The Dahl family May 17

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Grace: “What is the 518 Rainbow hunt?” Eliza: “Why are you painting a rainbow?” Ella: “It gives people something to do, being outdoors, being with family while we are being socially distant during this CO-VID19 Outbreak.” The creator of the group “saw a similar idea on Facebook from … Read more

The Dahl family May 16

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Well, David, I know you told Mary you would help her with the book processing, but I’m not sure you’re doing it right.

The Dahl family May 15

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… Hannah decided to sneak away from the family for a much-needed outdoor break. She decided to visit the Pember Nature Preserve for a bird walk. Anyone can do this using a bird book and binoculars. She had a lot of fun and enjoyed the spring air. If you … Read more

The Dahl family May 14

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Jo-Ann & Jennie are doing research on pandemics. They found this info from the 1915-16 Pember Library reports that discusses the effect the scarlet fever epidemic had on library circulation and use.

The Dahl family May 13

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family We just L♥ve Lucy! She let us groom her and then we had story time. Dewey was our favorite. Another library cat!

The Dahl family May 12

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… It’s story time in the Museum which offers a small table with children’s book for reading. Marie and Ella joined up with a Scarlet Macaw puppet to read Help the Animals of South America. They both agree that Spider Monkeys are cute. What other monkeys can be found … Read more

The Dahl family May 11

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family This is Alice Merrill. She’s still in high school back in Grinnell. She works part-time at “Lil’ Miss Chic Boutique” and is saving her money to go to college to become a journalist. She belongs to the newspaper club at school, likes to go camping and is teaching … Read more

The Dahl family May 10

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family The Dahl family and their cousins wish they could be home to celebrate Mother’s Day as they usually do but, with the many social limitations of this pandemic, they decided to do a Zoom call to their moms in Iowa. Many of us will need to do the … Read more

The Dahl family May 9

The continuing adventures of the Dahl family Ruth and David have been playing chess against each other for years. They are pretty evenly matched. They really like our glass chess set but wonder why we don’t have a 3D set. Marie is very proud of the little bench she built using our Keva Planks. Grace … Read more

The Dahl family May 8

The adventures of the Dahl family continues… If you have visited the Museum, then you know that there’s no “monkeying” around in there, but that didn’t stop David! Poor Lemur. Oh by the way, a Lemur is not a monkey. Lemurs are prosimians. Whoa!