by Laura Turpin | Jan 3, 2024 | Children's
When kids decide they love something, they really go all-in! The main themes of this year’s “most circulated” list are serieses and silliness. Seriously, I had to go to the fourth item on the list to find a juvenile fiction title that wasn’t...
by Laura Turpin | Jan 2, 2024 | Home Page
It’s been a tumultuous year for young adult items at the library. Manga continues to be popular; so do book series recently made into movies. The Streisand Effect was also evident, as books on the most frequently challenged list for the year were also some of...
by Laura Turpin | Dec 29, 2023 | Home Page
It’s been quite a year at the St Croix Falls Public Library! In total, we circulated items to patrons over 40,000 times this year. And that doesn’t count the over 10,000 ebooks our patrons checked out. Our most popular item this year was the DVD 1883: A...
by Laura Turpin | Sep 22, 2023 | Children's
Ten very good reasons to get a library card: It’s cost-effective. Our library cards are FREE to all Wisconsin residents. (Patrons from out-of-state can still sign up for a card for a small fee of $35 per year per household.) It’s powerful. Our library...
by Laura Turpin | Aug 17, 2022 | Children's
Helping a child learn to read seems like a daunting task, but it’s really not that mysterious. There are five simple activities you can do with your child that will help them develop the necessary skills. Talk. Ask your child open-ended questions. Encourage them...
