This past week has also seen two other interesting holidays: Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the birthday of one of our favorite (and smartest) literary characters, Hermione Granger! To view a list of other strange and interesting holidays, click here.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
A Host of Holidays!
Happy Hobbit Day, everyone! Today is the birthday of both Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins, of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy respectively. So use this day to catch up on your Middle-Earth lore, and read some Tolkien! We have a Tolkien display set up in the Children's Department for your browsing convenience.
This past week has also seen two other interesting holidays: Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the birthday of one of our favorite (and smartest) literary characters, Hermione Granger! To view a list of other strange and interesting holidays, click here.
This past week has also seen two other interesting holidays: Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the birthday of one of our favorite (and smartest) literary characters, Hermione Granger! To view a list of other strange and interesting holidays, click here.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Sad News for the Literary World
We are extremely saddened to learn that author Madeleine L'Engle has passed away. In the span of her writing career, Ms. L'Engle wrote many books, but was most famous for A Wrinkle in Time, which was a Newbery Medal winner in 1963 and has remained popular since its publication. Read more here.
In honor of Madeleine L'Engle, come check out some of her amazing books at the library! You can view what we have here.
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