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... provide its members the means to independently continue their education and to satisfy some of their recreational ... needs. It has offered opportunities to people of all ages to stretch their minds and nourish their souls, and ... Though the library has grown and changed in innumerable ways since its founding, the staff and board have been ...
... child was that this was a place where your mind will be challenged and you’ll have fun too. Welcome, enter, learn, ... Public Library have shared a remarkable continuity in their determination of what is important to offer children ... in the loaned books and to acquaint children with the ways of the library." Hannah Ellis, Julia Hopkins, and the ...
... a combination of performing and creative arts exercises. Usually a residency type program in MMSD schools, Whoopensocker ... able to reimburse the centers for transportation and cover their downtown parking costs, allowing their students to ... would move, talk or react to different situations. That way, when they sit down to write their own stories, they ...
... couple was pleasantly surprised to hear someone speaking their language, and staff were able to work with them to get ... city's translator phone line, they were once again on their way with the applications to move forward in the licensing ... and some other job-finding/listing services. In no time at all, jobs were pouring in, and, on their next visit, they ...
... at his local library in order to help people improve their writing. Over the years, the program has grown and is now a 100% grant-funded organization, which allows them to bring on more instructors and offer the ... it’s by far the most diverse and unpredictable (in a good way) teaching job that I’ve ever had. You never know ...
... bookish people! Authors, illustrators, editors, and especially librarians. Bookish people: Good Books for Bad ... books like that. Not yet. Many are published, but their pictures look still, full of pretty poses and ... speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before. For a picture book biography ...
... to focus on creating lasting experiences, rather giving away one time prizes. With that goal in mind, one reward for ... was participation in Rock the Library! Where kids and their families could create their very own music videos ... or uncertain when they first arrived. In fact, we were initially worried that making a video might be too out going for ...
... for older kids Nonfiction books Ramadan Books for Kids of All Ages ...
... why Francine doesn’t want things to be as they always have been. Francine’s acting different now. She wants to be called Fran, starts joining other groups, she cares about ... Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright Siblings at their best and worst ...
... begin to develop the ability to shoot electricity out of their hands. I know, I don't need to write anything else - ... happens when girls discover that they are becoming physically more powerful than men. The electricity they can ... and her influence can be seen in Alderman's book in the way the world Alderman has created is fully developed and ...
... School for Toki's annual Power & Legacy Project. Initially the idea of teacher Katie Imhoff, Power & Legacy is now ... poems, animated shorts, or visual pieces of art to convey their message. Choice is paramount. "Our students benefit from having ways to express their identity and their ideas in creative ...
... be getting inspired during the week of Spring Break with all kinds of programs and activities designed to spark ... many other enrichment materials. We also know it's not always easy to get the kids into the car and out the door. If ... can sing, play instruments, dance and have fun alongside their parents or caregivers. During Spring Break, these ...
... archeology grad student after she threatened to expose their affair. After she failed to show for her general ... apartment with red ochre and necklaces arranged ritualistically over her bloodied, naked body. Harvard smothered the ... investigative reporting. Becky Cooper Remembering the way she was ...
"Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by fighting back." Paul Erdos, mathematician ... twenty-five years is as difficult and frustrating a challenge as Sisyphus' attempt to push a stone to the top of a ... of the intensity with which patrons care, and have always cared, about their library to the extent that they have ...
... the library collection - Zines! We're obsessed with these small, beautiful, self-published treasures and it turns out, ... excited to offer Zine artists and makers a place to share their messages with the community. "Zines totally belong in ... creator, Taylor Rushing told us, "they're a democratic way of making and disseminating information and storytelling ...