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Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day!

I just learned that April 18th is Poem in Your Pocket Day!

The idea is very simple: find a poem that you really like and then take it with you and share it with people you know. One mustn’t be limited by just traditional pockets – go paperless and quote a few lines in your emails, or on our favorite social media page, or your blog. Here are some poetry collections in the Nonfiction Department Literature Room to use as a starting point for channeling your inner wordsmith:

Teen Literature Day

I am not a teenager, but I love teen books.  Does this make me a weirdo?  NO!  Young adult literature is a vibrant, growing genre.  The stories focus on friendship, family dynamics, difficult choices, true love -- universal themes that resonate with both teens and adults.  That's why April 18, 2013 has been declared Teen Literature Day.  If you're an adult who has never picked up a teen fiction book, this is a great day to change that.  If you're a teenager, hooray!  This is a holiday made just for readers like you!  Let's all head to the Teen Spot, grab a book, and get this party started.

Explore Argentina & Canada with the Fiction Department

Join us this Saturday for a special library-wide event celebrating countries and continents around the globe:  Passport to the World.  In the Fiction Department, we’ll be featuring the literature and cultures of Argentina and Canada between 1:00 and 3:00 pm.  You can test your “football” knowledge in our soccer challenge (the #1 sport in Argentina), try your skills in a basketball shoot (invented by a Canadian), play a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit (also a product of Canada), or watch a talented pair of entrancing dancers perform the Argentine tango to traditional music.  We’ll also have prize drawings throughout the day.  The afternoon-long program culminates in the Library Theatre, where John Scalici will lead an interactive Drum Cir

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