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Happy Earth Day!

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The Google doodle for today celebrates Earth Day by focusing on bees – our busy pollinators whose activities help our plants grow and reproduce. You can play a little pollination game and learn a few facts about bees. Bee Doodle!

Sock Bunnies!

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Sock bunnies are one of my favorite things to make. You probably have most of the supplies you’ll need around the house, and even sewing beginners should be able to stitch one together. It took me about 35 minutes to create a sock bun in this video, but your mileage may vary. Plan for about an hour. Ready? Grab a sock and collect the other supplies mentioned in the video and get started!

April is National Poetry Month!

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You can celebrate National Poetry Month by signing up to receive a poem every day this April from Knopf Publishing. (SEND ME POEMS) Poets.org also has a poem-a-day subscription feature (or you can just read a new poem every day on their website). (SEND ME MOAR POEMS) Challenge yourself to write a poem every day this month like the folks who started NaPoWriMo.net (National Poetry Writing Month – like National Novel Writing Month/NaNoWriMo, but for … Read more

Smile Read-alikes

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Check out our list of read-alikes for Raina Telgemeier’s wildly popular autobiographical graphic novel, “Smile.” This bibliography includes other books by Raina Telgemeier (maybe you missed one!), graphic novel biographies by other authors, and realistic fiction graphic novels. Hope you enjoy them! Click on the image below to see the list of books in the library’s online catalog. Need more books? Check out some of our other booklists for teens here.