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Monday, August 30, 2010

Skyclan's Destiny: Super Edition

Many moons ago, five warrior Clans shared the forest in peace. But as Twolegs encroached on the cats' territories, the warriors of SkyClan were forced to abandon their home and try to forge a new life far away. Eventually, the Clan disbanded—forgotten by all until Firestar was sent on a quest to reunite its descendants and return SkyClan to its former glory.
Now, with Leafstar in place as leader, SkyClan is thriving. Leafstar is desperate to believe that her Clan will survive where the ancient SkyClan cats failed. But threats continue to plague the Clan, and as dissent grows from within, Leafstar must face the one question she dreads: Is SkyClan meant to survive?

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Monday, August 23, 2010

The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West

The 1840s ushered in the beginning of the largest migration in US history. People in crowded Eastern cities and Missouri River towns were feeling the pull of the Western frontier. It was the dawn of a new era of expansion, and over the next few decades, the making of a new kind of pioneer. It was the birth of the cowgirl!
Welcome to the world of nimble equestriennes, hawkeyed sharpshooters, sly outlaws, eloquent legislators, expert wranglers and talented performers who made eyes pop and jaws drop with their skills, savvy and bravery. In this fascinating account of an ever-evolving American icon, Holly George-Warren invites readers to saddle up with a host of these trailblazers who helped settle the West and define the cowgirl spirit.

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Seeds of Change: Planting A Path To Peace

"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Summer Reading Club Finale is August 17th from 4-7:30 pm at the Pruyn House



FINALE
MAKE A SPLASH AT THE BOARDWALK BASH!
Tuesday, August 17                 4:00–7:30 at the Pruyn House on Old Niskayuna Road
Save the date for our fabulous finale!  Just like the boardwalk at the beach, there will be games, food, music, crafts, and lots of summer fun!  You will receive an invite when you complete the Make a Splash @ Your Library!  reading program.  See you there! 

Monday, August 9, 2010

The Firehouse Light

Here is the true story of a little lightbulb, located in a firehouse, that has stayed lit for more than one hundred years. As horse-drawn carriages make room for automobiles, dirt roads give way to paved streets, and new buildings transform small clusters of homes into bustling neighborhoods, a small town grows and changes. And fighting fires changes, too: fires once fought by bucket brigades and hand-pulled hose carts are now attended by full-time firefighters and modern firetrucks. Yet now, just like then, the lightbulb glows, strong and steady, above the brave firefighters and their trucks.

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Cloud Tea Monkeys

Traveling alone to the tea plantations above her tiny foothill village when her mother falls ill, Tashi attempts to earn money for a doctor's services until her clumsiness angers a cruel overseer, in a story inspired by the Chinese legend of tea-picking monkeys. Co-written by the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Tamar.

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