“There are two types of people in the world: those who enjoy eating barbecued ribs and those who are turned off by gnawing on pig bones covered in goop.” – T.M. Goeglein If you’re the first kind, these books (and one DVD) are for you. If you’re the second kind, the Vegan Barbecue is all [...]
What’s all that buzzing? The cicadas are coming! Have you started to see beady red eyes and big shiny wings coming out of the ground? As the cicada season gets underway, check out these books about the cicadas and their six-legged compatriots with your preschooler: Cicadas by Anne O. Squire Grade: 1-3 Learn everything about [...]
A Great Start to Our New Gardening Series Around 25 people attended the first Sowing Good Seeds program this week at the Westover Branch Library. The evening included discussion and demonstrations about how to grow what you want to eat, what to plant when, how to plant raised and container gardens, and how to make [...]
Through technology and in person, Arlington Public Library continues to make friends many miles from home. Our latest adventure finds Youth Services librarian Nico Piro in Central America, following up on an exchange that brought a Costa Rican school librarian to Arlington last year. As part of her visit, Nico spoke this week to 200 [...]
May is National Bike Month, and May 17 is Bike to Work Day. Transportation options in the Metro DC Area are constantly changing, and bike-commuting is an increasingly attractive option. If you’re thinking about biking to work, or ramping-up your cycling, check out these books on mechanics, safety, best practices and the simple pleasure of [...]
Welcome to one of our periodic looks at how the Library chooses and acquires the materials that end up on our shelves. Here’s the latest from the chief of the Library’s Materials Management Division, Rachel Wood. ____________________________________________________________________ More to Choose From for eBook Fans We welcome the addition of the major publisher Hachette to our [...]
Ever wonder what your favorite staff members are reading? Here are the books we’re curling up with… Tim is currently reading… How to Create the Perfect Wife by Wendy Moore Julia is currently reading… Cake Balls: Amazingly Delicious Bite-sized Treats by Robin Ankeny and Charlotte Lyon of the Cake Ball [...]
Planting a Garden, Building our Community Over the past year, Westover Branch Library staff have worked with teachers from APS’ Teenage Parenting Program (TPP) to offer TPP students hands-on classes on nutrition, gardening, and science and consumer science. The program was made possible thanks to a grant from the Arlington Community Foundation. The Library has [...]
“Arlingwoman” is a local gardener who volunteers with Plot Against Hunger. She blogs about AFAC, the Central Library vegetable garden and Garden Talks at arlingwords.wordpress.com. Central Library was hopping on Sunday, and not just because it’s a great place to check out books and media. Puwen Lee had conspired with Lynn Westergren to design a fence for the part of [...]
What’s up with our board? Aurora Hills loves haiku Maybe you do too In April, the staff at Aurora Hills Branch Library asked you to add a haiku to our board in celebration of National Poetry Month. We had lots of excellent haiku added to our board! Thank you for all the contributions, [...]