Woodridge
Neighborhood Library

Paula Young Shelton (second from right), daughter of Civil Rights activist and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, read from her newly published book, Child of the Civil Rights Movement, to students from John Burroughs Elementary Educational Center and to library customers.

Over 90 attendees listened as Shelton read with feeling and enthusiasm as she recounted her fond memories of the late civil rights activist "Uncle Martin," the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Circulation desk technicians Denise Barnes and Michael Price suggest the following “Good Reads”:

Out of the Pocket, by Bill Konigsberg is a novel about a high school quarterback named Bobby. He’s a senior this year and his football team is on their way to winning the state championship. Along the way, when Bobby’s sexual orientation is revealed to the world, he is forced to realize that not all his teammates, family, and friends may support him. In no time at all Bobby is forced to realize just how difficult it is to be ‘out of the pocket.’ 

--Michael Price
Librarian Technician
Woodridge Neighborhood Library

Family Literacy Workshop
Family Literacy Projects on a Budget®
December 14, 2009, 4-6:30 p.m.

Using children’s books, the National Children’s Museum will demonstrate extensive activities for family literacy programs on a budget. Using inexpensive, recycled and found items, program providers will create literacy activities for 99 cents or less per participant. In this workshop, each attendee will make tabletop activities, handmade books and fun things for families to do at home.

The Family Literacy Projects on a Budget® workshop will focus on PACT (parent and child together), providing each participant with specific techniques to engage parents and children in conversation and learning using children’s literature.
 
Upon completion of this four-hour workshop, participants will be able to:

Saturday, November 21, 2009
12:30 p.m.
Join Yoga instructor Deirdre Smith for yoga, bodywork and food you can use to maintain strength,health and vitality,during the winter seasons.