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Continue reading →: This week at Montclair Library
It’s another fun summer week at the Montclair branch, with drumming, clowning and storytime: Tuesday July 17, 2012 – 7:00pm Drummm As part of the children’s summer reading program, join Drummm for a lively program of group drumming, African percussion and building connections through rhythm. Wednesday July 18, 2012 –…
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Continue reading →: Summer reading recommendations part umpteen
This week, Real Simple magazine weighs in with 31 books its readers recommend for summer reading, from classics to vampire romances. Some highlights from the list available at the Montclair branch: Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton…
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Continue reading →: This week at the Montclair library
This week you have the opportunity to see both lawyers and hedgehogs in the library, depending on your interests. Tuesday July 10, 2012 – 6:00-8:00pm Lawyers in the Library Free legal information and referral presented with the Alameda County Bar Association. Sessions are popular and sometimes subject to change. Please…
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Continue reading →: Reading recommendations continued
Still looking for summer reading suggestions? The Northern California Book Reviewers announced the winners of the 31st Annual Northern California Book Awards June 10, 2012, with options in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, teen books and children’s books. Items in the Montclair branch collection (plus a few available at nearby libraries) are…
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Continue reading →: Summer reading recommendations for grown-ups
It’s that time of year, and everyone from PBS’s Washington Week to UC Berkeley has released a summer reading list, featuring books from brainy to beachy. If you’re stuck for something to read for the OPL Adult Summer Reading Program, read on! The Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, KS has…
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Continue reading →: Re-branding the classics
There’s a trend in publishing to repackage classic novels for the Twilight generation of readers. Penguin, HarperCollins and other publishers are jumping to make old books like Hamlet, Emma and Wuthering Heights appeal to the powerful YA audience. As Julie Bosman put it in the New York Times last week,…
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Continue reading →: This week at the Montclair branch
Kids ages 3 and up are invited to the library this Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 7pm for magician Timothy James, who promises “astounding magic and a funny surprise in a garbage can!” How could you pass up that? This performance is part of the Dream Big – Read summer…
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Continue reading →: Library computer maintenance 7/2
FYI, on Monday July 2 the Oakland Public Library computer system will be down for maintenance. Since the Montclair branch is closed on Mondays this shouldn’t affect patrons too much, but this means: The Library Catalog will not be working. No renewals can be made. No holds can be placed.…
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Continue reading →: Summer reading lists
Looking for something to read this summer? Here are a couple of kid-centric reading lists we’ve come across recently, with options from pre-K to young adult: Montclarion columnist Martin Snapp’s annual Ms. Ammenti’s Summer Reading List, courtesy of Jen Ammenti, the librarian at Redwood Day School OUSD Library Services Recommended…
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