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Mangaka

Mangaka is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist.  Are you an aspiring mangaka?  Bring your best manga art to the end-of-the-school-year Manga Club on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.  You and fellow anime enthusiasts will "ooh" and "aah" over the showcase of art while you consume pizza.  After the party, grab a drawing book to help you hone your manga skills.
YA  741.5  CAM  Art of Drawing Manga by Sergi Cámara
741.51  HAR  Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist by Christopher Hart
J  741  HAR  Big Book of Everything Manga by Christopher Hart

Alvin & Calvin

Hey, Alvin Ho! Aloha, Calvin Coconut! I bet you're wondering why you're both in today's blog post. It turns out you have a lot in common.
1. Your first names rhyme.
2. You both star in hilarious and mulitcultural book series with your name prominently featured on the cover.
3. You both have a new book coming out today, April 9, 2013.

Reading Snapshot #8

I'm posting the eighth Reading Snapshot on the eighth day of April.  No, that is not April foolishness.  That is called being thematic.  I'm a children's librarian -- I can't help myself!

APRIL 2013
KIDS
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Captain Awesome to the Rescue! by Stan Kirby (#1)
The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens (#2)
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Ninja Meerkats: The Clan of the Scorpion by Gareth Jones (#1)
Of Giants and Ice by Shelby Bach (#1)
The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley

Holocaust Remembrance Day

I am an Army brat, born and raised in West Germany.  Which means, from a very young age, I was very informed about the Holocaust.  I traveled to the concentration camps.  I toured the Annex where Anne Frank hid.  These experiences had a profound effect on me as a child and have stayed with me as an adult.  If you haven't had the opportunity to travel to Europe, you can still absorb Holocaust history.  Visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.  This establishment has been demonstrating The Power of Truth for 20 years.  You can also commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day fro

The Book That Changed My Life

Have you ever wondered what the authors that you like are reading? Which books do they treasure and which ones helped to shape them into the authors they are now? In The Book That Changed My Life edited by Diane Osen, you can read about different award-winning authors and the books that shaped them. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and two-time National Book Award winner David McCullough talks about two books that changed his life as a boy and a young man. Alice McDermott, another National Book Award winner, discusses the impact that reading Wuthering Heights had on her, and how it inspired her interest in both the storyteller and storytelling. James Carroll tells us about some of the books that had life-changing potential.

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