Category Archives: Recommended Reading

This Tacoma author visited Collins library 4 years ago! His book, once banned, is now a movie with a fall release planned! Read more.

Read about our Literary Cats in Collins Library! This week’s “Feline Fridays” series presents: the Mother Goose nursery rhyme (Call No.: PZ8.3.M85 Rn), about the Three Little Kittens who lost their mittens. In The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford, (Call … Continue reading →

Read about our Literary Cats in Collins Library! This week’s “Feline Fridays” series presents: The Mother Goose nursery rhyme (Call No.:  PZ8.3.M85 Rn), about the cat who ran away with the pudding string.

Read about our Literary Cats in Collins Library! This week’s “Feline Fridays” series presents: the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (Call No.:  PZ7.R79835 Halm 2003), where Mrs. Norris is a cat belonging to Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch.

Hey – today we received the first submission for the 2013 Book Collecting Contest! Once you recover from the stress of exams and final projects, use the break to focus on something you love – your personal book collection!  Remember, … Continue reading →

Read about our Literary Cats in Collins Library! This week’s “Feline Fridays” series presents: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books (Call No.: PZ7.W6461 Lit2). Kitty is the Ingalls family’s mouser. In The Witches by Roald Dahl, (Call No.: PZ7.D1515 Wi … Continue reading →

What is the gas mileage of your car? How much of your state is water covered? Where can you download software that will give atomic precision to your computer’s clock? These and many other questions can and have been answered … Continue reading →

Gwynne Brown, Assistant Professor of Music History and Music Theory at the University of Puget Sound enjoyed library fame as guest contributor to the MARL blog at Emory University. Gwynne spent a month with them this summer delving into the … Continue reading →

Read about our Literary Cats in Collins Library! This week’s “Feline Fridays” series presents: Space-time For Springers by Fritz Leiber (Call No.: PS3523.E4583 B4), where in this collection of short stories, Gummitch is a superkitten. In The Cricket in Times … Continue reading →