Spring is natures way of saying, “Let’s Party!” Robin Williams If you want to DIG IN to learn more about gardening – the book below will get you on your way! Planting is fun! Your garden can be as big as your backyard or as tiny as a flower pot! Will it have veggies, flowers…
Fast Facts – Cupcakes About, 770,000,000 cupcakes is eaten in the United State per year. The earliest description of a cupcake was in 1796, when a recipe for “a light cake to bake in small cups” was written in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. The cupcake became popular in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because…
I’d give you a cookie, but I ate it. -Cookie MOnster February is a time of LOVE! There is no better thing to love than COOKIES! Did you know that the word “cookie” comes from the Dutch “koekje,” meaning little cake. British people call them biscuits. One type of “cookie” originated in Persia in 7th…
Programs of Interest During the shortest month of the year, we are hosting a short poetry contest. Teen Haiku Contest Saturday, February 1-Saturday, February 29, 2020 A haiku is a short Japanese poem consisting of three lines and a total of 17 syllables. The first and last lines of a haiku have five syllables and…
Cooking with Teens ASIAN Inspired Cooking Cook Korean! : a comic book with recipes / Robin Ha A charming introduction to the basics of Korean cooking in graphic novel form, with 64 recipes, ingredient profiles, and more, presented through light-hearted comics. Fun to look at and easy to use, this unique combination of cookbook and graphic…
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall/Anna D’Amico (Illustrations) A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women’s rights. The ongoing struggle for women’s rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as…
