Posted in Books | April 22, 2013
Vicki Myron is the genius behind several books — with options for kids and adults — that happily star both a cat and a library, much to the delight of that wonderful segment of the population, that group of people who prize books and animals, probably more than nearly everything…
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Posted in Books | April 22, 2013
Sam Weller, an associate professor at Columbia, was Ray Bradbury's chosen biographer. He is also the author of Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews and Shadow Show: All New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.Saturday, April 27 @ 12 p.m., ONLINE: Sam Weller will…
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Posted in General | April 21, 2013
At a free workshop at Queens Library at Sunnyside, we learned how to create small, soil-less farms--gardens that can be "planted" in apartment windows. To make these window farms, we used an air pump, some hydroponics gardening supplies and a few upcycled water bottles. One…
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Posted in General | April 19, 2013
Each April, we celebrate Earth Day, a time to raise awareness of the various environmental challenges we face if we want to sustain our way of life. But where did Earth Day get its start?
Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970. It was the work of Gaylord Nelson, then…
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Posted in Books | April 18, 2013
Every year, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracks books that are challenged by members of the community, banned from libraries or are otherwise restricted in libraries. The organization recently released the top ten books (or series) that were…
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