Category: Kids and Teens

• Check Out Passports to Connecticut Libraries

  Do you love the Connecticut Wine Trail Passport program, but wish there was one for book lovers? Do we have the passport for you! Passports to Connecticut Libraries is back and better than ever. From April 1st through April 30th, the Russell Library will be participating in Passports to Connecticut Libraries. This is an event…

  brianarusselllibrary

  April 1, 2024

  Contests, Kids and Teens, Libraries

  ConnecticutWineTrailPassport, FreedomToRead, KidsAndAdults, NationalLibraryOutreachDay, NationalLibraryWeek, NationalLibraryWorkersDay, PassportToConnecticutLibraries, Prizes, RightToReadDay, TakeActionForLibrariesDay, VisaGiftCards

• Dear Laura and Dear Edna

  Letters to the first two female library directors in honor of Women’s History Month Dear Laura, You were the first female director of Russell Library. The first director, George Winchester, resigned after 8 years. The library struggled financially during its first years and Winchester resigned partly because of his disinclination of dealing anymore with the…

  Mary

  March 25, 2024

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

  ChildrensDepartment, ConnecticutPublicLibraryCommission, DirectorLaura, LauraPhilbrook, LibraryBoard, LibraryDirector, WomensHistoryMonth

• Lost in Translation: Honorifics 

  Welcome back to the blog! This is a segment I started to help new and casual readers of manga understand things that are mistranslated or lost crossing cultures. In this next segment, I want to cover honorifics.  You might have noticed little words tacked onto the end of names in your reading. These “little words”…

  dillhelm

  March 18, 2024

  Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations, Trending

  Chan, GraphicNovels, Honorifics, JapaneseHonorifics, KatashiHatake, Kun, Manga, Naruto, Sama, San, SpyXFamily, VinlandSaga

• Lost in Translation: the Confession

  Hey everybody! It’s Dillon again back to talk about more manga. I hope that in the new year, a few of you have picked up some manga to try it out. I would be curious to hear your thoughts and opinions, so come and find me in Russell Library and chat. I thought about starting…

  dillhelm

  February 5, 2024

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations

  Aharen-senWaHakarenai, Anime, GraphicNovels, Horimiya, Kaguya-sama, KomiCantCommunicate, LoveIsWar, Manga, MyDressUpDarling, Shikimori’sNotJustACutie, TomoChanIsAGirl

• Animation that Excites, Manga that Inspires

  As graphic novels are trending more and more, the term “manga” might have tickled your ear. What is manga and where did it come from? My name is Dillon, I am a new Library Associate here in our Information Services and Adult Learning Department. I’m here to shed some light on the subject.  Manga (pronounced…

  dillhelm

  December 18, 2023

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Lost In Translation, Movies, Recommendations, Trending

  Anime, AsiaPacific, Cartoons, Comics, DCComics, GraphicNovels, Japan, Manga, Marvel, Toonami