At my local Ada Community Library I found and read a little 2025 book by Rebecca Hass titled 101 Seeds for Library Joy. There is a 16-page pdf sample. And there is an article by Catherine Hollerbach at PublicLibrariesOnline on September 24, 2024 titled Spreading Joy at the Public Library. Six entries from the book are:
Page 17:
“WRITE A BULLETED LIST or craft a vision board USING THE PROMPT ‘THERE IS JOY IN…” HANG IT UP OR SAVE IT so you can refer to it often.”
Page 30:
“PLAY WITH WORDS. Make a list of words that resonate with you and try writing a haiku.”
Page 46:
“WRITE DOWN a quote THAT INSPRES YOU and place it somewhere you will see it often.”
Page 64:
“Look up the Feelings Wheel and explore the range of positive emotions in it.”
Page 80:
“Go to the Children’s Department in your local library and read a recommended children’s book.”
Page 101:
“The poet Toi Derricote wrote, JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE. Journal about how your joy is, OR COULD BE, AN ACT OF Resistance.”
The Feeling Wheel is from an October 1982 article by Gloria Wilcox on pages 274 to 276 in the Transactional Analysis Journal. My colored version for its inner circle, and just a Joyful Wheel are shown above.
A cartoon of a librarian was adapted from one at OpenClipArt.
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