Laura Price's Posts
RPL Author
Learn a New Language Month–Are You Up for the Challenge?
Posted about 1 month ago by Laura Price
December is Learn a New Language Month! See what RPL has to offer you in reaching this goal.
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It’s National Nacho Day!
Posted about 3 months ago by Laura Price
National Nacho Day celebrates the birth of nachos. It was a happy accident--a result of quick thinking, a missing cook, and a group of peckish military wives.
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Arpilleras from Chile–When Words Are Not Enough
Posted about 3 months ago by Laura Price
While “a picture is worth a thousand words” is a cliche, in the case of arpilleras, creative projects started by Chilean women in the 1970s, their compelling pictures and thoughtful compositions are easily worth thousands of words.
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Libraries, Then and Now
Posted about 4 months ago by Laura Price
September is officially Library Card Sign-Up Month, but to paraphrase a common saying, every month is a good one to sign up for a library card! Libraries have changed, adapted, grown, and improved. The more I think about what libraries used to provide, the more I marvel at all the wonderful options available to the library users of today.
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Iranian Lit @ RPL
Posted about 2 years ago by Laura Price
Posted in
Fiction, Iran, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, Iran
In ancient Persia, the mythological hero Rostam performed seven labors in order to prove his worthiness. He slew dragons and villains and overcame adversities with his superhuman strength. Modern Iranians […]
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Veterans Day
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
Posted in
holidays; celebrations, Veterans
| Tagged with book recommendations, Fiction, Veterans Day
“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude […]
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Learning to Love Our Autumn Years
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
Posted in
Adult, Aging, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Golden Years, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with aging, golden years
“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made…” Robert Browning The official start of autumn, also known […]
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Bastille Day: À la France, avec Amour
Posted about 4 years ago by Laura Price
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Book Reviews, Children's, Fiction, Holidays, nonfiction, Teens, Travel
| Tagged with Bastille Day
The friendship between the United States and France spans decades. Generations of Americans have shown their amour for French fashion, food, architecture and people, to name just a few. And […]
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Memories of Ireland
Posted about 4 years ago by Laura Price
With a great-great-grandmother named Margaret Mary Murphy, it was a sure bet that I would someday see Ireland. Even though over 30 years have passed since I visited, the overall […]
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Celebrating the Year of the Ox
Posted about 4 years ago by Laura Price
Posted in
Adult, Asian American, Children's, Families, Holidays, Teens
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, Lunar New Year, picture books, teens, Year of the Ox, young adult
It's the Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a new book!
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