Tag: summer

It’s summer in Central Arkansas and you know what that means – warm (ok, let’s be real, HOT) temps and kids with extra energy to burn off. CALS has five ways to help beat the summer boredom. There are of course the obvious things you can do at the library like check out books and read in a corner until you go home and read some more (was that only me as a kid?) but CALS has so many other ways to have fun all summer long,

One of the great pleasures of summer is lounging on the beach or a pool deck and reading a good book. But what to read? The staff at Fletcher Library has some suggestions. Today’s theme: YA reads for grownups. Relive long summers and teen angst with these great titles.

One of the great pleasures of summer is lounging on the beach or a pool deck and reading a good book. But what to read? The staff at Fletcher Library has some suggestions. Today’s theme: the morning swim with coffee.

This year, volcanoes have simmered in Hawaii and erupted in Guatemala, at great human cost.  After tragedy, we have questions that are scientific, mythical, and personal. How well can scientists predict when lava will flow and ash rain from the sky? How do human beings live with the constant threat that the earth will crack open to send a river of fire over their homes?