The teens earned a library buck for every half hour of reading. At the party, the teens used their library bucks to bid on items that were hidden behind three doors (like Let’s Make a Deal). We had great stuff and funny stuff. The highlight was a pig dog toy that oinked when you squeezed it – oh, the laughter! We also did Minute to
Win It challenges in between rounds of bidding. To conclude the evening, everyone had a “library buck” in a drawing so everyone who participated even though they couldn’t make the party had a chance for gift cards from Target and local businesses. Julie and Shelley had as much fun as the teens!
Thanksgiving Books
I recently got a question from a librarian who had weeded a lot of Thanksgiving books that perpetuate myths about Thanksgiving that are both historically inaccurate and promote harmful ideas about the Indigenous people already here when the colonists celebrated their...