We finally have new furniture in the Mount Kisco Library teen room!
Look! Isn’t it lovely?

Plus, we have a reference desk in the Children’s Room!

Isn’t it lovely, and don’t Lazy and Crazy look happy in their new home?

In other news, the latest library podcast episode is up! This episode features teen writers, inspiration, creativity, etc. We have two more episodes in the pipeline. The first one will feature an interview with Fidencia Solomon, who will read her poem, Looking For Change. Then we will have an interview with authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, of “Nanny Diaries” fame, talking about their work and introducing their new book, The Real Real! So, stay tuned! And in the meantime, I hope you enjoy our current episode.

Hey, everybody!

Today, I’ve got a couple of awesome photos for you, which illustrate interactions between human beings and the natural world, and feature (especially!) bicycles! I was inspired by the thought that our new library should soon be getting a bike rack. Who knows what wonderful things may then be seen in Mount Kisco?

The first photo is by Ton Van der Weerden from Holland. The horse is a Dutch Draft, a breed I did not know before. Isn’t he beautiful?

As you see, the type of horse is very similar to the Belgian Drafts from my home town, but the hairstyle is quite different! For pulling, people in my part of the world clip the horses’ manes short and trim their fetlocks. In Holland, they leave the horses’ hair long and make beautiful braids!

And here’s a Russian Blue kitten, photographed by Lindy Meow! Gorgeous, isn’t it!

This one’s definitely set for wurld domanashun, don’t you think?

So, it will be very exciting if we do actually get a bike rack at the library!

In the meantime, I am happy to report that we did get some new furniture today! Behold the Teen Room Computer Desks! The teenagers tell me they like them a lot, and I think they are very pretty!

That’s it for this afternoon — enjoy! And I am always amenable to comments or suggestions!

PS Don’t forget, Emma McGlauchlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of The Nanny Diaries will be at the library to introduce their new book, The Real Real on Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM!

PPS Just noticed, I ended almost every sentence in this post with an exclamation point! What in the world was I thinking?!

…which we would never be able to use in the library (I don’t think). But isn’t it cute?

You can even put a newspaper in his mouth!

Soon, we will be moving into our new “green” building (green in the environmental sense — it will be faced with brick). I have been asked to plan shelving and furniture for the new Children’s room, so I have been thinking, searching — and discovering some wonderful things! Some of my favorite items probably won’t be possible for us – partly because I cannot find United States distributors for them. But I hope we may eventually have something like these “livingstones” in the Children’s room.

Livingstones furniture

And how about these tangram shelves for housing games, or a display of the newest graphic novels, in the teen area?

Tangram shelving from Lago Co., Italy

Aren’t these amazingly creative and cool?

And the company provides a whole slew of possible designs at this link. (PDF file)

It’s wonderful what you can find online, isn’t it?

Enjoy!