Browsing Books: Whitewater State Park
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"Picturesque limestone bluffs and deep ravines make Whitewater a very popular southeastern state park." Read a book with bluffs (or mountains), or with ravines, and get ready to enjoy the lovely views of this park.
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Browsing Books: Scenic State Park
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Scenic State Park came into existence in 1921. The park is as lovely to look at as the name would imply. Read a book with a beautiful landscape on the cover or as a plot point.
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Browsing Books: Father Hennepin State Park
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Father Hennepin State Park was founded in 1941. The 320 acres of park have two campgrounds, where you can enjoy some camping in nature. Celebrate that by reading a book with a tent on the cover or about camping.
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Browsing Books: Charles Lindbergh State Park
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We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!
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Browsing Books: Big Bog State Recreation Area
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This week we’re looking at Big Bog State Recreation Area, which was established in 2000. This bog was a source of medicinal plants for the Ojibwe who lived here. Celebrate their knowledge by reading a book with medicine or natural healing
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Browsing Books: Lake Maria State Park
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Lake Maria is the closest park to our HQ in St Cloud - and we've even had a member event camping there! It was opened in 1963.This park houses the endangered Blandings Turtle, and there is a great statue honoring this turtle near the Visitor's Center. Celebrate their conservation efforts by reading a book with a turtle on the cover or in the plot.
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Browsing Books: Grand Portage State Park
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This week we’re looking at Grand Portage State Park! This park was established in 1989. This park is very close to the Grand Portage National Monument, which is also worth a visit. The park has the tallest waterfall in the state - and any of the North Shore parks will be good for viewing waterfalls. Enjoy a book with a waterfall on the cover, or as part of the story.
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Browsing Books: Big Stone Lake State Park
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We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: . We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The was established in 1961. Fossilized shark teeth have been found in the park. Explore that aspect of the park by reading a book that has a fossil. We give you links to each of these books on , taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they...
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Browsing Books: The Lake Louise State Park
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The Lake Louise park was founded in 1963.
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BONUS EPISODE: Reopening Libraries
Reading with Libraries podcast
This week we are sharing this bonus episode to help libraries, especially school libraries, to gather and share information about reopening as safely as possible. There is not going to be a strategy to make it all perfectly safe for everyone; but there are steps to take to make it safer for staff and patrons.
info_outlineBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week!
This week Leigh Lenzmeier shares Walking Point: A Vietnam Memoir, by
"Bob Kunkel grew up in a large, Catholic family on a dairy farm in central Minnesota. Although he was older than some draftees, at 22, he was still young and relatively innocent. But not for long.
Kunkel recounts his experiences with so much detail that the reader can feel and smell the steamy jungle. He brings you right along with him. His story is much more than a collection of details, however. His military experience was largely mundane routine, spiced with dramatic and dangerous moments and anecdotal incidents, recounted with a dry sense of humor. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster of a read."