Colleen and Uncle Squaty kickoff 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, a reading program for kids birth to 5. To join, contact the Children’s Department 715.232.2164 x16 or children@menomonielibrary.org
May 142013
Apr 192013
Green Ideas For Your Lawn
I so want spring to finally arrive that I’m sharing this title with you. Maybe it will help hurry spring along. Spring is nearly here and that means many of us are spending hours with our lawnmower each weekend. Lawn Gone! by Pam Penick offers appealing alternatives to tedious lawn maintenance. Low-mow lawns and lawn-like mixes of flowers and grass are just some of the options described. If you’re tired of spending time and money on pesticides, fertilizer and continuing care of your ever-growing grass, consider the earth-friendly alternatives in Lawn Gone!
Apr 122013
D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything and Read. National D.E.A.R. Day is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. The official event date, April 12th, is the birthday of author Beverly Cleary. Read all about D.E.A.R. here!
New biographical novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
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Apr 092013
Just in time for our community read of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby comes:
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
By Fowler, Therese Ann
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When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is 17 years old and he is a young army lieutenant. Before long, the “unforgettable” Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn’t prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame.
Mar 182013
March is Women’s History Month, and readers can mark the occasion by learning about two of America’s most adventurous women. In 1889 after Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days became popular, two publications sent female reporters on their own race around the world to beat the fictional record. In Eighty Days, Matthew Goodman recounts the frenzied journeys of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland and offers a fascinating look at life during the late 19th century. On a personal level, Bly and Bisland were a study in contrasts, but both were pioneering journalists who challenged gender stereotypes in the Victorian era.