Category: Family & Education

  • Bea’s Books: One Crazy Summer

    Bea’s Books: One Crazy Summer

    BEA’S BOOKSOne Crazy Summer (5 out of 5 stars) One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is about three sisters: Delphine, Vonetta and Fern. It takes…

  • Back to School?: In year of uncertainty, parents, students and teachers tackle new challenges

    Back to School?: In year of uncertainty, parents, students and teachers tackle new challenges

    BY DAVID LAMB After the debate over how to handle the coming academic year raged through most of the summer, with no consensus emerging, administrators…

  • Answering the Pandemic

    Answering the Pandemic

    by Rafael Ortega Every day at Ramsey County, we are reminded that we are facing the largest health and economic crisis in 100 years and…

  • WHOLE WIDE WORLD West 7th Public Library

    WHOLE WIDE WORLD West 7th Public Library

    by cate sering, library manager As we transition out of summer, we know that the needs of our community are more important than ever.  Whether you…

  • SteppingStone Summer Plans

    SteppingStone Summer Plans

    Life as we know it has changed. Amid chaos and worry, we have seen incredible creativity, innovation, and dogged determination from the SteppingStone Community. To…

  • Whole Wide World

    Whole Wide World

    SPPL’s Contactless Pickup Service Connecting Our doors may be temporarily closed, but we’re still offering resources to keep you connected. Staff members are still taking calls…

  • Nova Senior Lands Prestigious Nomination

    Nova Senior Lands Prestigious Nomination

    Richard Lin, a senior at Nova Classical Academy, has been named a candidate and invited to apply for the prestigious honor of becoming a Presidential Scholar.…

  • CollegeBound Saint Paul Looks to Kids’ Futures

    CollegeBound Saint Paul Looks to Kids’ Futures

    Every child born in St. Paul starting January 1, 2020, will have a birthday gift deposited into his or her CollegeBound educational saving account. The program…

  • SPPL Puppet Show: “The Gingerbread Man”

    SPPL Puppet Show: “The Gingerbread Man”

    The Loki Puppet Players, comprised of SPPL Youth Services staff and volunteers, will perform the show on George Latimer Central Library’s historic Jemne puppet stage.…