magazine on a tablet or phone? How about listening to a digital audiobook in your car? I have some good news for you: your local library has you covered. No need to pay for expensive tutors or streaming services. […]
Preventing the “Summer Slide” by Krystyl Farmer
From the end of the school year to the beginning of the next year, every student risks Summer Learning Loss, or Summer Slide. Summer Slide happens when kids do not exercise the skills they learned during the school year and forget them over summer vacation. Most students will lose about 2 months of math […]
Summer in Space by Vikki Brown
Summer break is here! The kids are out of school, and are definitely looking for fun things to do. Every year the Highlands County public libraries participate in a summer reading program. This year the theme is space, which is perfect with the 50th anniversary of the APOLLO 11 moon landing coming up on June […]
Highlands County Loves These Children’s Books by Samantha Roll
It seems Highlands County’s children are in agreement. They really love the thirteen installment in the ‘Dork Diaries’ series by Rachel Renee Russell. In ‘Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday,’ “Nikki and her BFF’s Chloe and Zoey have been planning a birthday party of epic proportions! There’s just one problem—Nikki’s mom says no way to the […]
Young Adults in the Library by Vikki Brown
Many times, teens and young adults are missed in discussions about what is happening around the county. Young children and adults are the usual focus of things to do or places to go in Highlands County. The libraries in Highlands County, however, take pride in having things that this slightly overlooked age group can […]
Strong Women by Vikki Brown
“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” (author unknown). This is just one of many quotes celebrating how phenomenal women can change the world. With March being Women’s History Month, what better time to celebrate the accomplishments of women than right now? According to the Women’s […]