May 2013
18 posts
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Free--That's Right, FREE Downloadable Audiobooks! →
from Kidding Around
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Des Plaines Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting - May 21, 2013 http://bit.ly/14S9wXb
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Family Movie Night →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Extreme Makeover for our library loving fish! →
from Kidding Around
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May is Short Story Month →
from PlainTalk
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Books on the Nightstand →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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What's Scandalous about Willa Cather's Letters? →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Movies Coming Soon to DPPL on DVD and BluRay →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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A Change is A-Comin' →
from Kidding Around
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Organize Your Inspiration with Pinterest →
from PlainTalk
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The Unexpected Rewards of Eavesdropping →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
Embracing Analog: A Look at the Nostalgia... →
“As digital becomes more pervasive, it seems that we are increasingly fetishizing the physical and tactile. We’re embracing things like old-time typewriters, wristwatches, physical books and face-to-face time with friends and loved ones—things being rendered obsolete in the digital era. As we spend ever more time in the digital world, we increasingly value the time we don’t spend in...
Children’s work has always been centered in transformative experiences....
– Pam Sandlian Smith, “Architects of Dreams: Anythink’s Pam Sandlian Smith on the Power of Children’s Librarians” (via schoollibraryjournal)
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Are you ready to Go? →
from PlainTalk
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Frugal Fiesta →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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The Eyes Have It →
from Kidding Around
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Coming Attractions for June 2013 →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
April 2013
25 posts
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Damaged Items at the Library →
from Kidding Around
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World Book Night! →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Des Plaines Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting - April 16, 2013 http://bit.ly/17TvFHd
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In Honor of National Library Week, Librarians in... →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Raise Your Money IQ During Money Smart Week →
from PlainTalk
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Preparar a su hijo bilingüe a leer →
from Kidding Around
Pulitzer-Prize Winners
For a list of Pulitzer-Prize nominees and winners that includes descriptions of the books and more, click here and then select:
List of winners and nominated finalists (with citations) pdf
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It’s National Library Week — like Shark Week but with cardigans.
– my coworker in the University Archives. (via ex-tabulis)
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A Des Plaines Resident Needs Our Help →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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April is National Poetry Month →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Five Ways to Show Your Library Love →
from PlainTalk
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National Autism Awareness Month →
from Kidding Around
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From Box Office to Library Shelf →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Pretty as a Cupcake, Tough as a 75-cent Steak →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Learn to Save the Librarian Way →
from PlainTalk
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Chess + Library = Big Brain →
from Kidding Around
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Fiction Coming Attractions for May 2013 →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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Getting Your Child Ready to Read →
from Kidding Around
March 2013
26 posts
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Please pardon our dust →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
If you read what teenagers write, it’s much, much darker than anything a YA...
– Patrick Ness http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9945863/Patrick-Ness-a-Page-in-the-Life.html (via cevans77)
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Des Plaines Public Library Board Meeting - March 19, 2013 http://bit.ly/WUkQQM
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The Artful Prankster →
from Positively Ellinwood Street
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And now the Quentin Tarantino filmography has been... →