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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: August 4-10, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 PAWS to Read with BARK Therapy Dogs – 1:00pm Kids! Come practice reading to a gentle dog. Practice your reading skills, earn a sticker in our Summer Reading Challenge and have fun. Pop Up Teen Zone – 1:30pm Come visit the Pop Up Teen Zone to…
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Continue reading →: Budget update
Here’s an update on the city budget situation and how it impacts the library system, from the Library Advisory Committee: The City Council voted July 1 to place $500,000 into the OPL’s Measure Q Reserve fund — a start toward filling the projected shortfall of $2.5-$3.5 million that threatens to…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: July 28-August 3, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 PAWS to Read with BARK Therapy Dogs – 1:00pm Kids! Come practice reading to a gentle dog. Practice your reading skills, earn a sticker in our Summer Reading Challenge, and just have fun. Thursday, July 31, 2014 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Baby Bounce – 11:30am Saturday,…
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Continue reading →: Comic-Con is On
Comic-Con, the giant entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, wraps up today. Comic books may not be the first thing you think of when you think of the library, but over the years the genre has gained popularity and branched out to include everything from traditional comics…
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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library: July 21-27, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 PAWS to Read with BARK Therapy Dogs – 1:00pm Kids! Come practice reading to a gentle dog. Practice your reading skills, earn a sticker in our Summer Reading Challenge, and just have fun. Thursday, July 24, 2014 Toddler Storytime – 10:15am Toddler Yoga – 10:50-11:20am Baby Bounce –…
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Continue reading →: To the moon
Today is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, on July 20, 1969. The next day, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the lunar surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin. A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft in lunar orbit until…
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Continue reading →: Under the big top
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 19th, Circus of Smiles will bring its “non-stop clowning and family-friendly theatrics” to Montclair Library at noon. If you’re in the mood for circus books, step right up to the shelves of Montclair Library! There are mysteries and adventures for young chapter book readers, and magic and…
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Continue reading →: Learning about Japan
Every summer since 1989, the Oakland-Fukuoka Sister City Association has sent four fifth-grade students to the Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention in Fukuoka, Japan. In honor of the Oakland kids who are currently in Japan, here are 15 children’s books (14 of them in the Montclair collection and one worth requesting) to…
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