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February 1st is National Girls and Women in Sports Day!  Is this something only females should celebrate?  Absolutely not.  If you're a girl, play your favorite sport.  If you're a guy, go watch some female athletes do their thing.  And everyone can read one of these new books!

Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team by Andrew Maraniss
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, The Law That Changed America by Karen Blumenthal
Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar by Crystal Hubbard
Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppable Athletes by Abby Sher
Run Like a Girl: 50 Extraordinary and Inspiring Sportswomen by Danielle Brown
She Persisted: Diana Taurasi by Monica Brown
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner by Rita Williams-Garcia
Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change by Elisa Boxer 
Suni Lee by Jon M. Fishman
Thrill Seekers: 15 Remarkable Women in Extreme Sports by Ann McCallum Staats
We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World by Aileen Weintraub
Who Is Chloe Kim? by Stefanie Loh

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the largest art museum in the Americas and the most-visited museum in the Western Hemisphere.  And The Met has a fantastic series of artist biographies that both considers what inspired famous artists and

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I know you like to read a good story.  Why not try to write one?  Want to make it great?  Write about your own life!  Today would be a good day to start because it's Write Down Your Story Day.  Take inspiration from author/illustrator Dan Santat's new graphic memoir about his awkward middle schoo

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Third graders, are you ready to traverse the trail in our program inspired by the popular video game?  Join us as we craft and play our way to Oregon at Survive the Oregon Trail on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 4 p.m.  You'll be grouped int

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Everything Sad Is Untrue won a ton of awards when it debuted in 2020 -- Printz Award, Christopher Award, Middle East Book Award, Walter Honor.  It also hit almost every "best of" list you've ever heard of.  If you

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The queen of middle grade historical fiction has a new novel out this week.  As disaster looms on the horizon, a young stowaway onboard the Titanic will need all her courage and wits to stay alive. Watch the book trailer!

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We're getting together to do Comic Book Crafts on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.  Need I say more?  Okay, fine.  Here are some specifics.

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They are the best-loved literary pair of best friends since Frog & Toad.  How could we not host an Elephant & Piggie Party this Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10 a.m.?!  Will there be crafts and games based on their adventu

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