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Michele Benton
9 years
@PenguinTeen @penguinusa This has to be worth at least 1 awesome dagger letter opener. @sabaatahir #AnEmberInTheAshes http://t.co/aMh5B9to9T
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Michele Benton
1 year
@MerriamWebster Out of the long list of tough words we've struggled pronouncing over the years we're going with sommelier
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning Twitter world! Here's the #tuesdayvibe for #ValentinesDay :
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning and Happy Tuesday! Don't lie, you've definitely looked at someone like this - we know we have! #Tuesdayvibe
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Michele Benton
2 years
@goodreads The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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Michele Benton
1 year
We were challenged by @MPL_WI and we challenge: @cppllibrary @PequotLibrary @RivFreeLibrary @LibraryFAFB @Macedon_Library to post 5 photos of books (one a day) with the word #Beach in the title. Each of you should challenge 5 new public libraries to play 😉
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Michele Benton
2 years
We made it here to say #goodmorning and bring you this #tuesdayvibe : (don't ask what happened when we couldn't get in the door and had to stay in the cold)
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning and welcome to December! We came into the library today only to find that we had some help with our decorations ❄🎄🎅
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Michele Benton
2 years
#Goodmorning everyone! Happy Tuesday - here's our #tuesdayvibe today:
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Michele Benton
2 years
Who's ready for Shelfie Day next week? Get your cameras ready and grab a shelfie! Take a photo of you with your favorite book, grab a shelfie in front of the library stacks, or share a photo of your book display!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Who else is guilty of grabbing a new book instead of crossing one off the TBR list?
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning all! We are 9 days away from picking up our eggs for Chicks at the Library 🐣🐥🐤 During the month of April we will be tending to and caring for the developing chicken eggs through the 21 day process until they hatch. Keep an eye out for livestream details #chickens
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Michele Benton
1 year
We had a blast with @GeneHa at the library yesterday! Everyone got to learn a bit about drawing and then create their own superheroes - participants even got to go home with original sketches by Gene! #Artists #Libraries #LoveMyLibrary
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Michele Benton
2 years
Buen día all you fantastical, magical, amazing twitter peeps. Here's our #tuesdayvibe :
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning, we've made it to another #Monday ! Get connected this week and check out a hot spot - wi-fi wherever you are!
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Michele Benton
2 years
We have some brave souls who wanted to participate (read as: coerced into participating by the persistent marketer on the team) in #libraryshelfieday ! Share your #shelfie with us if you too are a brave soul voluntarily 😉 participating!
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning ☀🌸🌺🌻 It's a beautiful day to visit & see our zinnias!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Happy #ThursdayMorning to all you wonderous readers on the twitterverse today! #thursdayvibes :
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning(ish) #Monday Today we offer this #MondayMotivation : Give your time only to the good things today. Like books!
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Michele Benton
10 months
Do you need an updated headshot? Maybe you're looking for a family photo for the holidays? Look no further than the library! Stop by on our picture day to get your individual or family photos taken. This Saturday, November 11th 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM No registration required.
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning! Happy #Mondaymorning to all you wonderful people out there!
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Michele Benton
1 year
Happy #thursdaymorning to all of our wonderful library friends and awesome peeps out there!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning! With all the incoming weather we thought this was appropriate this morning for our #wednesdaythought
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning fellow book lovers! What are you reading today?
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning! Did you know we're holding a food drive at the library? Donate & help your community thrive #HealthyZion
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Michele Benton
1 year
Mark your calendars: Saturday June 3rd. Drop in anytime from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM for our Summer Reading Rewind Kick-Off Party! Kick it to tunes of the 70's, 80's, & 90's, register for the challenge, compete in retro games for outta sight prizes, & more!
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Michele Benton
2 years
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Michele Benton
4 years
Illinois is ranked at #6 in the country for self-response rates! Let’s all work together to get ourselves even higher in the rankings: go to today to fill out your Census and save a Census taker from coming to your door. #MakeILCount #GetCounted
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Michele Benton
1 year
Organize the library shelves, but add in some ✨magic✨
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning all! The #Tuesdayvibe is here:
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Michele Benton
2 years
We have memes. We have movies. You should visit us.
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Michele Benton
8 years
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Michele Benton
1 year
Day #2
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Michele Benton
1 year
Come to our pet rock adoption event! June 10th @ 1:00 PM Ask our professional rock handlers & trainers your questions and then pick out and bring your new buddy home!
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Michele Benton
2 years
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Michele Benton
2 years
We have a new look for our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program! Know any tenacious tiny readers? Sign up today!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Take a #break today and walk to the #library with me!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Hello, Good Morning, Happy #MondayMorning ! Here's what's going on at ZBPL this week:
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning to all your wonderful peeps out there in the Twitterverse. It's #MyTwitterAnniversary 15 years ago we started sharing our library with you here and we can't wait for another 15!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Our #tuesdaymotivations : Books Good morning & a happy #Tuesday to you all!
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Michele Benton
1 year
Poptart. Pillows! We had fun learning how to sew by hand and created something adorable in the process. Find more events and register online at
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Michele Benton
3 years
Happy 2sday! Browse our collection for some items related to the number 2! What are some of your favorite sequels in a series?
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Michele Benton
6 years
Thank you so much for this audiobook donation, @recordedbooks ! We can't wait to see the lucky winners faces at Authors After Hours! More info here:
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning & happy Wednesday to all you wonderful peeps out here on #librarytwitter
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Michele Benton
2 years
#regretnothing when it comes to book choices! We've seen people leave the library with carts of books
@livebrary
Livebrary | Suffolk County Library System
2 years
"What do you mean I can't take the whole library home with me?" #MemeMonday #libraryhumor
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Michele Benton
1 year
@goodreads It's a reread, but Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
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Michele Benton
2 years
@FakeLibStats Very aesthetically pleasing, but when I shared this with the rest of the librarians there were some tears.
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Michele Benton
2 years
@cwiseraven @goodreads This is us. We can't pick, we love them all!
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Michele Benton
2 years
When a coworker complained that they can't find any good clipart for "snowman arms" we had to do it.
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Michele Benton
2 years
@MerriamWebster AI grows fast and learns what it can But it will never beat the learned wisdom of man
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning! We've reached our community reading goal of 200,000 minutes and we'd like to give a huge THANK YOU to all who contributed. Keep on reading & make sure you get your prizes! Summer Reading Rewind ends August 5th.
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Michele Benton
1 year
Celebrate #starwarsday with us at the library! We will be hosting a special showing of Star Wars A New Hope on Thursday, May 4th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM No registration required.
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Michele Benton
1 year
Check out our Grand Prize winner for our ZBPL Photo Contest 2023! Congrats Harry P!
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Michele Benton
1 year
@goodreads Our book club read 😶 The meeting is today! The Five Wounds by Kristin Valdez Quade
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Michele Benton
2 years
@penguinrandom The call, the refusal of the call, and lastly the call knows where you live and is trying to contact you about your destiny's extended warranty.
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Michele Benton
2 years
Who else is excited to watch the moon eclipse mars on Thursday night?
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning! Here's a #ThursdayMorning thought: Taking a nap is the human equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and on again?" for computers.
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Michele Benton
2 years
In honor of #DannyDeVito birthday, we would like to share that at one point in time a certain algorithm thought we wanted to buy a painting of him lovingly holding a ham.....I mean they weren't wrong, but it's still funny.
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Michele Benton
1 year
Overheard at the library today: Child whispering "I love you" We look over. Child is hugging and petting the stuffed animal we keep next to the kids self check-out. ♥🥰
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Michele Benton
2 years
A cute beaver video & a beaver fact for today: Beavers can remain underwater for 6-8 minutes! The average human can do about a minute and a half.
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning Twitter! #wednesdaythought of the week: Bean bags are just boneless sofas
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Michele Benton
11 months
📚🌳🍂 We're not saying it's the perfect fall reading nook, but...
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Michele Benton
1 year
Two words: Pet Rocks! We had a great time and many of our pet rocks got adopted out into wonderful homes :) Next Summer Reading Rewind event is Thursday 6/15 @ 6 PM come watch Jaws with us (we have popcorn 👀🍿)!
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Michele Benton
1 year
We're one step closer to reopening our Adult Services area! Stop by on Saturday, August 26th to browse the stacks, enjoy the new layout, & take a look at our cool new teen space.
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Michele Benton
7 months
My Facebook got hacked earlier my email and password was changed by the hacker I have contacted support but it didn’t work until when I met @ombrecovery who finally got access to my hacked account he’s a professional you can reach out to him !
@MasteredWriters
MasteredWriters🇺🇸
7 months
My facebook was hacked. They change the username.
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Michele Benton
4 years
The #2020Census will determine the resources your community receives for the next ten years. Save a Census taker a trip to your door & head to to make sure you #GetCounted . Share with your friends & family too! #MakeILCount
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Michele Benton
10 years
Three days left to enter the GHOSTGIRL trilogy giveaway! ( @ghostgirl , @TonyaHurley ) http://t.co/CnZwpPZtJN Enter here: http://t.co/VowXpxuDM2
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Michele Benton
2 years
Don't miss our Spooky Nail Art class this evening at 6PM!
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Michele Benton
2 years
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Michele Benton
2 years
@OrmigaCreative @goodreads Goodbye & thanks for all the fish!
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Michele Benton
2 years
It's in the dress code requirements. We can't be librarians without cardigans.
@LibsAreAwesome
LibrariansAreAwesome
2 years
Librarians are awesome because they promote cardigans
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Michele Benton
2 years
Being rich - a goal most of us dream of!
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Michele Benton
2 years
@WholesomeMeme We're listening!
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Michele Benton
1 year
Cheep cheep! We're moving out today at 1:45 Our chicks are headed to their forever home at Patch 22 in Wadsworth, IL to be loved, cared for, and certainly well fed as part of their petting farm.
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Michele Benton
1 year
Job seekers, resume updaters, & small business starters - we're looking at you! Register for a slot with @LakeCountyJobs here:
@LakeCountyJobs
Job Center of Lake County IL
1 year
Happy May! April Showers Bring May Job Offers! 🌼 This week's events! We are helping you 📷 SPRING 📷 #jobsearch #resume #onestop #wioa
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning! We're full of stars and #thursdayvibes
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning everyone! How about some #mondaythoughts for you: around 130 million books have been published and we think our TBR pile measures up to about half of that 😅
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Michele Benton
2 years
Happy Wednesday everyone! #wednesdaythought for today: Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed potatoes.
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Michele Benton
2 years
@shrevememorial The only answer:
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning & a Happy #WinterSolstice2022 to you! The shortest day of the year just means you need to make sure your book light has fresh batteries!
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Michele Benton
2 years
See Gene Ha at the library on March 28th at 2:00 PM! No registration required.
@GeneHa
Gene Ha
2 years
So many cool events! Chicago area, Mexico, my hometown South Bend IN, and WYOMING! First March 4 @BALibrary IL #FandomFest , @lamolemx #LaMoleConvention , @ZBLibrary @C2E2 , @SJCPLib , @LibraryLaGrange @SchaumLib and . More to come...
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Michele Benton
1 year
Bee ready for construction to start soon! We're making way for the construction crews to start repairing the crack in the concrete foundation. If you need help finding anything or have questions about the impact of this project please give us a call at 847.872.4680
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning all you wonderous book lovers out there! What's your go-to snack when you're reading?
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Michele Benton
2 years
We asked the kids about their dreams: a thread
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning! Need a place to get away from the smog outside? Try the library!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning! Rain or shine, we're here to bring you some library #thursdayvibes
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Michele Benton
2 years
Happy #NationalMeatballDay everybody!
@NationalDayCal
NationalDayCalendar
2 years
It's #NationalMeatballDay ! I prefer mine smothered in cheese and served with a side of garlic bread, because I'm basically a human meatball.
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Michele Benton
4 years
Booktalk with Ms K Book: Nowhere Boy Author: @MarshKatherine
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good & happy snowy #Thursday everyone! Stay warm, stay safe, stay hydrated.
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Michele Benton
1 year
Good morning! Who's ready for ferret storytime? 10:30 AM in the Youth Services Department.
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Michele Benton
11 months
Mark your calendars! Local opportunities for Zion & our surrounding communities will be at the library on October 18th 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM No registration required.
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Michele Benton
10 months
Got drama? Join the club! Thursdays 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM join us for teen drama club to work on scenes, play games, and learn improv. Find a date & register online at
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Michele Benton
2 years
Imagine this: You're in a meeting about renovations. Someone says "I wonder what a stain would look like on that carpet?" Designer *grabs their soda and pours it on the sample* "Like this" 🤣🤣 #libraryrenovation #carpet
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Michele Benton
2 years
@goodreads The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Great writing, wonderful worldbuilding, and an interesting take on structuring a story through use of "interludes" written as flashbacks
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Michele Benton
2 years
Good morning and happy #Wednesday Remember today that if you can truly be anything, be kind
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Michele Benton
1 year
We will be closed Saturday, September 30th for a staff training day. Make sure you place & pick up your holds early!
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Michele Benton
2 years
Happy #thursdaymorning ! We're marching into the end of another week and we want to know: What are you reading?
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Michele Benton
1 year
@MerriamWebster Scintillating - a word that sparks the same feeling as what it defines ⭐✨⭐✨⭐✨
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Michele Benton
1 year
Our eggs have started to pip! There are cracks in 4 our of our 26 eggs and we can hear them chirp encouragement to each other. They should all hatch in the next 24-36 hours - make sure you don't miss it!
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