Posted in General | July 9, 2012
Erik’s Reptile Edventure came to Steinway library this week and put on an amazing interactive performance for the kids. Erik, the Reptile Ranger, came in with different creatures including: two different kinds of snakes, toads, a snapping turtle, a lizard and even an endangered…
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Posted in General | June 18, 2012
On Friday June 15th, Stephanie Huffaker visited the Woodside Library to show us all how to make her wonderful and eco friendly bracelets. This fun craft included regular bangles, tape, a needle, clear thread, Plastic bags of various colors and LOTS OF PATIENCE! Not only were the…
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Posted in General | June 18, 2012
Here at Steinway Library, we are big on environmental awareness and in order to show everyone how much we care about the Earth, we made an Earth Day quilt. Every child received a blank piece of paper and was instructed to write what they will do to save the planet and draw a…
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Posted in Movies | May 11, 2012
Worldwide economic collapse, totalitarian U.S. government and televised gladiatorial killing are not new to The Hunger Games. Now with that film’s enormous success, chances are good that we will be seeing many more futuristic, blood-sport-centric films hitting the cinemas in the…
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Posted in Books | March 20, 2012
It seems like we get books like this in regular intervals — Lord of the Flies, Battle Royale, and now The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins — books that make us examine the prospects for the future of humanity and the good and bad of our very real present day society. With the…
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