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Celebrate Today! National Pet Day

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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!)

Pets! We love to talk about happiness (see our Monday series: Happiness in the Library) and managing your stress. And pets can be a fun way to accomplish both of them! If you have pets, you already know this. They are extra work, cost money, and bring you some worry – but they more than balance that out by being cuddly or fun or at least getting you up and moving around more to play with them!

And for those of us who can’t have pets at home, what are we supposed to do? Fortunately, the internet is filled with pets of all sorts. One of our favorites is Kitten Academy: Where kittens learn to cat! These foster momcats and babies are all up for adoption (you have to go pick them up in Connecticut) from their local shelter. The cameras are constantly adjusted, so you can see sleeping kittens (pretty frequent!) or kittens running around, playing, and living their absolutely best lives.

Read some pet books today – and share the with your patrons:

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!