Enjoy the sounds of guitarist Anson Wright & bassist Tim Gilson in the lounge.
Dedication ceremony: 2 pm
Speakers include: Director of Libraries Vailey Oehlke, Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen, Hennebery Eddy Architects’ David Wark, and Kenton Neighborhood Association President Angela Moos
Cupcakes and lemonade: 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Seuss celebration: 2:30 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.: A bilingual performance of ONE FISH, TWO FISH and a special retelling of THE
LORAX)
Truffula tress crafts, 4 – 5pm: Twist chenille stems, beads, and colorful wire to create your own silly tree
Cat in the Hat character greeting: 4 – 5 p.m.: Say a special hello to everyone’s favorite Dr. Seuss character.
Come one, come all!
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss
February is Black History Month and we are reading novels, biographies and other books centered on this theme. We started early this year, with books about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in honor of his birthday and the National Holiday, and with biographies about President Barack Obama.
Some of our favorite novels by African-American authors include “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” and other books by Mildred D. Taylor; “Double Dutch” and many other selections from Sharon Draper; the books of Walter Dean Myers and lots more. For biographies, we are reading about Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Maya Angelou, Marian Anderson, Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass… the list of outstanding African-Americans goes on and on.
There are a number of events going on around town — check the calendar listings of the newspaper for information or search online. While you are online, search “Black History Month” and you will find a number of educational sites with printables and lessons to do at home. One of my favorite sites is About.com: Classic Literature.
Private note to the second-grade boys: Fairy tales are not just for girls. Sometimes they’re gory, or creepy, or have really, really bad endings. You’ll like them. Just sayin’.
Library Motto of the Week: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Private note to the eighth-grade students: You’ll be in high school soon enough. Let’s not rush things. PS — fairy tales and folk tales are not just for the little kids.
Private note to everyone: If it has “DISCARD” stamped in it, it means you can KEEP IT.
January 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on African American Read-In, February 7th, 2010 · Events & Readings
Please mark your calendars for Sunday, February 7th, the date of a literacy celebration perfect for the whole family: The African American Read-In.
Local celebrities, community leaders and students read from works by their favorite African American writers. Fiction and nonfiction for children and adults will be featured in an afternoon of great words from great works. Refreshments follow the presentation.
Sunday, February 7, 2:30–4 p.m.
North Portland Library
512 N. Killingsworth St.
Porltand OR 97217 503.988.5394
This event is cosponsored by North Portland Library and the Portland Council -International Reading Association.
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“Today’s news is this:
the amphibians are vanishing.
Rice paddie and stomach brooding frogs, gone.
Glass frog, rain frog, golden toad,
Corroboree, toadlet, gone. Yosemite toad.
Tiger salamander, spade foot. Bufo bufo, so called ‘common toad.’
Cascades, Tara humare, Goliath, Medusa excellus.
It is as if we woke up one morning
and found our mouths missing,
the small wet we relied upon
with inattention.
It is a dream of a world without lily pads
no tadpoles absorbing tails
no eyes afloat on placid ponds.
No witnesses.
But this is for real:
a world without the single strand
of tapioca eggs
chaining from the underside
of a rare green leaf:
this precarious
this brilliant
this so perfect
as to seem inevitable.”
— Gerry Gomez Pearlberg
(I found this poem in the novel, “From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun,” by Jacqueline Woodson. It’s very good, too. — Ms. Nancy)
December 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on Kids Needed! Book Reviews with the Multnomah County Library · Author! Author!, Book Geek
Kid book reviewers are coming out of the woodwork to review books online for the library. Recent reviews include the books “Parties & Potions” and “Spells & Sleeping Bags,” both by Sara Mlynowski; “Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery,” by Peter Abrahams; and “11 Birthdays,” by Wendy Mass. There are many good titles on there, some of which are new to me. It’s always fun to “discover” a new book or a new author.
I would love to start this feature on our own library blog. If anyone is interested, just drop me a line.
Did you know you can also download e-books and audiobooks from our county library? Very cool.
Over winter break, why not take a trip to your local branch of the library? I’m sure the staff will be glad to see you. (For you grown-ups out there, the library has also announced its Everybody Reads book for 2010.)
Have a great week off.
Best,
Ms. Nancy
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