Linking Our Libraries

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

Beaver Creek Valley State Park was established in 1937. There are a lot of activities to do in this park, including Guided audio tour of the Beaver Creek Trail.

Celebrate the name of this park, and read a book about a small mammal, preferably a beaver OR about a dam.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

You can find our full show notes page here, with the titles we share here and links to all of them for more information.

Lake Bronson was yet another park established in 1937. This park has the largest observation/water tower across Minnesota state parks! So let's celebrate that by reading a book about a tower, or a high place.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

In this week’s discussion, we are exploring the Flandrau State Park This is another park established in 1937.

"During part of the 1940s, the camp was used as a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp." Read a book set in Germany or with German characters or elements.

You can find our show notes page here, with links to all the books we share today.

Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

You can find our show notes page here.

In this week’s discussion, we are exploring Gooseberry Falls, one of the most popular parks in the state. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_par...

In addition to the beautiful waterfalls, this park has a 300 foot long "Castle in the Park" stone retaining wall, with assorted statuary around it. Celebrate the majestic spirit of this park by reading a book set in a castle or about a castle.

Camden State Park was established in 1935.  Today, mink, raccoons, songbirds, hawks, coyotes, and a large winter herd of whitetail deer flourish in the park. Bass and bluegill are found in Brawner Lake, and brown trout are stocked in the Redwood River each year.

Read a book about fishing or with a fish on the cover!

You can find our full show notes page here, with links to all the books we discuss today.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

Check out our show notes page here, with links to all the books we share today.

In this week’s discussion, we are exploring the Blue Mounds State Park. It was established in 1937.

Prickly pear cactus blooms here in June and July. Enjoy a book with cactus plants, or other blooming plants.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries.

You can read our show notes page, with the books we share here today.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

Zippel Bay park was founded in 1959. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_par… This park has miles of white sand beaches for visitors to enjoy. Find a beach read, and enjoy a book about a beach vacation.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries.

You can find our show notes page here, with links to the books we are sharing today.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

Glacial Lakes park was established in 1963. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_par… This park is located in an area with a lot of rolling prairie land. Embrace the wide open space by reading a book set on a prairie or with a prairie on the cover. 

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries.

You can find our show notes page here, with links to all of the books we are sharing this week.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

Lake Bemidji State Park was established in 1923. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_par… This is a busy state park, with a lot of neat things to do! Read a book with a bike, to celebrate the Paul Bunyan Bike Trail that starts in this park. 

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!

You can find our show notes page here, with links to the books we shared today.

In this week’s discussion, we are exploring the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, established in 1963. “The park covers 1,280 acres and offers diversity: open prairie knolls, bluffs, and cool, wooded slopes. From the vistas, visitors enjoy the trails which are ideal for horseback riding, hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling. The park also offers a huge sliding hill for winter fun.”

For this prompt, enjoy a book about sledding, skiing, bobsledding, or other strategies for getting down a snow-covered hill.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!