Looking for books to read with your child for Black History Month? Here are just a few of our books we have about African American history and African American biographies. 

Dream big, little one by Vashti Harrison

For this month, Lego engineers were challenged to build a Winter Wonderland Vehicle.

The requirements were;

  • Movement: how will your vehicle move through large amounts of snow?
  • Comfort: how does your vehicle keep you safe and warm?
  • Style: what makes your vehicle unique, cool, and awesome?

With 2018 coming to a close, the best video games were chosen at the Game Awards. Did your favorite make the list?

  • Game of the Year
  • Best Action/Adventure Game
  • Best Game Direction

Here are a few of our new books in braille! You can find them in our non-fiction section, J411. Check out the full list here.

Wonder Volume 1 of 4 by R.J. Palacio

Salt Snowflakes

Express your creativity over winter break through painting! Each participant will learn the salt painting technique to create colorful snowflakes. This program encourages creativity, imagination, and sharing their work with other artists.

  • Registration Required, Starts December 21st
  • Ages 7-10

 

 

Image: Two Tracked Mind by McBeth under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License.

Upcoming sessions

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Halloween is my favorite Holiday! Here is my the list of materials I want to read, watch, and listen to this Halloween. 

It's Halloween, & Snoopy is playing a World War II ace, Charlie Brown, Lucy, & Pig Pen are out trick-or-treating, and Linus is awaiting the arrival of the Great Pumpkin.

Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, gets bored and kidnaps Santa after he learns of the wonder of Christmas. Digitally restored and remastered. Special features include Burton's short film Vincent, several featurettes, and lots more.

Check out the following picture books that feature Muslim characters. 

Mommy's khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Saffron ice cream by illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh

Check out the following young adult books that feature teen Muslim characters.

Does my head look big in this? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
A girl like that by Tanaz Bhathena

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