Posted in Teens | August 28, 2013
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (2003)By Marjane Satrapi –Far superior to the movie and second volume which followed it, this beautiful graphic memoir is a spare, sometimes stark remembrance of a girlhood in Iran under the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi’s monochrome, heavy…
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Posted in Teens | August 21, 2013
Welcome to Graphic Classics! This new regular series will focus on some of the key works of graphic literature that are available on the shelves at Queens Library.Libraries have been buying classics in literature for generations, and that includes graphic novels.These are not…
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Posted in Arts | August 2, 2013
All six of the community libraries in western Queens (Astoria, Broadway, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Steinway and Woodside) welcomed patrons to learn how to make origami cranes. The goal was to fold and string together as many Origami cranes as possible An ancient Japanese…
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Posted in Kids | August 2, 2013
On a rainy day, toddlers at Queens Library at Broadway listened to "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" by Verna Aardema. Using lanyards and some foam animals, they then created animal bracelets to wear. 
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Posted in Kids | August 2, 2013
Children at Queens Library at Steinway created lollipops using scrap paper, popsicle sticks, pompom balls, stamps and stickers. Materials used were left over from previous craft programs.
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