Children’s
(category archive)
Programs That Will Send A Chill Down Your Spine!
Posted about 2 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Children's, crafts and hobbies, Events, Families, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with adults, book discussions, children, halloween, programs, public programs, teens
The last two weeks of October are undoubtedly the spookiest time of the year. Each day, the sun goes down earlier and earlier. The wind seems to follow us down […]
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Learning to Love Our Autumn Years
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Adult, Aging, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Golden Years, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with aging, golden years
“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made…” Robert Browning The official start of autumn, also known […]
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Bastille Day: À la France, avec Amour
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Book Reviews, Children's, Fiction, Holidays, nonfiction, Teens, Travel
| Tagged with Bastille Day
The friendship between the United States and France spans decades. Generations of Americans have shown their amour for French fashion, food, architecture and people, to name just a few. And […]
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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Civil Rights, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, George Floyd, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Major General Gordon Granger, President Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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Get Growing!
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Fiction, Gardening, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
Spring is here, bulbs are popping, trees are budding and the birds are busy! Working with seeds and plants is a great way to relieve stress and to focus on […]
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Memories of Ireland
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
With a great-great-grandmother named Margaret Mary Murphy, it was a sure bet that I would someday see Ireland. Even though over 30 years have passed since I visited, the overall […]
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Women’s History for Kids: Picturebook Biographies
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Biographies, Children's, Picturebooks
| Tagged with Anne-France Dautheville, Aretha, Bessie Coleman, biographies for children, Chicago Defender, Emily Dickinson, ENIAC, Goodnight Moon, Green Belt Movement, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hedy Lamarr, Katherine Johnson, Margarita Engle, picturebooks, Shirley Chisholm, Thunberg, Toll House Cookies, West Side Story, Zora Neale Hurston
It’s Women’s History Month! To discover someone new to you or read a current title about someone familiar, browse the recently published books listed below. Picturebook biographies are an excellent […]
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Focus on the New: Middle Grade Fiction, ages 8-12
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Fiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Award winners, Children's fantasy, Kid's fiction, Middle grade fiction, National Reading Month
Calling all readers ages 8-12…it’s National Reading Month! Listed below are new titles from 2020 and 2021. A wide range of genres include fantasy, friends, and family. Some are set […]
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Celebrating the Year of the Ox
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Adult, Asian American, Children's, Families, Holidays, Teens
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, Lunar New Year, picture books, teens, Year of the Ox, young adult
It's the Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a new book!
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Black History Month: Picturing Families
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Black History Month, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Adinkra, BHM, Black families, Black History Month, Bryan Collier, Diversity, Gabrielle Union, Grandparents, Jerry Pinkney, Lizzy Rockwell, Misty Copeland, picture books
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History develops themes for Black History Month each year. The themes “reflect changes in how people of African descent in […]
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