Students at Ravenswood Library were inspired to create fruit and vegetable sculptures after reading the book "How are You Peeling" by Saxton Freymann. This book takes a creative approach at teaching children about the emotions that they might be feeling. In this book, various…
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Queens Library invites YOU to explore “Poetic Voices of the Muslim World,” an exhibition and program series to be held throughout Queens from March 5 – May 31, 2014. Admission to the exhibit and all events is free. Check out the full event listings here, or below.The keynote…
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Eco-Agents: Environmental Action for Teens is a monthly program at multiple Queens Library branches. In February, we took a hard look at our modern industrialized food system. I addressed CAFOs, overfishing, industrial agriculture and GMOs. While I try to keep the focus on…
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Young Entomologists were introduced to the newest members of Queens Library at Steinway this week. The extra large beetles are called Bessbugs. These adorable insects help the Earth by recycling  decaying trees in the forest. Our beetles are fed small pieces of rotting wood to…
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Students in the "Learn to Grow" program @ Ravenswood helped create an aquaponics system this week. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture; the raising small aquatic life in water tanks, and hydroponics; the growing of plants in water. The aquaponic system at Ravenswood is…
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