*This blog post does not provide medical advice and is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read in this article. If you think you may have a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911.

Have you ever lost a game? Do you remember how hard it was to deal with that? For many, that may have been your first experience with loss.

Mother’s Day Books for Kids on Hoopla

Can You Dig it?  Children’s Gardening Guide on Hoopla

This post is part of a series about media literacy. What is media literacy? It’s the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using information in all forms. (source https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/)

While the world continues to react to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are finding ourselves suddenly out of work and facing closings. If you are here now, and you're unsure of what comes next, you can use this blog post as a starting point.

Below you will find a list of resources--some local to North Alabama, others state-wide--covering a range of employment topics. The information contained behind each link is subject to change as this situation progresses. This post will be updated accordingly.

UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

This Cannot Be Real - YA Fairytale and Mythology

Being at home during the stay at home order means many of our routines have changed. Gyms are closed, and we may be sitting for even longer periods of time working from home, bingeing television shows, and helping kids with their school work. Whether you are looking to feel physically and mentally fit or trying to keep off the quarantine fifteen, these free resources for a variety of fitness levels are accessible from home any time of day. 

HASfit

    Visit Hoopla Digital to check these movies out with your library card!

Color Out of Space -2019- Nicholas Cage in this adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's story of alien fallout. From director Richard Stanley.

This is the first post in a series about media literacy. What is media literacy? It’s the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using information in all forms. (source https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/)

We’re all doing our part to social distance and to flatten the curve by staying home when we can, and for many of us, that means spending more time on social media to keep ourselves connected to our friends and loved ones. With the increased usage of social media across all platforms during this time, information, both good and bad, can spread incredibly fast, hitting thousands, even millions, of social media feeds within hours.

COVID-19 is impacting all of us in different ways. The library provides an easy way for you to get reliable and up-to-date information regarding COVID-19. See below for a list of resources to keep you informed.

To read the Library’s initial post regarding information about COVID-19, please click here. (Please note that the links will provide the most up-to-date information).

For global information about COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has created this webpage for their most up-to-date information.