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Writing Tutors Available at the Butman Fish LibraryThe Saginaw Community Writing Center (SCWC) is open for FREE tutoring and writing workshops on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 4-7:30 p.m. at the Butman Fish Library. The SCWC is staffed by trained, SVSU Writing Center tutors. There is no need to register for workshops or tutoring in advance.WorkshopsFebruary 9 6-7:30 Creative Writing for grades 6-12February 23 6-7:30 Writing for the SATMarch 8 6-7:30 Creative Writing for grades 6-12March 22 Cover Letter and Resume Writing
...National Pie Day.
Pieby Sarah Weeks is a delicious mystery story which also contains 14 different pie recipes.
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...Mistletoe Inn by Richard Paul Evans
I listened to this book on an audiobook. I love listening to books as I drive to and from work and out on errands. It really makes the mundane tasks more tolerable especially if it is good book and reader. This book gets a thumbs up on both accounts from me. Okay, onward with my review.
Kimberly Rossi is a want-to-be author with some devastating heartbreaks in her past. These heartbreaks have taken a toll on her and are especially hard at Christmas. She hears about a writers retreat in Vermont at the Mistletoe Inn and is intrigued. After all,...
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
A meaningful story about a boy named Jackson and his family that have fallen on hard times. Money is tight and they may have to move again. Jackson takes on so much of the worry that his old friend Crenshaw the cat comes back to visit him. The only problem is that Crenshaw is an imaginary friend and Jackson does not understand why he has come back now. The last time Jackson saw Crenshaw he was seven and he thinks he is now way too old for an imaginary friend! But he slowly figures out he needs someone to lean on and talk to and Crenshaw the...
Today is Martin Luther King Day.
This federal holiday honors the life and achievements of this influential civil rights leader. Check out Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.
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...We Have the Hits
Did you know that we have the hit music you love?
Visit http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 for Billboard's Hot 100, then visit the Public Libraries of Saginaw to check out your favorite music for three weeks at a time. You can have five CDs at a time checked out to your library card and, as long as you get them back on time, it won't cost you a thing!
...Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr!
To celebrate, read the beautifully illustrated picture biography Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport.
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Randoms by David Liss
Zeke Reynolds is a sci-fi super geek. He knows all the games, movies, comics and TV shows as if he was living in them along with the rest of the characters—like Captain Kirk or Han Solo. He’s also something of a bully magnet—and when he sticks up for himself and manages to get the better of his nemesis, it’s Zeke who ultimately gets in trouble. His father, also a sci-fi aficionado, disappeared many years before, and his mother recently found she has an incurable disease. Zeke is at a rough spot in his life when he finds that the science ...
Boston Globe Horn Book Awards 2015
Picture Books
Winner:
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
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Honor Books:
It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee
Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
Fiction
Winner:
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
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Nonfiction
Winner:
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
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From YouTube to Print
Girl OnlineandGirl Online: On Tour
Best known for her Zoella channel on YouTube, Zoe Sugg debuted her first novel, Girl Online, back in November 2014 - - ages ago. The author, fashion and beauty vlogger, and Internet personality has millions of online followers that helped make Girl Online a New York Times bestseller. Now back with her sequel, Girl Online: On Tour, Zoe continues Penny’s and Noah’s story.
Followers of Zoe’s Zoella channel already understand why she has won numerous Internet honors, including Cosmopolitan Beauty Blog and Vloger Awars, BBC Ra...
And the Winner Is...2016 Youth Media Awards
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
Last Stop on Market Streetwritten by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson
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Randolph Caldecott Medalfor the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick.
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Coretta Scott King Book Award, recognizing an African American author an...
ALA Youth Media Awards
The American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards are announced today, beginning at 8:00 am EST. Which titles will win?
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...How many of these have you read?
Take a look at this list from USA Today ( Dec.30, 2015)!http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/12/30/10-books-we-loved-reading-in-2015/77972528/
...Today is Soup Day!
Slurp up a bowl of your favorite and read one (or more!) of these soup-themed books:
Sip, Slurp, Soup,Soup: Caldo, Caldo, Caldo by Diane Gonzales BertrandClick here to find this book in our catalog.
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
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Soup for One by Ethan LongClick here to find this book in our catalog.
Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months by Maurice SendakClick here to find this book in our catalog.
...The Money Answer Book: Quick Answers to Everyday Financial Questions by Dave Ramsey
Whether you're worrying about credit card debt, your kids' college tuition, your own retirement, or refinancing your home, this book frames the problem; then suggests a solution. The Money Answer Book gives an easy-to-read distillation of all of the key Ramsey commandments for financial success.
You can read the entire book in 90 minutes and get on your way to “financial freedom.”
Reviewed by Kim White, Head of Hoyt Library
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