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Democrat Barack Hussein Obama has been elected the first African-American president of the United States. He will officially take office on January 20, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Scieszka - Funniest author ever!

Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read these books, then listen for the announcement of the winner on Wednesday evening, November 19th.

Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains (Simon & Schuster)
Kathi Appelt, The Underneath (Atheneum)
Judy Blundell, What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic)
  E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Hyperion)
Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now (Alfred A. Knopf)

 

 

 

 

Want to go green?

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Are you a Scrabble enthusiast?

 

 

 

Proud recipient of the 2008 Bookshelf on Created Equal

 

 

Count Down to the Movie . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join Henry's Book Club

Join the online discussion or start your own!

 

 

       

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FCC/Kids' Zone

 

Find out what's happening with The Beacon Street Girls!

 

 

Take a safe, fun trip to Whyville 
 

 

Very proud recipient of the

2004
We the People Bookshelf on Courage,
         the 2005
We the People Bookshelf on Freedom
 

 the 2006
 We the People Bookshelf on Becoming American
the 2007
We the People Bookshelf on Created Equal
 

 

Genocide in Darfur 

 

 

National Institute on Media and the Family

 

WiredSafety provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. They handle cases of cyberabuse ranging from identity and credential theft, online fraud and cyberstalking, to hacking and malicious code attacks.

                                 

Clear instructions on how to do (just about) everything

                                                  

 

 

 

New Moon is for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously

 

                                

 Straightforward health advice for teens

 

  Health Information for Girls

 

                   Print version can be found in our library                  

   

I must say that I find television very educational.  The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.

           Grouch Marx, 1895-1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it."

                                                  Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)
                               American scientist and educator (1961- 2002)

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The library has always been a window to a larger world—a place where we've always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward.”

                                     Barack Obama (1961- 
                             President-elect of the United States of America 

Author of: Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
, 1995.
               The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream, 2006.

 

 

6th graders browsing at our

Bagels and Books

display of new books, audiobooks and DVD's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geronimo, by Joseph Bruchac

 

 

Jim Thorpe: original All-American, by Joseph Bruchac

 

 

Who came first? New clues to prehistoric Americans,

by Patricia Lauber

 

 

 

            

 

         

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