William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood Library

Please come out and join Washington Highlands Interim Library and P.I Advocates International, Inc. as we provide a Hands-On Health Literacy/Computer Literacy Workshop October 19, from 1 p.m.  to 3:30 p.m. The workshop will include:

•     Introduction and explanation of computer basics
•     Introduction and explanation of health literacy
•     Demonstration of webpage evaluation and navigation techniques
•     Hands-on practice and health topic assignment

At the end of the workshop, participants will demonstrate their knowledge by finding health information on the Internet.

This Harriet Tubman picture book is very inviting, with its hardback covers and colorful illustrations. It is a thin book containing only 24 pages, and it is an excellent read for second and third graders.  Of course, it covers the adventures in Harriet's life, and several history facts about the underground railroad. The book includes Harriet Tubman's timeline, a glossary, the list of books in the Biographies series, website links and other resources.

In her new book, Dana Meachen Rau tells us that fireworks started about a thousand years ago with the Chinese people. The plan was to make medicine, but instead gunpowder and fireworks were developed. They mixed different chemicals and discovered that one mixture flamed, smoked and made a loud noise when lit with fire. It became known as gunpowder. Flaming arrows, fireballs and bullets followed the invention of gunpowder. The Chinese made rockets with gunpowder that shot into the sky and exploded with showers of sparks. This was the beginning of early fireworks, and the colors were only yellow and orange.