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Continue reading →: Here there be pirate books
Argh! Sunday, September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Here are a few of our favorite pirate books available at the Montclair Library (and a few you can request from other branches, marked with a *): Picture Books: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (instant classic…
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Continue reading →: Save the date
Mark your calendars: Our next book sale will be Saturday, October 16 from 10am-2pm. Stay tuned for details. [Photos courtesy of: crunchcandy and Leo Reynolds via Flickr.]
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Continue reading →: Youth Graphic Novel Workshop
Local bookstore and friend of the Friends A Great Good Place for Books is offering a Graphic Novel Writing Workshop for Young Readers and Writers this fall. This class is not sponsored by or affiliated with FOML or the OPL, but we thought you might be interested. This six-week writing…
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Continue reading →: OPL Website Survey
Do you use the Oakland Public Library Website (www.oaklandlibrary.org)? If so, they’d like your feedback to help improve the site. Take their short survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/oplwebsitesurvey If you haven’t been to the OPL website in a while, take a look — not only can you search and request books, check…
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Continue reading →: September closures
Stock up on your holiday weekend reading now — in addition to its regular Monday closure September 6th, the Montclair branch (and all Oakland Public Library branches) will be closed Sept 7, 9, 10 (but open Wednesday, Sept. 8) for a combination of Labor Day holiday, Admissions Day and budget…
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Continue reading →: Garden of Knowledge
As a book lover, what do you think of this art installation in Quebec? 40,000 discarded books, stacked into temporary garden walls and seeded with mushrooms. Designed by a Berlin-based team of Canadian artist-designer Rodney LaTourelle and landscape architect Thilo Folkerts, the Jardin de la Conaissance (Garden of Knowledge) seeks…
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Continue reading →: Puppets at the Library
The Montclair branch’s final kids’ event of the summer will be this Tuesday, August 17th at 7pm when Puppet Art Theater presents “Three Billy Goats Gruff” (or possibly “Tommy’s Splashy Pirate Adventure,” depending whom you ask, but either way it should be good). For ages 3-10. This production starts with…
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Continue reading →: Carl Nolte: Print is not dead
Great column in today’s Chronicle (8/15/10) by Carl Nolte on the subject of books and libraries: Print is not dead – libraries booming http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/15/MN1R1ETNGD.DTL A boom in the city’s public library system has been going mostly unnoticed over the past year. While the media were announcing the death of print…
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Continue reading →: Library closed Friday
The Montclair branch (and all Oakland libraries, including Main) will be closed this Friday, August 13th for a cost-cutting mandatory business shutdown.
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Continue reading →: More Storytime
The Montclair branch has added a new Toddler Storytime and moved Preschool Storytime a bit later – come in tomorrow morning for stories, songs and fun! Toddler Storytime Thursdays, 10:15 – 10:45 am (ages 0-3) Preschool Storytime Thursdays, 11:15 – 11:45 am (ages 3-5)
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