The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

On the Shelf: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

The boys of summerWait till next year : a memoirBunts : Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose and other reflections on baseballGeorge Brett : from here to CooperstownI never had it made : an autobiography

Simple Discoveries

Parents & Teachers

Baby Yawn 2 – resized

Being Daddy – The Battle of the Nap

Babies and sleep. Sometimes the two go together like peanut butter and jelly, but other times more like oil and water. In this post Nate explores the latter view with a look at the mind boggling difficulty of nap time.

Parents & Teachers

Carol Stephens

Sunnyside Up Saturday: Macaroni Soup

(For ages 2-4 with an adult)
Saturday, August 20
10:00–11:00 am – Marvin Auditorium

Join “Miss Carole”,Dubbed “the Pied Piper of children’s music”, as she shows how songs, stories, fingerplays, rhythmic movement and instrument play will expand a child’s musical experience in a fun way.

Books, Movies & Music

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Revisit Woodstock

August 15th will mark the 42nd anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival where over half a million people showed up to that infamous dairy farm in Bethel, New York. The line-up consisted of 32 acts and many were heavy hitters in the music industry like The Who, The Band, Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix. Thanks [...]

Library Feature Stories

Ad for Aha Moment Tour stopping at the library August 22 and 23

Share Your Aha Moment Story

You’ve all seen (or at least heard of) Dove’s “Real Beauty” campaign, right? Well, there’s another campaign targeting real people – this one emphasizes what’s on the inside – and it’s giving Topekans a chance to appear on TV. The tour, sponsored by Mutual of Omaha, is setting out to capture Americans’ “aha” moments for [...]