Congratulations!

Youth Services librarian Mariela Aguilar’s bilingual book “Clara Guevara y Glúcar Azúcar – Clara Guevara and Glugar Sugar” (published by Editorial Costa Rica) has received the Fundación Leer/IBBY Costa Rica Cuentos de mi Tía Panchita literary award in the translation category.

The IBBY, or International Board on Books for Young People, is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

Mariela, who has type 1 diabetes, first created the character of Clara Guevara as a way to help children learn to live successfully with their own type 1 diabetes. Since then, Mariela has written many adventures for Clara, excerpts of which can be found on her blog.

“Clara Guevara y Glúcar Azúcar – Clara Guevara and Glugar Sugar” will represent Costa Rica in the 2018 catalog IBBY Honour List, along with two more books awarded in the illustration and creative writing categories.

The 2018 IBBY Honour List will be presented at the 36^th IBBY International Congress in Athens, Greece, from Aug. 30-Sept.1, 2018.

Writer Bettina Lanyi hangs out with the Library’s ambassadors to the 20- and 30-somethings of Arlington.

From Feb. 25, 2015 Washington Post: “Arlington Library’s Lit Up Programs Appeal to 20- and 30-Somethings”

A great interview with Arlington Library Director Diane Kresh, in the lastest issue of Arlington Magazine.

Rosemarie G. Bowie wanted to share her love of Arlington Public Library.

The Washington Post’s Pat Sullivan looks at a dedicated library user’s generous gift to the Library, spelled out in the will she left before her death in June at the age of 76.

ARLNow.com writer Ethan Rothstein, Patch editor Jason Spencer and the Sun Gazette also tell the story of Rosemarie G. Bowie’s generosity.

As a follow-up, Washington Post Northern Virginia writer Tom Jackman is seeking more details about Ms. Bowie.

Even When You’re the Stuff of History, You Can Still Make Today’s Paper

In this week’s news…
March 19, 2013

Check out what the Washington Post’s KidsPost page had to say about the Library’s new American Girl Doll Lending Program, and how they let the Washington area know about the fun American Girl Doll events taking place around the Library system.

Bikes, Buildings and Broccoli

On July 23, Susan Benton, President of the Urban Libraries Council, presented Arlington Public Library Director Diane Kresh with the 2012 award for Top Innovator for Sustainability.

The award, recognizes the Library’s efforts in three areas:

• Encouraging clean transportation
• Clean energy buildings
• Using Library landscape space to create community gardens

Learn more.