September 11th remembered

9/11 child's poem
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September Roses by Jeanette Winter
This book can be held in the palm of your hand. It is physically small, but the words and drawings contained speak volumes. "On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa find a good use for the roses they have grown when the flower show in New York City is canceled due to the attack on the World Trade Center."

911: The Book of Help
What happened to you and your family? How did you respond? Are you still? Consider this "collection of essays, poems, short fiction, and drawings created in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by authors and illustrators of books for young adults."

9.11.01: Terrorists Attack the U.S. by Patrick Lalley
"Discusses the events that led up to and followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and offers information on the World Trade Center, Islamic extremism, the war in Afghanistan, and the Middle East."

A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and its Aftermath
"A photographic chronicle of the "New York Times" coverage of the September 11 attacks includes original background essays by top writers and considers the worldwide aftermath of the attacks."


Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001
by photographers of the New York City Police Department
When there are no more words left. This book "[p]resents photographs--both aerial shots and those taken at ground level--of the attack on the World Trade Center, rescue and recovery efforts, the clearing of the site, and memorial observances through April, 2002."

Twin Towers burning

Mourning Parents by Kathe Kollwitz

Sad news from Bealeton

"Sugar"

RIP

Sugar (Gerbil) died on September 3, 2007 at the Bealeton Library following an acute Labor Day illness. The exact cause of death is unknown, but some speculate that Sugar took the phrase "Labor Day" too literally and died from overexertion in shredding cardboard tubes. Library staff had also observed a general malaise since the demise of Spice, Sugar’s one known sibling, four months ago. The two had forged an unusually close bond as co-performers in the "Sugar and Spice" comedy revue headquartered at the Bealeton Library, Sugar serving as the straight foil to Spice’s "funny man" routine. Sugar lived by the motto "the show must go on," but sadly it went on only so long.

Sugar, who kept his male gender a secret until his death, was aptly named not only because of his white albino coat, but also because of his sweet and self-effacing personality. Although he shredded several times as much cardboard during his short life as Spice did, he never boasted of the fact. His generous nature led him to become an organ donor: his powerful front teeth and beady red eyes will go to another gerbil in need.

Sugar’s passing was marked by one controversy: the local chapter of GNAWERS (Gerbil National Association for WEe RodentS) complained that library staff acted insensitively by immediately replacing the gerbils’ glass enclosure with a cage of hermit crabs. Library representatives have assured GNAWERS that no offense was intended: "There is no moral equivalency between crabs and gerbils." They promise that new gerbils will be hired shortly.

No funeral is planned; those wishing to commemorate Sugar's life may contribute to GNAWERS or to the Bealeton Library Gerbil Replacement Fund.

Remember Spice.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Warning! Warning! Warning!

Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler!

Warning! Warning! Warning!

a.k.a. Mrs.Norris
Spoiler! Spoiler! Spoiler!

If you are unafraid to read further,

In Memoriam: A Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Brought to you by The Lit Wit

Cans into lobster

Turtles or watermelon, yum

What You Know About Math?

Palindromic Numbers?

"Did you know that if you multiply 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 that the answer is consecutive? Try it and then check the answer to see what happens.

Explanation: in a mathematical context a palindrome is a number that reads the same in either a forward or backward direction. In other words a palindrome (or palindromic number) is equal to its reverse. Thus for example 1331 is a palindrome."

111111111x111111111.com

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Calculate more Curious Math:

11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10 = 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

7 x 7 = 49
67 x 67 = 4489
667 x 667 = 444889
6667 x 6667 = 44448889
66667 x 66667 = 4444488889
666667 x 666667 = 444444888889
6666667 x 6666667 = 44444448888889

and so on

4 x 4 = 16
34 x 34 = 1156
334 x 334 = 111556
3334 x 3334 = 11115556
33334 x 33334 = 1111155556

3 x 37 = 111 and 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
6 x 37 = 222 and 2 + 2 + 2 = 6
9 x 37 = 333 and 3 + 3 + 3 = 9
12 x 37 = 444 and 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
15 x 37 = 555 and 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
18 x 37 = 666 and 6 + 6 + 6 = 18
21 x 37 = 777 and 7 + 7 + 7 = 21
24 x 37 = 888 and 8 + 8 + 8 = 24
27 x 37 = 999 and 9 + 9 + 9 = 27

Even more Curious Math

1 X 9 = 09 = 0 + 9 = 9
2 X 9 = 18 = 1 + 8 = 9
3 X 9 = 27 = 2 + 7 = 9
4 X 9 = 36 = 3 + 6 = 9
5 X 9 = 45 = 4 + 5 = 9
6 X 9 = 54 = 5 + 4 = 9
7 X 9 = 63 = 6 + 3 = 9
8 X 9 = 72 = 7 + 2 = 9
10 X 9 = 90 = 9 + 0 = 9

The magical number is 9.

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Search Mathematics in the library catalog and find math games, algebra, graphic methods, hyperspace, numerals, geometry, fractions...

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

The Square of the Hypotenuse

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Danny Kaye!!! Music by Saul Chaplin, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd. From "Merry Andrew" in 1958.

You may recognize this funny man's voice from your childhood. Danny Kaye sang Inchworm and other familiar tunes on children's recordings. He also portrayed Hans Christian Andersen. Want to know in how many movies Danny Kaye has performed?

Read about this whacky comedian in The Secret Life of Danny Kaye by Michael Freedland

"Life a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can."-- Danny Kaye

Math murmurings

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
"Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams." This books was on the middle school Battle of the Books challenge last year. Read this famous Bavarian author’s (poet, translator, editor...) new name for prime numbers. They are personified as prima donnas. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002, pronunciation and definition of prima donna: (pree-muh, prim-uh DON-uh) A vain and overly sensitive person who is temperamental and difficult to work with: "That Jenkins girl is a good gymnast, but she certainly is a prima donna." In opera, prima donna is the principal female soloist. From Italian, meaning "first lady." Did this author write the book to confuse and make people hate math? One reader said she would "read a whole page and think, ‘wait, what just happened?’" Try this book and decipher this unusual topic and writing style. See what else Cedar Lee, Auburn, Taylor, and Warrenton Middle School students will be reading for the Battle of the Books this year. (For more information about America's Battle of the Books, a voluntary reading incentive program for students in grades 4-12, check out http://www.battleofthebooks.org/.)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

"Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother." As this mystery becomes ordered, can you decipher the excellent drawings as well?


The Only Math Book You'll Ever Need by Stanley Kogelman and Barbara R. Heller
"The math contained in taxes, banking, loans, and encountered in restaurants, boutiques, travel, hobbies, gambling, and home improvement is presented for the non-math person, you and me." Share this with family and enjoy mathematics together.

Quick and Easy Math by Isaac Asimov

"Describes shortcuts to use in solving problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, and fractions." Anything from this famous brain must be good!

Closure

Yesterday I spotted you hangin' out with someone new
Come on, dude, I can't believe who
Did it hurt, oh yes it hurt, but not as much as
I thought it would
I'm getting closer
Closer to closure
I finally took your pictures down and all that
other stuff I found
Hidden somewhere in my closet
I used to wear your shirt to bed
But now it's in the trash instead
I don't wanna be reminded. No, no.
I'm getting closer
Closer to closure
Every day's closer
Closer to closure
I saw you today takin' my breath away
But then you opened your mouth without thinking
And then I recalled why I ended it all
And it makes me feel good about leaving
My instincts tell me that you're having doubts
Why would you doubt me?
Someone like you should be lovin' me true
And not thinkin' of what it will cost you.
You've been hangin' out with them so long
That some of them has rubbed off on you
Now you're careful around me for some reason.

Written by an anonymous Bealeton visitor

Dates gone very wrong...

Inexcusable by Chris Lynch

Keir Sarafian loves Gigi Boudakian.
He’s a good guy.
Do good guys rape?

"High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong."

Riveting.

Read an interview with Chris Lynch.

Twisted by Laure Halse Anderson

Meet the characters from Twisted:

Tyler Miller
Dopey, Toothless, and Joe building maintenance who mandated "hard labor [which] turned me from Nerd Boy into Tyler the Amazing Hulk, with ripped muscles and enough testosterone to power a nuclear generator."
"Meet my father: Corporate Tool."
"Yoda" Calvin Hodges
Bethany Milbury
Chip
Principal Hughes

Then there was the "Foul Deed." What would you do if a girl accused you of rape?

Add in Tophet, a computer game. Tyler must "survive through the sixty-six Levels of Torment... Escape to Heaven or descend to the Final Pit and be crowned the Lord of Darkness."
Recognize Faust or Paradise Lost (or Paradise Lost) or Crime and Punishment? Who said games can't save you from a reality worse than death. Just ask Dante.

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AARDVARC: An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection

Surviving to Thriving: Healing and Hope for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Resources link includes survivor sites and organizations.

Biography link is on the QT

Did you read the featured life of the day from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography? Meet Charlotte Louisa Collins:

"A smart and stylish girl you see
The belle of good society
Fond of fun as fond could be
When it's on the strict QT."

But what does QT mean? Or, what did it mean before it meant "cutie" on T-shirts today? Read word origins for a surprise.

Protect yourself

Do you know who you are?

Are you me?

Who am I?

Am I you?

What was the question?

Read about how to protect yourself from Identity Theft with help from the library!

Bealeton poet's response to Two Chinese Guys

Written by Kumogoro (pseudonym)

we speak all these languages -
know all the sounds,
we can sing a thousand songs
in a thousand tongues
in a thousand sounds
in one place.
our place. our little place.

we grew up together as one -
can't tear us apart,
we do all these things for fun,
for laughs
and gags
and rainy days that last forever
we pass by. in a flash.

him and me - me and him
we're now online - WOW!
just for fun -
people know our names -
know our faces, too
famous?
know us?
him or me?
me or him?

it started as fun.
now who are we?
we only lipsynch to be us -
the took it for real
we took it for granted
what happened?
we're on TV.
we're on live!

we speak these languages -
know all the sounds,
we can sing a thousand songs
in a thousand tongues
in a thousand sounds
in one place
our place.

we sit now...
in our place -
still our place...just bigger.

Two Chinese Boys sing

Two Chinese Boys: dadada
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MouthSounds: How to Whistle, Pop, Boing, and Honk for all Occassions-- and Then Some by Fred Newman
Can you make faces and unusual sounds like these two famous Chinese boys from YouTube? Check out this book for explicit instructions to make "sounds and special effects, including how to create sounds for vocal characters, animals, musical instruments, and street noises, along with tips for actors, musicians, and puppeteers" using only your vocal chords and mouth. There's an accompanying CD for a complete auditory experience. Now you are ready to test out the "Nose Whistle," "Helicopter," Peacock Wail," "Spinning Tires," "Cell Phone Ring," "Star Trek Doors," "Fizzle Razz," "Sirens and Alarms," and even "Stomach Growls." Good luck and don't scare too many of your friends!

If you are interested in learning more of the foreign language the Two Chinese Boys sang, check out these books and audio selections at the library: German.

O.E.D. vocabulary resounds

Peal, v.

To sound forth in a peal; to resound.
1910, H. H. Richardson (pseudonym of Edith F. L. Robertson) - "A great bell clanged through the house, pealing on and on, long after one's ears were rasped by the din."

To sound (something) forth in a peal, to produce (a sound, etc.) with loud reverberation; to utter or proclaim loudly and sonorously. Freq. with out.
1887, translation of Virgil - "Loud thunder is pealed from the skies."

To cause (a bell, etc.) to sound loudly; to ring (a bell) in peals.
1904, Henry James - "You keep pealing all the bells to drown my voice."

To assail (the ears, or a person) with loud noise, clamour, etc.
1641, Milton - "They...never lin pealing our eares that unlesse we fat them like boores"

Don't Incubate Random Eggs

A brief time-lapse film
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The author of this video writes, "When I find an egg in the deepest wilderness, I decide I must hatch it and free the creature inside."

Perhaps you may want to handle your "splat egg" (from the Summer Reading Program's teen prizes) with care. Who knows what might be lurking inside it. Grow or splat it if you dare.

Birthday and Love poems (acrostic)

Birds are circling overhead

Indifferent to the life below them
Ritual dance in the sky
To bring life to their nest.
Happenings go on everyday
Days and days go past
And the eggs begin to hatch
Young birds learning how to fly.

(photo from http://southessexwildlife.org/Archived_Updates/archived_updates.html)
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Big girl
in
the
right
time
has a
day of
awesomeness,
Yay!

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Love has a kiss
On each and everyday
Very awesome
Every time

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Amazing she's 13
Nahh...
God's will
Everyday
Love

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Birthdays of
Indians are
Rough
To
Hot
Dinosaurs
After
Yucky cake.

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Bob's
Idiotic
Rally
Truck
Has
Drums
At
Yesterday


(photo from http://www.neatorama.com/2006/07/19/weird-world-records/)
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Born in the morning
Inside a bright hospital
Right in summertime
The finest time of
Heat on a
Dreamy day
And boy, oh, boy was I
Young and new then.

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Blustery bold
Indigo institution
Rough roads riding right
There to the
Hospital. Hopeful
Dads dancing
And always
Yelling, "Yay!"

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All of these poems were written at the Bealeton Library Teen Coffee House.

Video transformation of female faces

Women In Art - 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
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From the Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's fractals of a face, this video swirls.

Henna/mehndi examples

Mother of the Year

"In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth

The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve

After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?? Take a look........ you won't believe your eyes!!"

Link to article

Poem for mothers

The Reading Mother
By Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)

I had a Mother who read me things
That wholesome life to a child's heart brings –
Stories that stir with an upward touch.
Oh that every Mother were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be.
I had a Mother who read to me.

From the Web site Fun with Words

Mom

Mom is a person who is there for you

through good times as well as bad.

She's there to hold your hand when it needs to be held

and to help you when you need help the most.

And without even asking she is there for you

forever and always she will always be there for you!

Babysitting Resources

A song for babysitting siblings from the children's book Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs written by Alan Katz and illustrated by David Catrow.

Stinky Stinky Diaper Change
(To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")

Stinky stinky diaper change
Boy, my brother smells so strange
He made something in his pants
Sure hope it won't attract ants
Stinky stinky diaper change
Boy, my brother smells so strange!

It's okay, don't hold your nose
Now he's clean and in fresh clothes
All his stuff is often stained
Can't wait till he's potty trained
He's so cute in his playpen
What's that smell? Oh...not again!

One of the chorus verses from

The Yogurt Flies Straight From My Brother

(To the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")

Food fight! Food fight!
There's food on the counter and chairs! And chairs!
Food fight! Food fight!
There's tons of meat loaf in my hair.

An exerpt from I Have a Baby-sitter Here with Me

To the tune of "I Have a Little Baby Bumblebee")

My baby-sitter's gonna raid the snacks
Cookies, candy, a box of Cracker Jack
She chomped so fast that right before my eyes
She...ate the pizza!

For Sale from Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends.

One sister for sale!
One crying and spying young sister for sale!
I'm really not kidding,
So who'll start the bidding?
Do I hear a dollar?
A nickel?
A penny?
Oh, isn't there, isn't there, isn't there any
One kid who will buy this old sister for sale,
This crying and spying young sister for sale?

Remember Harry Potter ...

as a baby...


as a boy...

and now...

Practical advice for Rubber Stamp lovers

Have you ever made a stamp? Would you like to use your thumbprint as a stamp on the Fauquier County Public Library Letterboxing scavenger hunt? Or try working with unmounted rubber stamps. If you decide to purchase or make your own rubber stamp, this video will give you tips on how to store them. Have fun stamping all over the county!

Rubber Stamps
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"This video demonstrates three ways to store your unmounted rubber stamps. The video discusses using CD cases, laminated storage panels and plastic baggies."

Working with Unmounted Rubber Stamps

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Watch this video to "learn how to use EZ Mount foam and double-sided tape to adhere your unmounted rubber stamps to acrylic blocks." Attend the library's free teen stamping program for alternative techniques of rubber stamp making. You can read more about this program on the Library News and Events blog.

Poetry riddle by another Bealeton poet

The smoke of a thousand guns
Hovers in the air
The yells and chants of sailors
Ring about your ears
Hark! A shot is fired!
The cannon fire roars
A ship appears alongside
You know not what's in store
As musket fire encircles
You strain and squint to see
Through the smoke and flashes
That send men down to ME
For I have eyes like any man
I have arms and ears
I have a temper that at times
Will justify men's fears
You know so much about me.
And as you sink into my depths
You know. I AM THE SEA.

Death's Staring Eyes:

a personification of that which we all fear.

Written by a Bealeton teen

Yellow and gleaming
Slits that are seeming
to pry open my heart's
iron door.

Lo! It is open and the deathly soldiers
throw tokens,
of ill-fated omens
through my soul's writhing core.

Then the grief, it starts flowing,
like a foul wind that's blowing,
carrying a scent that is
murky as mud.

The unmoving stare,
that one constant glare,
shall always be there,
lest it miss my despair.

The ever staring eyes
both deep in my cries
and never leave me alone.
Death's staring eyes,
look away.

Death's staring eyes brought to this poem courtesy of Van Dyke's Taxidermy
http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/subcategory/150/

Order of the Phoenix in theaters now!!!

Harry Potter quizzes

hich Harry Potter character are you? What would you rather do? Read a bookHang out with some friendsPlay QuidditchStudy Plants What is your favourite subject? Defence Against the Dark ArtsAncient RunesHerbologyTransfiguration What scares you the most? SpidersFearNo HomeworkProfessor Snape What pet would you pick if you went to Hogwarts? ToadOwlRatCat What is your favourite spell? Expecto PatronumAlohamoraStupifyExpelliamus Who or what do you dread battling the most? Lord VoldemortMalfoyAragogTroll This Fun Quiz created by Brendan at BlogQuiz.Net

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trivia:

Chapters 1 through 10 = Part 1
Chapters 11 through 21 = Part 2
Chapter 22 through 30 = Part 3

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

Harry Potter Countdown

Play in the sand on vacation!

Sand Art
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Sandcastles: Great Projects from Mermaids to Monuments

By Patti Mitchell with Leap ...Imagination in Learning

Hitting the beach this summer? What would you build if you had enough sand to fill a dumptruck? Unbelievable sand sculptures! Read this books for some grandiose ideas!


Sand Animation of Animals
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"Sand animation "animal". Made by Sigrid Astrup (http://www.blogger.com/www.sigridastrup.com) during spring 2005."

The Rhinestone Reef

by a Bealeton poet

In a jewelry box ocean
The gems of the sea
Shimmer and dance
In harmony
Golden gills
And silver scales
Sapphire sails
And topaz tails
A necklace of noodle fish
And diamond dace
The jasper jellyfish
Who lacks a face
Peridot perch
And ruby remora
Dance with bixbite betas
In an anemone aurora
Amethyst anchovies
And opal octopi
Watch crystal crabs
Scuttling by
Guppies of garnet
And pearl pufferfish
To see these beautiful creatures
Would be a whale of a wish!

Images of India

Mehndi program teaser

Henna
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See mehndi body decoration in traditional ceremonies.
"Read in English or read in Hindi" = "रीड इन इंग्लिश ओर रीड इन हिंदी"

A Timberlake parrot?

Timberlake Cockatoo Dance!
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Has this bird watched music videos before? Her dance moves might just be better than the originals! After some preening she starts to dance and, yes, it's true, "she's got rhythm!"

Funny Parrot
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Think you can mimic animal sounds better than a parrot? Compare and be humbled. Mockery is always a good party trick to entertain friends. Or teach exaggerated noises when you babysit the kiddies. Remember to ask about the free Red Cross Babysitting classes (registration required) through the library this summer!


Listen to cat calls or bird calls all day long through the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Their Macaulay Library has a searchable sound and video library catalog. Squawk!

When you visit the library you can always peruse photos of these beautiful and exotic birds in the book, Family: Parakeets, Budgerigars, Cockatiels, Lovebirds, Llories, Macaws by W. de Grahl. Read The Wild parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story ... with Wings by Mark Bittner or watch The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill on DVD.

Faster than free internet...

The Adventures of Super Librarian
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Coffee!!!!

Drawing in a cup of coffee? Using a cup, coffee, cream, and sometimes chocolate syrup, watch liquid masterpieces appear.

The Art of Coffee
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Drive In Trailer (Hot Chocolate)
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Visit Bealeton Library's weekly Wednesday evening (7 p.m.) teen coffee house during the Summer Reading Program. Get lost in reading, poetry, movies, and refreshments with good company. All welcome, all the time. Feel free to visit the Warrenton Library for teen movies every Monday night (7 p.m.) during the summer, too.

If you are serious about coffee, try reading this e-book Coffee: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. This is written for the coffee scholar.

Or if you like a book to read while you sip hot chocolate in a cozy corner, try Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Teenage Soul: 101 True Stories of Angels, Miracles, and Healings by Arielle Ford

Pirate Poetry written at Teen Coffee House

Acrostic

Pirate poetry
Is fun!
Reading
A lot
Takes you
Everywhere on
Schooners.


Tongue Twister

Pirates play piano partly perfectly while playing groovy gigantic guitars great!

Limerick

There once was a pirate named Pete
who loved to eat parrot meat.
But his parrot named Peggy
ate the pirate's leggy.
Now Pete limps along on the street.


The Ballad of Long John Silvers and the Quicksand Treasure

Our boat was on the ocean
floating up to an island.
Long John Silvers lost 3 fingers
to a shark.

singing:
"The shark had a big giant mark
that looked like a tree
and stung like a bee.
She led the boat to ruin
on an island they maroon'd."

He followed a trail
next thing you know
he walked into quicksand
and sank with a thump.

singing:
"A treasure chest below me feet
and now I stay and live and eat!
15 men on a dead man's chest
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!"


Spoonerism (in honor of Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein)

Tirates Preasure

My name is chesure test.
My landels are my histening ears.
My lock is my nunny rose.
Open my louth mid and glee what sows!


Free Verse

Take a boat to summer reading...bring your books along!

Pirates sing in English and ...

You are a Pirate
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Lazy Town - You're A Pirate (Multi-Language)
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"Lazy Town's Song, You're A Pirate, in English, Latin American Spanish, & French!!"

Pirate books in the Library

Who says girls can't be pirates?!!

Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas
Presented most handsomely by the notorious Tanith Lee
"A bump on the head restores Art's memories of her mother and the exciting life they led, so the sixteen-year-old leaves Angels Academy for Young Maidens, seeks out the pirates who were her family before her mother's death, and leads them back to adventure on the high seas."


But, what about the guys?

Destined for danger, they can get roped into being pirates, too.

The Pirate's Son
Geraldine McCaughrean
"Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past."

Both books are nearly 300 pages, so you'll be lost in the adventure for days, weeks, or maybe even months. Consider taking these tomes for pleasure reading on a desert island!

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