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Summer reading program starts this week
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 7 days ago
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Staff reports Special to the Courier & Press Reading offers its own rewards but the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library plans to sweeten the pot. Central Library will kick off its annual summer reading program from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday with prizes
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Plane crash survivor Hannah Luce working on memoir
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 27 days ago
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Junot Diaz and Louise Erdrich are among the finalists for a literary prize chosen by the American Library Association. Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill faces sentencing Monday in New Jersey on tax evasion charges. The sole survivor of a
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What Was the Most Complained-About Library Book of 2012?
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 1 month ago
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As Reuters reports, there's a new leader atop the American Library Association's (ALA) annual list of the most complained-about books: the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. A children's-adventure series with an alarming focus on bathroom
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50 Shades of Nay! The Year's Most Controversial (and Least Controversial) Kids' Books
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Year's Most Controversial (and Least Controversial) Kids' Books Several shades of gray. The American Library Association has released its annual list of the most controversial booksan ingenious mechanism for tricking kids into reading when they
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Celebrate National Library Week at Vail Public Library
Vail :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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This week, the Vail Public Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. The Vail Public Library serves Vail
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Editorial: Libraries continue to matter to the people in their communities
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 1 month ago
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Information that once could be found only by searching through reference books is available in minutes on the Internet. E-book readers allow us to download books from home, or anywhere...To emphasize that, the ALA is sponsoring National Library Week,
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Year-round school?
Durango :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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Helping achievement While there are many reasons America has sunk in international education rankings, proponents of a year-round calendar say its long summers are a chief culprit...Beyond the child-care problems created by long summers, studies show
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Book News: American Library Association, Barnes & Noble Called 'Facilitators Of Porn'
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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The American Library Association and Barnes & Noble were among the groups named by conservative group Morality in Media in its " Dirty Dozen List " of "the top 12 facilitators of porn." The list states that the ALA encourages libraries to have
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The American Library Association Has Given Aaron Swartz Its First Ever Posthumous Award
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Famed Internet activist Aaron Swartz was honored today by the American Library Association. He became the first person to posthumously receive the association's James Madison Award. This is an award for those who champion public access to government
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Pinson library awarded $10,000 in children's books
Pinson :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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The Pinson Public Library has received four different grants, including one that gives the library $10,000 worth of children's books. April Wallace, director of Pinson Library, said each year the Association for Library Service to Children, a
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