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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: November 9-15, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Lawyers in the Library – 6:00pm Free legal advice and referrals. Second Tuesday of each month, from 6 to 8 pm. Register by phone starting one week in advance at 510-482-7810. Volunteer lawyer leaves before 7pm if no more people are present. Wednesday, November 11, 2015…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: November 2-8, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Pop Up Teen Zone – 1:30pm Teens – come visit the Montclair Branch to make crafts, hang out and share suggestions for serving you better! PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30pm New & practicing readers read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: October 26-November 1, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 PAWS to Read with Bark Therapy Dogs – 1:30-2:30pm New & practicing readers read to Natasha the dog. Reading to dogs can help increase kids’ reading confidence, skill, and enjoyment. Non-Sugar Skulls Celebrate Día de los Muertos – 3:30pm Sugar skulls are usually made with cane…
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Continue reading →: Our very own holiday
Today is the last day of National Friends of Libraries Week. Coming off our extraordinary Fall Book Sale last weekend (a big thank you to all who donated books, staffed the sale and purchased books for helping make this our most successful sale yet!) and a productive meeting with other…
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Continue reading →: Sloths rock
Perhaps it’s only fitting that I’m getting a late start with this post in honor of International Sloth Day (October 20), a day to celebrate these adorable, tree-dwelling and slow-moving animals. The holiday is a project of the AIUNAU Foundation, a non-profit conservation and wildlife organization based in Colombia. Got…
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Continue reading →: Fall Book Sale this weekend
Don’t forget to join us this Saturday, October 17 from 10:30am-3pm for our fabulous fall book sale! We have a ton of great gently-used fiction and non-fiction books for all ages, most priced at $2 or less. This year we have an especially good selection of cook books, children’s books…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: October 12-18, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Lawyers in the Library – 6:00-8:00pm Free legal advice and referrals. Second Tuesday of each month, from 6 to 8 pm. Register by phone starting one week in advance at 510-482-7810. Volunteer lawyer leaves before 7pm if no more people are present. Wednesday, October 14, 2015…
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Continue reading →: Octopus books
Bet you didn’t know that Cephalopod Awareness Days run from October 8-12. Octopi and squid as a group seem to go in for wacky, clueless and amusing behavior in picture books, so to celebrate World Octopus Day (the appropriately chosen Octo-ber 8), here are eight picture books about silly cephalopods:…
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Continue reading →: Explore the world
Did you know your OPL card gives you access to Culturegrams, an online tool which delivers concise, reliable and up-to-date cultural information on the countries of the world? Culturegrams include facts, photos, videos, flags, graphs, recipes, maps and greetings, as well as information on the country’s clothing, money, weather and…
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