Mark Twain Wisdom

Poetry STorytime Week of April 23

Poems and Poetry is this week's theme. You will hear funny poems some that rhyme and some that do not.  Pictures of this storytime and past storytimes may be founat:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Doug Ohman at Kasson Library

Doug Ohman a photographer of the Byways series of books about Minnesota. His Prairie Lakes Forest Minnesota State Parks was the subject of the Friends of the Library Hot Reads program at the Kasson Library Monday night, April 19th.





Ohman shared some of his over 200 photos of the 66 Minnesota State Parks and this project took over 1 1/2 years to finish. His amusing antidotes of why he chose certain pictures had the 41 people present laugh out loud and remember their own experiences in our state parks.

Photographer Doug Ohman was chosen for the 7 book Byways series by the Minnesota Historical Society. Some of the other subjects of his books are Libraries, Barns, School Houses, Cabins, Courthouses, Churches, and Prairie Lake Forest Minnesota's State Parks.

Pictures of this event and others can be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Red Storytime week of April 16th

Children's Librarian Ingvild has chosen RED as this week's theme. Children will hear stories that deal with red objects.

Pictures of this event and others can be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

I was reading one of my favorite librarian bloggers and ran across a new radio station to listen to on your computers or e-devices. Tasha Saecker is the assistant director of the Appleton Public Library in Appleton, WI.

For those of you who have read my blog for any length of time, you know that I am always on the lookout for new ways to listen to music online.
Well, this time it is Pandora (one of my favorite sources for music) that has a new competitor. Raditaz has a two-prong approach to music that works really well. First, just like with Pandora, you can create your own stations using any artist, band or song. If you do this, you can give the song a love or thumbs down sign. That builds the station for you based on your preferences and is exactly like Pandora.
What I use Raditaz for more often is to use it like a radio I can fast forward. They have many genre stations that pull songs from the top of the lists. Unlike Pandora, which has more lesser known tracks and is a great music discovery engine, Raditaz plays the songs you are currently hearing on the radio.
For me, that means that I still use both services. It just depends what I’m in the mood for at the time.

My name is Tasha Saecker, and I am the assistant director of the Appleton Public Library in Appleton, WI.

14th Annual Dodge County Expo

The 14th annual Dodge County Expo was a huge success for us, especially being placed next to the 3 Dodge County Authors!

Friends of the Library and the Library Director were there for the 5th year promoting the library and Friends programs and activities. A drawing was held and 10 winners will receive a $5.00 Friends Book Sale Gift Certificate to be used at the June 7-11, 2012 book sale. Congratulations!! to all of the winners.

Easter Storytime April 2-5

Children's Librarian Ingvild has chosen Easter as this week's storytime theme. Plan on attending this great event and hear all of the bunny stories and work on a wonderful craft.
Pictures of this event and other cam be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/