This article is from our 2025 Fall District Discovery, see the full publication
by Drew Cerino
Are you addicted to your smart device? If you have ever picked up your phone and suddenly lost hours to an endless stream of content, you might be!
If ghosts are on your mind this time of year, you are in good company at Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD). You will find hauntingly good books in our collection and spirited fall programs like Spooky Stacks and Spooky Stroll-a-Story to put you in the seasonal mood. In addition to these offerings, we also have a few ghost stories of our own. Some of our Libraries are said to be haunted.
Rosemary Mosco, author of the All Pikes Peak Reads 2025 title Butterflies Are Pretty… Gross!, has been enthralled by nature since she was a little kid growing up in Ottawa, Canada.
“My mom would flip over logs, and we would play with the snakes. She would point out birds,” remembers Mosco. “I was a very shy and anxious kid, so I would just run off and hang out in the woods. It was a refuge.”
Her love of books and libraries formed at a young age, as well.
When Kate hosted a party for her son Rory’s first birthday, she booked the Venue at Library 21c, a space with plenty of room to set up tables, a small ball pit, and a play area.
“The Venue at Library 21c is great for the kids, because it’s so big, and they like to run around,” she says. “It’s a lot more space than we have at home.”
Kate reserved the room for four hours, allowing two hours for the party, plus an hour prior for setup and an hour afterward for cleanup.