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A picture is worth a thousand words, and what wonderful stories those pictures tell! On Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m., join Ginny Moore Kruse, Director Emeritus of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of UW-Madison (CCBC) in the James Watrous Gallery of the Overture Center for the Arts for a discussion of The Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration, on display now through December 6th. The exhibit features the works of several of Wisconsin’s most accomplished illustrators of children’s books, including Lois Ehlert, Kevin Henkes, and Ellen Raskin. Bring the family and pick out your favorite art, then stop in the Central Library to check out some picture books (we’re open 1 - 5 p.m. on Sundays). Also on the 8th, stop by the Madison Children’s Museum for a diorama workshop from 1 - 3 p.m. Registration is required; contact McKenzie Glynn at mglynn@madisonchildrensmuseum.org or call 256-6445 ext. 18.
Save the date for an evening with Kathleen Horning, Director of the CCBC. On Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m. at the Sequoya Library, join us for a presentation about picture book illustration with slides of art from recently published picture books. Horning is the author of From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, a look at some of the best in children’s literature and a guide to selecting and suggesting books for young children. School Library Journal deems her “one of the most influential librarians you’ll ever meet - and one of the kindest.” She has served on the Newbery Award Committee, the Coretta Scott King Award Committee, and many more, and worked at the Madison Public Library as a children’s librarian for a number of years. Horning recently wrote an article on Wisconsin picture book illustrators for the Fall 2009 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine.
Although Horning’s presentation is intended for adults, interested children ages 10 and up are welcome to join us. Register online or call 266-6385. This event is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Madison Community Foundation to the Sequoya Library to develop the Art of the Picture Book Collection.
November 4th, 2009
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Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m., join Terese Allen for “Flavors of Wisconsin”. Allen writes about the pleasures and benefits of regional foods, sustainable cooking, and culinary folklore. She is food editor for Organic Valley Family of Farms, the country’s largest organic farmers’ cooperative, and pens the “Local Flavor” column for Madison’s Isthmus newspaper. The author of seven books, Allen will discuss her most recent book, an updated, expanded edition of The Flavor of Wisconsin: A History of Food in the Badger State, co-authored by Harva Hachten.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
November 2nd, 2009
Alicia
Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m., join Ellyn Satter for “Feeding with Love and Good Sense”. Satter is an internationally recognized authority on eating and feeding. Practical, warm and empowering, she helps adults be more positive, joyful and nurturing in feeding themselves and their children. Her books include Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense; How to Get Your Kid to Eat - But Not Too Much; Your Child’s Weight: Helping without Harming; and Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
October 9th, 2009
Alicia
“Sustainability is the ability to meet our needs without compromising the needs of future generations.” Join the City of Madison in an important effort in developing the City’s Sustainability Plan. Please come and learn about what the city is doing to make Madison’s community, economy and environment sustainable and voice your priorities to shape upcoming efforts that will improve and sustain our quality of life now and for generations to come.
October 8th, 2009
Alicia
If you have the need or desire to collect demographic data, you must try DemographicsNow Now! So easy to use–you can customize results by geography, choosing the area best suited to your needs. Established businesses, prospective entrepreneurs, business students, and anyone who needs to identify cultural patterns or sociological trends will benefit from this ultra flexible marketing tool. Listen to a 3 minute introductory webcast or be guided through more detailed search tips. Access to DemographicsNow is made possible through a Madison Community Foundation collection grant to the Central Library for small business and entrepreneurship. The database was chosen with the input of several area business and entrepreneur groups.
And there’s more! If you’d like to search both Madison Newspapers or the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, whether it’s for an article, an obituary, or just to browse a day’s events, you’ll find NewsBank to be just the ticket. NewsBank is an easy-to-use newspaper archive containing full text articles from the Wisconsin State Journal (1989- present), Capital Times (1989- present), and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1990-present). Updated daily, entries exclude advertisements, employment ads and classifieds. You’ll find detailed searching information here. Due to licensing restrictions, both DemographicsNow and NewsBank are only available to customers who visit a Madison Public Library and remotely to Madison residents with valid library cards. We are in the process of arranging access through the library’s wireless networks for those who want to use the database in the library but on their own machines.
These are the newest additions to the library’s extensive list of databases. Searching from home has never been easier.
October 7th, 2009
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During October and November, visit the Sequoya Library Children’s Area for an exhibit of works by local picturebook illustrator Michael Kress-Russick. Illustrations are from the recently released picturebook “Moon over the Mountain” by Keith Polette.
This exhibit is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Madison Community Foundation to the Sequoya Library supporting the Art of the Picture Book collection.
October 2nd, 2009
Alicia
Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m., join Robert H. Dott, Jr., for “Geology of Wisconsin”. Dott is the Stanley A. Tyler Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His principal scholarly activities over the years have been in clastic sedimentology and earth history. He is the author of a number of books, including a leading textbook of earth history, Evolution of the Earth, and Roadside Geology of Wisconsin.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
October 2nd, 2009
Alicia
Board game enthusiasts: challenge your family to a battle of wits and strategy while playing some exciting classic and new board games at Sequoya Library Family Game Nights! On the last Tuesday of the month, September through November, engage in the fun of family play while learning to play some new board games which focus on analytical thinking, storytelling, cooperative and competitive play among other skills. Open to children aged 5 and up, everyone is invited to join in the fun - bring mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, uncles and neighbors! Games and instruction provided by local game enthusiasts. Games include Ticket to Ride, Quandry, FITS, Bohnanza and more. Space is limited, so please register for sessions in advance online or by calling 266-6385.
Interested in learning more about board games based on strategy and creative thinking? Read this short introduction from GatePlay (links to a commercial site).
September 24th, 2009
Alicia
Wisconsin authors are teaming up with the Sequoya Branch Library and the Madison Public Library Foundation for a series of events to help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program. Meet some of your favorite local authors and hear about their latest works at these presentations held at the Sequoya Branch Library.
On Thursday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m., join Barry Levenson for “Mustard Musings”. Levenson is the curator and founder of the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum, soon to find a new home in Middleton, WI. He is also the author of The Seventh Game, the definitive book on the 35 seventh games of the World Series.
View the full schedule of author appearances as an Adobe PDF.
September 19th, 2009
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Guided by Susan Lampert Smith and her husband Matt who brought delicious food from their farm “Blue Valley Gardens”, the Go Big Read book discussion Thursday night at Sequoya of Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food was a lively foray into corporate versus small farms, school lunch programs, what we ate when growing up, how we eat now and what we can do to somehow meet Pollan’s proposal to “eat food, not too much, mostly plants”.
Visit the Go Big Read program site for a complete listing of upcoming book groups and events.
September 18th, 2009
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