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Award-Winning Books
January 22, 2010, 11:02 am
Filed under: Booklists, Check this out | Tags: awards, bbya, books, library, niles, public, teens, yalsa, young adults
Filed under: Booklists, Check this out | Tags: awards, bbya, books, library, niles, public, teens, yalsa, young adults
January is awards-season in the library world. Earlier this week, librarians gathered in Boston to select award-winners in several categories for young adults.
They also selected an annual Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) list, with input from teen readers. Here are the top ten books from that list:
Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin
The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker
Visit the YALSA website to see the full BBYA list.
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MLK Jr. Day
January 12, 2010, 9:28 pm
Filed under: Check this out, Events | Tags: civil rights, colbert, district, Gaming, hall, holiday, i have a dream, jr., library, martin luther king, niles, public, study, teens
Filed under: Check this out, Events | Tags: civil rights, colbert, district, Gaming, hall, holiday, i have a dream, jr., library, martin luther king, niles, public, study, teens
Martin Luther King Delivering "I Have A Dream" in Washington, 1963
Martin Luther King Delivering "I Have A Dream" in Washington, 1963
Monday January 18 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday is January 15, but the national holiday falls on the third Monday of January each year.
Want to learn more about King? Visit the King Center for photos and videos.
Listen to King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, as well as several of his other speeches at Stanford University’s King Institute.
Visit the Encyclopedia of Chicago to read about how the civil rights movement brought King to Chicago in 1966 to advocate for fair housing.
In this video, comedian Stephen Colbert introduces an unusual way to remember King. For a more serious remembrance, read this message by Coretta Scott King, his wife.
Why not celebrate King’s legacy by participating in a public service project?
Next Monday, we’ll have open gaming 3-5:00pm and a study hall 5-9:00pm in the board room. The library has many books about King and the civil rights movement, so check them out!
Cover Art for Vol. 1 of Ho Che Anderson's Graphic Biography of King
Chainmaille Jewelry Workshop
When: 11:00am on Saturday, January 9
Space is still available in our upcoming Beginning Chainmaille Workshop this Saturday! You’ll get to make 2 pairs of fun, colorful earrings during this one-hour workshop.
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