April 12th, 2021
April 10th-16th is the Week of the Young Child. To celebrate, Dekalb Public Library, in partnership with Dekalb County BASICS, has a take-and-make craft kit available. Stop by the Youth Services department to pick one up. To learn more about ...
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March 30th, 2021
Another week, another Children's Department STEM kit! This week we are featuring a kit that seems very simple. KEVA planks are simple, but because they are so precise, what you can build with them ranges from easy towers to ...
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March 27th, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month, and here at the library we have tons of books about awesome women! Here are some of our recent arrivals about women in sport.
Betty Robinson, American Olympic Athlete
Unbeatable Betty: Betty Robinson, the First Female Olympic Track ...
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March 27th, 2021
Each year, Earth Hour is celebrated on Saturday night near the equinox in March. This year, Earth Hour will be observed on Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 p.m., in every time zone across the world. Earth Hour is a promise ...
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March 27th, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month, and here at the library we have tons of books about awesome women! Here are some of our recent arrivals about women writers and journalists.
A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book
A 2021 ...
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March 17th, 2021
It's Women's History Month, and here at the library we have tons of books about awesome women! Here are some of our recent arrivals about women in math and science.
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician
Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani ...
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March 17th, 2021
Over the next few months, the library will feature one of our new Children's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) kits every week. This week's kit is Rainbow Blocks! If you have a young builder, this kit is ...
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March 10th, 2021
Join me, Miss Amanda, tomorrow at 4 pm to decorate jars for St. Patrick’s Day!
You can use any material you want. To do the one in the picture below, you will need a jar (or cup-like container, plastic or glass, ...
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March 6th, 2021
Principal of Littlejohn Elementary School Rheon D. Gibson recently stopped by the library to autograph our copies of his Dizz Wizz books. Dizz Wizz is a motivational children's book series. Mr. Gibson plans to write six more Dizz Wizz books ...
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February 26th, 2021
Thanks for joining us this month as we lifted up Black book creators! Local community members read children's books created by members of the African diaspora, and I think we can all agree that it was a lot of fun! ...
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