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Archive for September 2009
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Book Review: The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
This book has been chosen as the featured picture book for the Michigan Reads! One State, One Children’s Book program. Mr. Fish is very sad. One by one, his sea creature friends try to cheer him up, but it takes something truly special to turn his frown upside down. With great rhyme and Continue… -
Book Review: Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace
From the creators of Little Pea comes another picture book that turns a familiar parent-child argument on its side. Little Hoot is a good little owl who loves school and playing hide and seek with his friends. However, there is one thing Little Hoots does not like… bedtime. This is because Continue… -
Book Review: Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Patillo
For all you Jane Austen lovers out there who are searching for your next anglophile fix, this is the book for you. This is a story about Emma, a college professor in the midst of a messy divorce whose credibility has been severely challenged. Our heroine bitterly blames her troubles on Jane Continue… -
Book Review: Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Gemma Doyle has lived in India all her life. On her sixteenth birthday, her mother dies under mysterious circumstances and Gemma begins to have visions which frighten and confuse her. She is sent away in all her grief to boarding school in England where she is followed by a mysterious man. Continue… -
Job Computers @ Portage District Library
If you are looking for a employment, and need to use the computer to look for jobs, send applications to companies, or claim unemployment, the Portage District Library has special designated computers that job seekers can use for that purpose. Ask at the Adult Information Desk on the upper level, Continue…
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