That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.
Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)
This would be a good day to practice those handwriting skills you looked at a couple of weeks ago. If you are anything like me, you stand over the garbage when opening your mail – because it’s mostly just junk. But every so often, you get a real letter; and that is always so fun! Make someone’s day this week by sending a letter (or two).
Of course, there are a few books you might want to read (and display!):
- The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave, by Willie Lynch
- The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience, by Shaun Usher
- A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré, by John le Carré (Author), Tim Cornwell (Editor)
- Letters from Lima, by Shaun Randall
- Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary Correspondence from History’s Remarkable Women, by Lucinda Hawksley
- Math Letters: Discover a different side of mathematics, by W.B. Schaefman
And this is an easy holiday to build some programs around for your library:
- obviously, writing letters to family and loved ones would be nice
- reach out to local organizations to see if nursing home residents are available to receive letters
- there are a lot of organizations that will help you organize sending letters to military troops and families – a great way to be supportive of their hard work
- get some postcards printed from your library (it’s easy and cheap to make cute ones!), and send them to your local politicians. Have a postcard event, so your patrons can handwrite messages of support for your library!
The main thing today: just take a few minutes to enjoy yourself and to have a happy minute. We are here for you, and your year-long celebrations!