Picture Books to Celebrate Dad Books to read with your little ones, to celebrate the way Dads teach us, laugh with us, help us and share our adventures: The Deer Watch By Pat Lowery Collins A young boy accompanies his father on a woodland tour in the hope of spotting a deer, a shared quest [...]
Did you know that June is International Crime Fiction month? Take a spin around the seedier parts of the globe with these detectives and their twisted cases (many are the first of a series)… Finland Snow Angels by James Thompson A beautiful Somalian refugee-turned-actress is found murdered on a reindeer farm, gruesomely mutilated, a [...]
2nd Grader Travelers On a Mission To Get Books! After living in India for 5 years, Jacob and Dora (and their parents) returned to the United States last week. What was their first outing? They figured out how to use the Metro (with help from mom), and visited the Central Library. Everybody got [...]
Preserving Arlington’s Story Makes 21st Century Strides We’ve received great encouragement regarding the newly named, recently (re)opened Center for Local History at Arlington Public Library (formerly the Virginia Room). And the Arlington Mercury news blog has captured in video form the direction in which the Center is headed. We hope you’ll stop by soon or [...]
Do you have a piece of Nauck/Green Valley History to share? On Monday, June 3, the Center for Local History will hold a community scan-in for the Nauck neighborhood, at the Drew Model Elementary School, from 6:00-7:30 pm. Community Scan-ins are events where the Center for Local History makes available its scanning equipment for the purpose [...]
Books and Websites to Share with Kids When the cicadas are at their most deafening, these resources will help you understand and explain why: Websites BioKids - Info, pictures, sounds and more from the Univ. of Michigan Creature Feature – All about cicadas, from National Geographic for Kids Cicada - Detailed Encyclopedia Britannica entry, with [...]
Summer Reading 2013 For every student who completes 2013 Summer Reading, the Friends of the Library will donate $1 to the Queens Library Foundation, to help restock their libraries damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Five branches of the Queens Library in New York City were badly damaged last fall when Hurricane Sandy caused massive flooding, as were many of the communities they serve. [...]
Summer Session: July 8 – August 9, 2013 Our age appropriate storytimes are designed to help you to help your child learn reading readiness, or Early Literacy. No registration required; attendance is first-come, first-served until seating capacity is reached. Call 703-228-5946 for more information. Download and Print the Summer 2013 Storytime Schedule - and don’t forget to sign up for [...]
“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 [...]
