Meoowww, Thistle, here. :) This last week was a busy one. We had 21 peeps for Tykes Story Hour!! That was soooo awesome. Briar and I LOVE it when the kids come to the library. We really get to play on Monday afternoons with our friends Gianna, Raelynn, Nolan, and Cambria. Gianna and Raelyn love me, especially. They carry me around and give me lovies almost the entire time they are there…I LOVE them.❤️. Briar goes nuts with the kids. They run and play and sometimes the kids take Briar out for a walk. That makes her so very happy. We adore kids. ❤️ We’re pretty lucky. Thursday was a weird day. Mom and Dad didn’t let me have ANY breakfast…what in the world was THAT all about?!! Then, Dad drove me to the place where it smells like a million other animals and left me in a cage! The people there were nice. I don’t remember going to sleep, but all of a sudden I was waking up and my belly was shaved! WEIRD!! Next thing I know Mom is there to pick me up and when we left the building we just walked across the street to the library!! I was at Hilltop Animal Hospital!! Who knew?!! Mom said I was supposed to stay quiet so she put me in the work room by myself and closed the door. (She was worried about Briar eating my head and playing too rough…’cause Briar ALWAYS does. My Mom is always yelling, “Briar! Stop eating your sister!!” Anyway, I didn’t particularly care for being alone and I saw this cool metal step ladder so I climbed it and knocked it over and when Mom opened the door to check on me I bolted out the door into her office and jumped up on the desk. To my great delight, there were a few bits of kibble left in my dish so I tucked right in. I was STARVING, for Pete’s sake. Mom wasn’t too happy about the whole thing, but she had to leave to read to the kids at the elementary school then so I got away with it.:) She’ll forgive me. She loves me. On Friday at 4:00pm the Malvern Fire Department brought their fire truck to show to our after-school kids and took three different groups for a ride in the truck. They even got to run the siren when they got out of the town proper. So cool!!! Grown-ups got to go too! My Mom, Mary Beth Costello, and Jennifer Henscheid had their very first ride in a fire truck. Isn’t that hilarious?!! All the children who showed up had a blast. All received yummy snacks, as well. We so appreciate our fire fighters!! These amazing volunteers will be bringing their truck at 10:00am for Monday’s Little Tykes Story Time peeps. We’ll have to share those pictures in next week’s paper. The Saturday showing of On the Basis of Sex only had a few attendees, but all who came enjoyed it immensely. The movie was very well done. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a name in the realm of politics that people either love or do not love. There is everything to love about the case she takes on in the movie. She fights for equal rights for a bachelor that is taking care of his elderly mother. He hires a nurse to help him care for his mother who requires around the clock care. In so doing, he deducts the wages he paid the nurse from his taxable monies. According to the law at that time, only women could be caretakers, so the gentleman was being taken to court for not paying enough taxes. Happily, Ruth wins the argument and thereby, precipitates the change of a biased law. Well worth the watch. Here’s a bit of the programming going on at the library on a regular basis:
Every Thursday afternoon my Mom goes to the elementary school and reads to 3-6 different classes. Miss Nielsen changes things up to spread the wealth. Saturdays (most activities appropriate for school age children and families):
Special Programming:
What activities, classes, or get-togethers of any kind would you like to see the Malvern Public Library provide for our community? Call my Mom, Lisa Formhals, or, Hans Leitner, your assistant librarian, at the library (712-624-8554) to give your input on what activities you’d like to have offered at your library. May you land on all four paws! Thistle, the Library Kitten 😺
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