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Five by Five by Five: Day 1
Five readalikes for five popular books over five days
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[1] Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Pater
Adult | Education | Humanities
Excerpts from “The Propaganda Multiplier” (SPR)
“News agencies are rarely in the public eye. Yet they are one of the most influential and at the same time one of the least known media types. They are key institutions of substantial importance to any media system… ” (Wolfgang Vyslozil)
2020 Fall Teen Poetry Contest
It is that time of year again…the Homewood Public Library’s Fall Teen Poetry Contest! Each Fall we challenge our 6th-12th graders to get creative with their writing. Our judges select winning poems for the 6th-8th and 9th-12th grade categories. We’re excited to announce the selected poems! Each writer will receive a prize bag that includes…
Adult | Books | Education | Humanities
The Maid of Orleans (Chesterton)
“When a man of Voltaire’s school has to explode a saint or a great religious hero, he says that such a person is a common human fool, or a common human fraud. But when a man like Anatole France has to explode a saint, he explains a saint as somebody belonging to his particular fussy little literary set.” (Chesterton)
Pumpkin Photo Contest
For the month of October, we held a virtual pumpkin photo contest. This idea was suggested by our Teen Advisory Board as a possible Fall contest. We were blown away by our community’s creativity and skill. Wow! To keep it interesting, we created four categories for entries: Kids, Teen, Adult, and Family. We’ve included the…