Just who are the Bookleggers? Ask any K-8 student in Fremont about the volunteers who enter the Fremont Unified School District classrooms and paint such intriguing descriptions of books that students feel compelled to read them. The Bookleggers are a group of volunteers dedicated to promoting independent reading by children. They do this by [...]
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Disney’s 1950 cartoon, The Brave Engineer, illustrates with hilarious detail the dangers of unchecked devotion to duty. Based on the ballad of train engineer Casey Jones, who became a folk legend after losing his life in a heroic attempt to save his train, the Brave Engineer plays the story strictly for laughs. Take a look:
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Fall is here (or almost) and that means fall programs, including storytimes, will be starting soon at your branch library. Check out what each branch has to offer and make a list of the programs you don’t want to miss.
Upcoming events:
@ the Albany Library
@ the Centerville Library
@ the Dublin Library
@ the [...]
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Wow! It’s hard to believe that summer’s over and it’s time to get back into the swing of things for the school year. But not so fast; first, a few statistics! How many people signed up to play the game this year? Nearly 10,800 people. (No, you do not need to adjust your computer screen, [...]
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