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2009 Summer Reading Club: Be Creative!
June 1, 2009 - August 31, 2009
Sign up for a free summer reading club at the library, and keep reading all summer long! The kids club is open for kids ages 0 - 12 years old.
You can sign up online at LibraryPoint.org or at any library branch. You will receive a goodie bag with your reading log, bookmark, list of upcoming programs and Free Lance-Star Activity Booklet. We also have a weekly book review contest for a prize. Sign up today!
NEW! Kids Book Blog on LibraryPoint
Check out kids' book matches, reading recommendations, and more in our new book blog just for kids!
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Flag Day: June 14, 2009
Flag Day History
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to prepare a flag for our new republic. According to a well-known story, George Washington asked a Philadelphia seamstress named Betsy Ross to make a flag for our new country.
Patriotic Books
For information on our country’s flag, patriotic holidays, and history, try these books and other materials.
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Juneteenth: June 19. 2009
Celebrate Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a yearly celebration of the end of slavery. Across the country, African-American communities pull together to make this a special day of remembrance. In 2007, the Commonwealth of Virginia recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday. Although the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) officially ended slavery, it wasn't until after the Civil War that many slaves were truly freed. But on June 19, 1865, the last slaves were given the news by General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas.
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Father's Day: June 21, 2009
A Day with Dad
Do you think that Father's Day is another Hallmark holiday, created just to sell greeting cards? Not so! In 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane, Washington was listening to a lecture on Mother's Day, and thinking about her father's incredible accomplishment in raising his six children alone after the death of her mother.
Dad and Me
Check out these books from the library for Father's Day, your dad's birthday, or any other time you want to appreciate how special fathers are in our lives.
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Kites for a Blustery Day
Outside the wind is lifting just so, ruffling the new leaves on the trees and chasing the old ones away. It's spring, a time to celebrate the rebirth of the flowers and the greening of the trees. It's time to go fly a kite and watch it buck and soar in the breeze.
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Famous Cats in Books
Furry feet pad and leap through the pages of many terrific library books. Do you know these cats?
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Of Jumblies and Runcible Spoons: Silly and Dear Mr. Edward Lear
Edward Lear began life in a hard way. He was the youngest of twenty children,
and his harried mother had no time for him, so his older sisters raised him. He
had spells of epilepsy as well as asthma and later rheumatism, or "assma
roomtizim" as he would call it. Edward was sometimes very sad, but he taught
himself to draw and loved to play with words.
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| Live Homework Help |
Students in grades K-12, college-intro classes, and adult learners can get live homework help through the library's Web sites. Connect with real tutors online in sessions up to 20 minutes.
To access Live Homework Help all you need is your 14-digit barcode (located on the back of your library card). If you don't have one, click here to fill out an application online.
Available 3 pm - 10 pm, seven days a week, in English and Spanish.
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