Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in June, 1919. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news were different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the Indiana...
The earliest days of parenting can be a wonderful and terrifying time. There are a lot of ups and downs as well as difficult questions you will have to work through. With so many parenting guides out there, it can seem overwhelming, but we've got...
Netflix ended 2018 with two science fiction knockouts: "Bird Box" and "Bandersnatch". While "Bird Box"'s fame came out of its immediate popularity in meems, "Bandersnatch" was put out by Netflix's highly popular "Black Mirror" series. If you are unfamiliar with this brand, "Black Mirror" is...
What do you think of when you think of this rail line? Do early morning commutes or weekend trips come to mind? Baseball games, shopping, or concerts? What about the sights on the way? For many of us, the South Shore Line conjures up some...
Available now, the La Porte County Public Library is offering a new database: Gale LegalForms. Gale LegalForms helps library customers understand common legal procedures and provides access to thousands of customizable legal documents. Users can access the same forms used by law firms covering legal topics,...
100 Years Ago in May, 2019 Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in May, 1919. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article?...
Toys provide many hours of fun for children. Have you ever considered that toys could more that just fun? Toys can be a source of learning. They help young children develop early literacy skills. Early literacy skills are the skills children need to be prepared...
Many library card holders love to read. But did you know that around 20% of the adult population of the United States does not know how to read well enough in their native language to read newspapers or instructions, fill out forms, help their children...
Can’t get enough of TumbleBooks? Be sure to link to TumbleBook-of-the-Day! While TumbleBooks has offered this free program for a number of years, many users may not be familiar with it. The program is quite simple: a new book appears every day…for FREE! The link works...
The La Porte County Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of Kanopy on April 1! Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides customers with access to over 30,000 films from more than 800 filmmakers. Around 200 to 250 titles are added each month....
Well Read Black Girl by Glory Edim An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature. A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier Breaking her silence at last and...
Gale has announced several new features and enhancements currently available within its Testing and Education Reference Center (TERC). For example, a new study plan feature lets users input actual test dates and then provides a custom dashboard to help them track progress toward their goals. Users...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in February, 1919. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Books delivered by horse. Of course! Can you imagine it? It really happened during the Great Depression through a program called The Pack Horse Library. In 1930, up to 31% of people in eastern Kentucky couldn’t read. This program served critical needs in the very...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in January, 1919. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in December, 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning how technology works, and...
Music is an extraordinary thing. It can bring us peace, encourage us to dance, help us study, and teach our children early reading skills! Listening to music and singing with young children can be incredibly beneficial! "Becoming a successful reader," states The University of Michigan,...
The La Porte County Public Library is pleased to announce that we have renewed most titles with our Flipster digital magazine subscription. Customers will continue to have access to many highly desired titles, like Better Homes and Gardens, Consumer Reports, People, Reader’s Digest, Time, and...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in November, 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
NoveList staff use their experience and skills to build a powerful resource with many customer-friendly search and retrieval tools for titles of interest. While search features such as genre, reading level and geographic location are more common to users, two fantastic search features are often...
Are you a smarty-pants? Showcase your knowledge at the Friends of the Library Trivia Night! Friends of the Library Trivia Night November 2 @ 6:00pm (Doors open at 5:30pm) La Porte County Fairgrounds Small Projects Building $10 per person (10 person team limit) - pay at the door Snack and Cash...
Have you ever wondered what happens at the library when the lights go out? Do the librarians pack up and go home or do they go to sleep at the library? What do the books do? Do they sit quietly on the shelf all night...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in October, 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Big Library Read (BLR) is back, and we’re thrilled to announce the newest winning title is: The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke. This Young Adult fantasy title tells the story of sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum as she time travels to 1988 East Berlin...
The Library is starting a Community Helper Series the first Friday of each month at our Stories & More class at the Main Library! During these early literacy classes, various individuals or organizations from around the county will share a book that they feel highlights...
September 28th was National Good Neighbor Day. Montana resident Becky Mattson lobbied for decades to establish this national day of recognition. In 1978, United States President Jimmy Carter issued Proclamation 4601: “As our Nation struggles to build friendship among the peoples of this world, we are...
With midterm elections approaching, it is important to be prepared, you should make a plan, and follow through. As American citizens, voting is one of the most important social duties we can preform. When you vote, you are making your voice heard and registering your...
A favorite of many book clubs, Hoosier mystery author, Lori Rader-Day, will close out the Library's year-long Read Local series on Thursday, October 4 at 6:00pm at the Main Library. Lori will discuss her newest novel, Under a Dark Sky. Lori has won numerous awards, including the...
The Library is participating in a one-year pilot project offered by BiblioBoard, Library Journal, and OverDrive. Fifty handpicked eBook titles reviewed by Library Journal staff from the BiblioBoard SELF-e Select program of independent authors make up this “best of” collection. The titles are a mixture...
September 3-8 The Germans are in retreat, amidst scenes of great confusion, opposite the Third British army to the south of the Somme where the English and Canadians smashed the Hindenburg switch line. A terrific bomb explosion in the federal building in Chicago shortly after 2 o’clock...
If you love to read and find it hard to imagine life without being able to read, maybe you’d like to become a volunteer tutor to help someone else to read better or increase other literacy skills. READ La Porte County, Inc., a United Way...
OverDrive has 'Libby'rated the ease of use of their digital app by introducing Libby! The Libby app is a fast and attractive digital browsing experience for the customer! Both Libby and the OverDrive app offer the same digital content from your library, but if you are...
Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus, was published 200 years ago, in 1818, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It has long since been called the world’s first science fiction novel. In Shelley’s tale, a scientist animates a creature constructed from dismembered corpses. The gentle, intellectually gifted creature is...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in August 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in July, 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Have you ever wondered what your house or another building looked like originally? You may be able to find some clues by searching the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. This is a valuable tool for genealogists, local historians, architects, and anyone who wants to learn about...
I was at the Fish Lake Branch shelving some books recently when I saw Sad Animal Facts by Brooke Barker for the first time. The title struck me as funny and I saw a cat on the spine of the book. As a self-proclaimed cat...
Gale Courses Offers Over 350 Online Classes What’s on your list to learn? Maybe you’d like to build up your business know-how, master a second language, or conquer code? Whatever it is, you’re bound to find something that piques your interest with Gale Courses. These classes...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in June, 2018. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the entire article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Summer is here and we're continuing our Read Local series this week with a visit by author Suzi Parron. Suzi has written more than one book about the history and origins of barn quilts. Midwest Living magazine featured eleven barn quilt trails to explore across...
The Library has recently added almost 4,000 classic literary titles to our digital eBook collection in OverDrive thanks to Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a volunteer-based program that digitizes and diligently proofreads thousands of the world's greatest literature on which the copyrights have expired, for enjoyment in...
With the Library being in the 'book business', I thought it might be fun to share with you the new show premiering tonight, May 22, at 7:00pm CST on PBS, 'The Great American Read'. 'The Great American Read' is an eight-part series, hosted by Meredith Vieira, that...
They're here! Have you heard them? Besides the first robin, daffodils, and forsythia in bloom there's one sure way I know that spring has really sprung. It's one of my favorite sounds. Spring peepers! The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread...
Kids ask a lot of questions. The older they get, the harder the questions and most often we don't know the answers. Kids pick up more than we might realize too. While it may seem that they are paying no attention to you at all,...
The history of La Porte is rich in manufacturing, agriculture, and even architectural design of many of the homes that pepper our scenic streets. But did you know that some of the deepest, most intriguing history of our town lies within the walls of the...
Sunday, May 13, 2018 is Mother's Day! It will be here before we know it. In preparation of this special day, here are a few book recommendations to read with your child. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is a classic children's story about a baby...
This talented lady is Dr. Lucinda Ann Marsh Alfieri---- my recently discovered Great, Great, Great Aunt Dr. Lucy. I first found out about Lucinda about 5 years ago. I was here at the La Porte County Public Library in the Indiana Room, using the microfilm readers...
Look at these sections from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in May, 1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. Want to read the whole article? It’s on microfilm in the...
Did you know that the La Porte County Public Library visits area senior living communities and nursing facilities? These visits provide enrichment to those who can’t necessarily make it to the library. Presentations include a number of visual objects, like photos or props from lesson...
In creating The First Rule of Punk, Celia C. Perez wanted to explore identity — all the different ways that people identify themselves and identify with one another. With her father thousands of miles away and her professor mom preoccupied, main character Malu finds...
If you watched the recent movie or read Madeleine L'Engle's classic book A Wrinkle in Time (or both), you'll want to check out some of these readalikes. Superfans should also read Becoming Madeleine, a new biography of the author written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis...
You asked. We listened. You can now check out STEAM kits for up to 6 weeks of inventing, tinkering, and learning! Thanks to a grant from the Unity Foundation of La Porte County, LPCPL is piloting this new collection that includes a mixture of high and...
April 2-7 Sorrow looms at a La Porte home where the dead body of a soldier boy, a son, will soon be brought. The mother was on her way to the hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn. where her son succumbed to scarlet fever. Girls employed in the...
In the third post in our series on STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math; the focus is on engineering. Most of us are engineers in our own right because engineering is the process of solving problems---whether you are organizing a drawer or building the...
This is the second post in a series on STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. These blog posts explain some of the unique ways that the La Porte County Public Library helps you learn all about STEAM one letter at a time. This post...
This is the first of a series of blog posts on STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. These blog posts explain some of the unique ways that the La Porte County Public Library helps you learn all about STEAM one letter at a time. Sally...
Poetry can feel out of reach sometimes...
Do you want to have a neighborhood of birds in your backyard? Build them a home “tweet” home at the La Porte County Public Library at our DIY Birdhouse Building class at Rolling Prairie, Saturday, March 24 at 9:30am. You can learn more about birdhouse...
Our Moon can be very dramatic at times with full moons, supermoons, lunar eclipses, and even Super Blue Blood Moons! There’s a lot to know. On March 19 come to It’s Just a Phase at our Rolling Prairie Branch and learn weird and wonderful facts...
Is your son or daughter thinking about career and college decisions? Or how about you? Are you thinking of returning to school in order to improve your job skills or to start a new career? (It’s never too late for that!) If so, you will...
As a parent, you want to ensure that your child will receive high-quality and nurturing care and education. His or her hours at preschool may be their first extended period of time away from home and you and your child both want to feel comfortable...
Join a Book Club to Enrich Your Reading Listening to what others have to say about books can give so much more meaning to them. Discussions can also give new perspectives on our lives. There are six book clubs in library locations in our system which...
Look at these statements from headline articles in the La Porte Argus in March,1918. Terminology, capitalization, and what makes headline news can be different. Yet accidents, business, crime, and war still make headlines. March 1-10 A Lacrosse man ends his life by blowing off the top of...
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The library has several new titles and a platform change for your 2018 magazine browsing pleasure! Here magazine "offers a fresh look at the growing creative community that makes up a large part of Northwest Indiana’s local economy: the entrepreneurs, artisans and locally sourced business that fill...
Did you know the Library has 23 different book club kits you can check out for your book club to read? In each kit, you'll find 10 copies of a book, a book sign-out sheet, discussion guide, and the author's biography. Take a look at these...
Tax season already?! The library can help you find the forms you need. Basic state forms are available at all locations. The federal instruction booklets and basic forms are not all in yet. We have received the 1040EZ forms, but the rest are coming. Staff...
There are mysteries in almost everyone’s family tree. Here’s an especially interesting and difficult one that a man from another state told me about at a social event. He said he didn’t know who his paternal grandfather is. That’s a close relation in family trees!...
Chris Van Allsburg was disappointed when he was a kid playing board games. He always imagined what it would be like if what happened on the game board happened in real life. That idea stuck with him as he grew up to write and illustrate...
La Porte County Public Library has the tools you need to research and organize your family history. You might have heard that baseball is America’s pastime, but do you know what Americans report to be their favorite hobbies? USA Today reports that genealogy is the...
TumbleBooks is a wonderful adventure into the world of eBooks for children! A growing number of children have access to tablets and computers, so eBooks are becoming more readily available. TumbleBooks is an excellent option for reading books online with over 500 books to enjoy....
Join us at the Hanna Branch for a DIY Soap Carving class on February 10 from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Local artist, Carl and Heather Banas will be teaching this class which is designed for ages 10 and up. Carl has been carving as a hobby for...
Join us at the Union Mills Branch for a Card Making class on February 6 to make creative and unique cards using the Cuttlebug, Cricut, and Sizzix Big Shot. There will be blank cards, envelopes, and paper for the class to use for making their cards. Amy Morrison, a...
Are you ready to take the Operation Ozobot! Challenge? Do you have what it takes? Then again----What exactly is an Ozobot? Ozobots are a one-inch-tall robots that use photo-sensory perception to recognize patterns, lights, colors, and codes to perform a task. These small but mighty robots...
Do you love bowling?! Yes? Not Sure? Then the La Porte County Public Library has an event just for you. At Robot Bowling, you can program your bowling ball ( Sphero Robot) to roll itself! No more picking up and throwing balls! Sphero Robots are a...
Uh-oh! Mr. Bear broke his chair! We need to build a new chair for Mr. Bear! Building a chair for Mr. Bear lets our creative kids become engineers! Engineers are people who create solutions to problems. And that's exactly who Mr. Bear needs to help build him...
Ever wonder what your mom looked like when she was a freshman? Or what your dad wore to his senior prom? Wanna dig up embarrassing pictures of when your sister was in Swing Choir to show your niece and nephews? The La Porte County Public Library...
The night sky in January will be full of lunar events. From meteor showers to total lunar eclipses, it is sure to dazzle us all with its beauty. A very special astrological event is happening on January 31. Not only will there be a full moon,...
Author Lesa Cline-Ransome always found the story of Harriet Tubman inspiring, It wasn't until she began researching her story that she realized how much she really didn't know. The husband and wife author/illustrator team introduce and share some of the backstory for creating Before She Was Harriet....
Whenever Jason Chin creates a book, he always visits the place first as part of his research. "It's really important for me to go on location," he says, noting that doing so helps him discover things he wouldn't through other research methods. This certainly...
The Holidays. Ahhhhhhhh. That time of year when we are all wracking our brain to think of the perfect gifts for friends and loved-ones. Sometimes, it can be a complete nightmare which sends me into a full-blown panic attack. It doesn’t have to be, though. Literally, there is a book...
Here are the titles we’ll be discussing at our 2018 monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month in Meeting Room B at the Main Library from noon until 1:00pm. Refreshments appropriate to the books are included. Each title is available in various print...
It has been said that a child's mind is like a sponge. They absorb everything so readily when they are young! That is why it is essential to introduce them to a wide range of different experiences! Learning a foreign language is one such experience...
December 1-9 The Germans captured 4,000 British soldiers on Friday. La Porte “grocerymen” receive word that their business will be governed under the food administration of Herbert Hoover. President Wilson re-states that the U. S. intends to win the war and must at once declare war on Austria-Hungary...
Genealogist Alan Zeller led a class on DNA recently at the Main Library. Here are some points which were discussed. For genealogical purposes, DNA tests help people discover their ethnic origins and find new relatives. Several companies do the testing. To help decide which company to...
Open Enrollment at https://www.healthcare.gov/ ends December 15th which is much shorter than last year. If you have questions check out https://www.healthcare.gov/get-answers/ People earning between 100% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) qualify for federal tax credits which help them pay their monthly health insurance...
Customers of the La Porte County Public Library in La Porte can now access their favorite digital magazines using Flipster® from EBSCO Information Services. Flipster is a next-generation magazine service that allows people to browse digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines, courtesy...
November 1-4 The U. S. extends to Great Britain a credit of $435,000,000, the largest loan yet made by this country to any of its allies. There is nothing to the dispatches saying that Russia has quit the war. Germany’s potato and sugar crops are larger than those...
I’m excited about this month’s Book Bites theme! Why? Because the Heart and Soul theme is going to mean different things to different people which should translate into an interesting variety of recipes chosen. We are meeting on Friday, October 20th at 11 am in...
Have you ever wondered how to prepare your baby or toddler for reading? Have you ever thought it was even POSSIBLE for your baby or toddler to develop reading skills at such a young age? Children are always learning and taking in their surroundings, even...
October 2-7 More than 600 saloons in New York have refused to renew their licenses. One hundred fifty more men will be examined to give service to the country before the close of this week. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, spent the enormous total of $27,000,000 in...
It all started with PBS...
What is a bullet journal? As quoted from the official bullet journal site, a bullet journal “can be your to-do list, sketchbook, notebook, and dairy, but most likely, it will be all of the above.” Why am I extremely curious about bullet journals? Because my whole life...
Did you know the brain is able to produce the energy needed to light up a single bulb? Your brain contains about 100 billion tiny cells called neurons. There are so many that counting all of them would take you 3000 years. When we...
If you like using our Ancestry Library Edition database, do you check Recently Added/Updated Collections? The link is located at the bottom of Ancestry’s homepage under Quick Links. Many collections are added or updated every week and sometimes daily. Each listing is noted as Updated...
What's a book mashup? It's a work of fiction that combines literary elements from two or more existing sources to create a unique story. Well done mashups are fun to read because of the clever way familiar stories or genres or characters or even famous...