Just 'Tween You and Moi

Just 'tween you and moi, some books have been reclassified in the MPL Youth Services Department.

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 'Tween Collection has been moved to Juvenile (J) stacks

Bet this wienerdog had something to do with this

(Yes, I checked the proper spelling of wiener.  You can look it up.  Apparently, the other popular spelling is also acceptable.)

Don't panic, 'Tweenies!  (Don't know who 'Tweens are?  This blog post has you covered.)  The 'Tween collection has NOT--repeat, NOT--been deleted (or, as we say in librarianspeak, "weeded" or "discarded") from our Evergreen Indiana catalog.  Everything has simply been relocated to our Juvenile collections.  (Those are the items with the call numbers beginning with the letter J.)  Look for them in J Fiction and J Nonfiction.  Easy as canned tuna-in-oil. Or pie, if you prefer.

Why did wienerdog move the 'Tween books?  Why do slobberdogs do anything?  To make people patrons happy, of course.  With most of our books collectively shelved under "J," they should be MUCH easier to find.

Hey, what's that on the shelves next to the former 'Tween section?

 

It's Cerberus!

Three-headed slobberdogs, I don't need.

Let our helpful staff know if you need any assistance locating the 'Tween (or other) items in their new digs.  We're masters of the know, after all.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Why You Like Us

Why do patrons like my Library?  We have a Facebook post for that. We've also got a post-it note display in our youth services department. We cover all the bases, for sure.  That's why we have Casey at the Bat in charge of our YS.

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Great display, Crafty Gal!  We'd like to hear from you.  Just visit our Facebook Page and post a comment; or drop by the Library, grab a post-it note and pen, and have at it.  Whatever your reasons, we're glad to have you here at MPL, either physically or electronically.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  "What I Like About You," by the Romantics, appeared on the band's self-titled debut album (1980).

Keeping a Low Profile, I'll Venture

Torrey the Turkey has gone missing!  As next week is Thanksgiving, he's keeping a low profile, I'll venture.

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Nice Thanksgiving Book Display, Crafty Gal

So, where could Torrey the Turkey have gotten to?  (Okay, grammar police!  To where could Torrey have gotten?)  Find him and win a prize!  I hope it's canned tuna-in-oil, because I happen to know precisely where Torrey is hiding.  (Yes, I can be bribed.  Just saying.)

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  Let's reprise Crafty Gal's Thanksgiving video from last year, in case you missed it.

 

Our Discovery, Pretty Much

Lots of humans enjoy meditating.  We cats, of course, invented it.

Basic Feline Meditation Posture

You're Doing It Wrong, Buddha

Focus Your Attention

We have a new book trailer about meditation.  If you've never read Alan Watts, you're missing the spiritual boat.  Or maybe the peace train.

MPL Book Trailer #181
Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation, by Alan Watts

We made a book trailer for another of Alan Watts' classic books.

MPL Book Trailer #158

This Is It, by Alan Watts

My Library has loads of books, audio CDs, and DVDs about meditation.  They are available to check-out in our Evergreen Indiana online catalog, if you have an E.I. library card.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  Indian vedics (and, later, Indian and Tibetan Buddhists) shifted into cosmic consciousness by chanting mantras.  The sounds focused concentration and attention, as well as controlled breathing, during meditation.  An especially effective mantra was the Sanskrit "Om Mani Padme Hum," which is a prayer for compassion to the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit for "Lord who looks down"), an embodiment of the compassion of all Buddhas.  The Moody Blues were obviously intrigued by Eastern mysticism, religion, and philosophy.  Mike Pinder's "Om" completed the group's ground-breaking conceptual album, In Search of the Lost Chord (1968).  Pinder left the band in the late 1970s.  He is best known today for his audio recordings of children's stories.

P.P.S.  "One Step Into the Light" was another Mike Pinder masterpiece, which appeared on the Moody Blues LP Octave (1978).  Pinder's best tunes were about spiritual pursuits.

Take Five, Crickets!

Remember last month, when Casey at the Bat and Crafty Gal applied for an Indiana State Library (ISL) rock star startup kit for their youth services programs?

ISL Rock Star Startup Kit Video,

by MPL Youth Services

Guess what?  THEY WON!  Soon they will be playing a brand new ukulele! I wonder what that will sound like.

Ukulele Children's Song, "Mr. Clicketty Cane,"
composed by Peter Combe and

performed by Renata Jayne (2013)

Maybe Crafty Gal and/or Casey at the Bat will play their new ukulele for our digital video camera, much like Renata Jayne, a children's storyteller/musician from Brisbane, Australia who has a Facebook page and website.  Sounds like a great video series for our early literacy patrons!  Minions, make it so.

Glad to know that we won't be having so many awkward silences around the Library once our ukulele arrives.  Those crickets could use a rest.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat