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2009 National Book Award Finalists: This year's National Book Awards, an award given to writers by writers, will be announced on November 18th.
Mrs. Harris' students dressed as protagonists of novels that they had selected to read. What creativity!
photo: Dawn Benko Donate to Pennies for Peace
Our library received a free collection of classic books for the fifth annual We the People Bookshelf. 3,000 public and school libraries across the nation will each receive 17 hardcover books for young readers (K-12) related to this year’s “Created Equal” theme, inspired by the 2009 bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The Bookshelf includes Spanish translations to accompany four of the selected titles.
Call it the green Facebook. Here’s a new social networking site where environmentally minded teens looking for a place to chat, share ideas, and learn about careers and university programs can now visit.
Celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday!!
Go green and take the Sieman's Challenge!
Jon Scieszka - Funniest author ever! Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Proud recipient of the 2008 Bookshelf on Created Equal
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Find out what's happening with The Beacon Street Girls!
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safe, fun trip to Whyville
Very proud recipient of the 2004
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
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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R. Lazar Middle School "What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it." Stephen Jay
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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-
Change up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
Whiteout by Walter Sorrells
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann
The great death by John E. Smelcer
Forest born by Shannon Hale
Jasper Dash and the flame-pits of Delaware by M. T. Anderson
On this day/N.Y. Times
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