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Squirrel Tales to Inspire

Submitted by Bruce Farrar on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 4:09pm

SquirrelOctober is Squirrel Awareness Month and there is a varied and robust Literature of Squirrels Stories available at the library that will inspire and entertain you! Here are just a few:

Tales of Growing Up in Hard Times

Submitted by Bruce Farrar on Thu, 09/16/2010 - 5:04pm


What was it like to be an American kid in the 1930’s? Most people were poor, even those who had been well off just a few years before. There was a drought in the Midwest. In northern Texas and Oklahoma there dust storms that blotted out the sky. Here are three tales of kids growing up during these hard times.

Hard Times Growing Up

Submitted by Bruce Farrar on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 1:24pm


Photograph of poor children in Georgia
Not everyone had an ideal childhood. For some there was poverty, uncertainty and a parent who drank too much. While these left deep emotional scars on some that persisted into adulthood, there were others who overcame their early impoverishment and became well adjusted and successful adults. Here are the memories and reflections of three, two journalists and a teacher who remember not only the pains of childhood, but also the strengths that it gave them.

Unfunny Books

Submitted by Bruce Farrar on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 9:48am

Horrifying Graphic Novels

Shock

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