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The Benning Branch of the D.C. Public Library was erected at 3935 Benning Road N.E. as the sixth in a series of branch libraries funded under the D.C. Public Works Program. The building was designed by architect Clark T. Harmon in cooperation with the...Read more

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  • National Immunization Awareness Month
    Thursday, July 30, 2009

    The summer is winding down, and school is just around the corner. What better time to ensure the continued good health of your family? August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends reviewing vaccination records to ensure that everyone is up-to-date. Particularly at a time when outbreaks can appear without warning, immunizations are an important means of preventing and controlling the spread of infection.

    The summer is winding down, and school is just around the corner. What better time to ensure the continued good health of your family? August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends reviewing vaccination records to ensure that everyone is up-to-date. Particularly at a time when outbreaks can appear without warning, immunizations are an important means of preventing and controlling the spread of infection. Learn more from the CDC about immunization schedules by clicking here. For additional information about vaccines and infections, check out these titles from the DC Public Library:

    • Tanya Remer Altmann. Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents’ Top 101 Questions about Babies and Toddlers, 2009. 618.92 R386
    • Harley A. Rotbart. Germ Proof Your Kids: The Complete Guide to Protecting (Without Overprotecting) Your Family from Infections, 2008. 616.9041 R842
    • Arthur Allen. Vaccine: the Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver, 2007. 614.4709 A4251
  • Read ‘em, Cowboy
    Thursday, July 30, 2009
    Award-Winning Westerns

    The Spur Awards are given annually for distinguished writing about the American West. Today, Spurs are offered for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel.

    These award winners are available at the D.C. Public Library:

    The Spur Awards are given annually for distinguished writing about the American West. Today, Spurs are offered for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel.

    These award winners are available at the D.C. Public Library:

    • Best Western Short Novel 2009:  Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson
    • Best Western Long Novel 2009:   Shavetail by Thomas Cobb
    • Best Western Short Novel 2008:  Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
    • Best Western Long Novel 2008:   The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
    • Best Western Long Novel 2007:   The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
    • Best Western Short Novel 2007:  The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
    • Best Western Long Novel 2006:   High Country: A Novel by Willard Wyman
    • Best Western Short Novel 2006:  (Tie) Camp Ford: A Western Story by Johnny D. Boggs
    • Best Western Short Novel 2006:  (Tie) The Undertaker’s Wife by Loren D. Estleman

    Find these titles in the library catalog.  Place a hold to have a book delivered to the library nearest you.

    For more Spur winners, visit the Western Writers of America Website.

  • Living Dead in Paperback
    Tuesday, July 28, 2009

    Pocket Books has announced a co-publishing venture with Permuted Press, best known for horror, dark fantasy and science fiction novels. The first title, Day By Day Armageddon, a zombie novel, will be released in October. The second book in the series will be released in February 2010.

    Armageddon is one man’s story as he fights to live as the dead become the dominant “life” form on earth.

    Read more about Permuted Press.

    Pocket Books has announced a co-publishing venture with Permuted Press, best known for horror, dark fantasy and science fiction novels. The first title, Day By Day Armageddon, a zombie novel, will be released in October. The second book in the series will be released in February 2010.

    Armageddon is one man’s story as he fights to live as the dead become the dominant “life” form on earth.

    Read more about Permuted Press.

  • Teachers, Win a Trip to Antarctica
    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    Contest Winner Will Join Robert Swan, Author of...

    Robert Swan’s 2041: My Quest to Save the World’s Last Wilderness, will be published in October 2009. To promote this environmental book, the publisher, Broadway Books, is giving away a free trip to Antarctica to one teacher.

    On the trip, teachers, students, corporate leaders, and environmental experts will see Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems in person. The ship will sail past the Antarctic’s ice cliffs, follow whales as they feed, view Gentoo Penguins and cruise past Cape Horn.

    Robert Swan’s 2041: My Quest to Save the World’s Last Wilderness, will be published in October 2009. To promote this environmental book, the publisher, Broadway Books, is giving away a free trip to Antarctica to one teacher.

    On the trip, teachers, students, corporate leaders, and environmental experts will see Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems in person. The ship will sail past the Antarctic’s ice cliffs, follow whales as they feed, view Gentoo Penguins and cruise past Cape Horn.

    Teachers, find the official contest rules here. The contest ends September 4. 

    2041 raises dire warnings, but also provides solutions to combat environmental problems.
    Read an excerpt of the book.

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