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Nature crafts for kids

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Author: Diehn, Gwen, 1943- Krautwurst, Terry, 1946-
Published: 1992
Call Number: Y 745.5 KRAUTWURST
Format: Books
Summary: Provides instructions for using leaves, flowers, twigs, and shells to make fifty craft projects, including kites, kaleidoscopes, and clocks.

Nothing To Lose: A J. P. Beaumont Novel

Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 09/10/2022 - 3:12am

Call Number: PB JANCE
Format: Books

Secrets

Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 09/10/2022 - 3:12am

Call Number: PB MICHAELS
Format: Books

Sheila Tobias, Who Defined ‘Math Anxiety,’ Dies at 86

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 8:44pm

Feeling jittery about math — and altogether avoiding it — “is a serious handicap” that often affected women, she wrote in Ms. magazine in 1976, followed by a book on the subject.

Mentors Named for Next Class in Rolex Arts Initiative

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 7:30pm

El Anatsui, Bernardine Evaristo and Dianne Reeves are among those pairing up for the program.

A Back-to-School Book List for the Ages

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 11:09am

Karina Yan Glaser, author of the Vanderbeekers series, recommends picture books, chapter books and novels for preschool to middle grade readers.

A Back-to-School Book List for the Ages

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 11:09am

Karina Yan Glaser, author of the Vanderbeekers series, recommends picture books, chapter books and novels for preschool to middle grade readers.

'If I Survive You' is a sweeping portrait of a family's fight to make it in America

NPR Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 10:15am

Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You is an intensively granular, yet panoramic depiction of what it's like to try to make it — or not — in this kaleidoscopic madhouse of a country.

(Image credit: Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Siddhartha Mukherjee Weaves History and Biology to Tell the Story of Us

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 10:15am

His forthcoming book, “The Song of the Cell,” part of what he says will be a quartet, is “fundamentally about understanding the units that organize our life.”

Review: ‘Ice Cold: A Hip-Hop Jewelry History,’ by Vikki Tobak

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

A new book traces the arc of hip-hop jewelry from the 1980s to today.

Review: ‘Ice Cold: A Hip-Hop Jewelry History,’ by Vikki Tobak

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

A new book traces the arc of hip-hop jewelry from the 1980s to today.

Review: “The Third Reconstruction,” by Peniel E. Joseph

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

While compellingly readable, Peniel E. Joseph’s “The Third Reconstruction” overstates the impact of the recent reckoning over racial justice.

Review: “The Third Reconstruction,” by Peniel E. Joseph

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

While compellingly readable, Peniel E. Joseph’s “The Third Reconstruction” overstates the impact of the recent reckoning over racial justice.

Ling Ma’s Surreal Subversions

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

The stories in “Bliss Montage” see women — insouciant, detached, mostly Chinese American — making questionable choices.

Ling Ma’s Surreal Subversions

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:00am

The stories in “Bliss Montage” see women — insouciant, detached, mostly Chinese American — making questionable choices.

Review: “Holler of the Fireflies” by David Barclay Moore

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 12:01am

In “Hummingbird” and “Holler of the Fireflies,” a girl with brittle bones and a boy plagued by racist tensions seek healing in the hills.

Review: “Holler of the Fireflies” by David Barclay Moore

New York Times Book News - Fri, 09/09/2022 - 12:01am

In “Hummingbird” and “Holler of the Fireflies,” a girl with brittle bones and a boy plagued by racist tensions seek healing in the hills.

9 Books About Queen Elizabeth II

New York Times Book News - Thu, 09/08/2022 - 4:40pm

Elizabeth, famously reticent during her decades in the public eye, was a source of fascination for many. These books offer a deeper understanding of her life, family and world.

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/08/2022 - 3:21pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

New York Times Book News - Thu, 09/08/2022 - 3:21pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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