by Lucas Maxwell | BookRiot I used to love conspiracy theories as a kid. I found them a fun way to read and to kill time. Today? Not so much. I feel like conspiracy theories are, in a way, responsible for many terrible, terrible things, especially on social media. But Read more…
Tomorrow is National Mississippi Day – a day to recognize the state we live in and some of the great things to be found here! Mississippi is well known for being the home of wonderful writers, entertainers and athletes including Elvis Presley, Eudora Welty, John Grisham, Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Read more…
November has been National Native American Heritage Month. The website for the event contains lots of great materials, such as selections of both audio and video programs, as well as a special resource section for teachers. In collaboration with the Smithsonian and the National Museum of the American Indian, the Read more…
As we enter the week of Thanksgiving, many of us start thinking of all the things we are grateful for in our lives. Our November activity packets this month even have a 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge for individuals to do by themself or families to do together. Each day Read more…
Did you know tonight there will be a rare lunar eclipse 🌑 visible? So make time to go out and look at the moon 🌙 to see it! November and December are what astronomers call “eclipse season,” which means that there will be several eclipses visible this month and next. Read more…
Today is National take a Hike ⛰ Day and this week is National StoryWalk® week so why not combine the two and enjoy one of our StoryWalks® while you are taking a walk today? As a reminder, our StoryWalks® are outdoor reading experiences where children’s books are presented 📖 via Read more…
Leaves 🍂 are falling everywhere! Over the next few weeks (especially next week when kids are out of school), try out some of these fun fall activities if the weather is nice enough to go outside: Rake up small piles of leaves 🍁 around your yard to make an obstacle Read more…
Did you know our Iuka branch has cake pans 🎂 you can check out to use? Thanksgiving 🦃 themed ones include a cornucopia, a 🏈 football, and two different 🍗 turkeys. Most of them are aluminum (many are the legendary Wilton brand, although a few are made from plastic). If Read more…
LibreOffice is the number one open-source office suite, and it’s the default office package on most Linux distributions. But can a free product compete with Microsoft? Microsoft Office was released in November 1990 and included Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint. There were many competing office suites—from companies such as Lotus, Read more…
If you have brown paper bags, your kids can turn them into a cute fall owl 🦉 puppet using various colored paper. They can stick with fall colors such as red, orange, yellow, and brown or use any other colors that strike their fancy. If you have picked up one Read more…