Teens ages 13-18 can join our Young Adult Advisory Council that meets once a month to help organize teen events, give input into decorations for the our new room, and recommend book, movie and music purchases. You can plan a teen party, start up a book or movie critique group, form a video or photography club, organize a homework center for kids - or bring your own ideas.
YAAC is a fun way to collect required community volunteering hours, and looks great on a college application or resume. Teens can also find some great volunteer activities in our children’s and young adult departments from helping with children’s programs to preparing story time materials, shelving books, and special projects like creating displays.
We have it: Staff reviews
“A Guide to the Birds of East Africa,” by Nicholas Drayson. Houghton Mifflin, 2008, find it at: DRAYSON
Meet Mr. Malik, a widower, Rose Mbikwa, the leader of the weekly bird walks, and Harry Kahn, the wealthy jokester, in this gentle read about life and love in Nairobi, Kenya.
Following his doctor’s advice to find a hobby and reduce stress, Mr. Malik takes up bird watching. Every Tuesday morning for the last three years he and others gather at the Nairobi Museum for the weekly bird walk under the leadership of Rose Mbikwa, the woman Mr. Malik loves from afar. Enter Harry Kahn, the bane of Mr. Malik’s school years and who is now on a vacation in Kenya. Kahn joins the bird walk one morning and is also smitten with Rose.
Captivating character sketches draw you into this story that is more than a competition for the hand of a lady. You see the darker sides of life in Kenya, corruption and crime, the devastation of AIDS, and the haunting poverty.
Altogether a delightful read that shows bird watching can lead us to explore the rich and bountiful world around us.
Reviewed by Vaun Stevens
Hot happenings
Here’s a sampling of upcoming events at MPL. For more information, call the library at 721-2665 or visit missoulapubliclibrary.org. For special assistance, please call 721-BOOK (2665).
• Library closed Veterans Day. The library will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11. Our catalog and e-resources will remain available online at www.missoulapubliclibrary.com. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
• Have a safe food holiday. Don’t let your holiday celebration be interrupted by foodborne illness. Join Kathy Revello of the MSU-Missoula County Extension on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. and learn how to use a food thermometer and what to do if the power goes out, plus tips for setting up buffets and cooking ahead.
• Book clubs to discuss “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Share the true story of Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who hid hundreds of Jews and Polish resisters in their Warsaw zoo during World War II on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m. or Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. Copies of the book are available at the library check-out desk.
• World-Wide Cinema. See “Ben-X” on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. In the online gaming world, Ben is a courageous hero, but in real life he is tormented by bullies because of his Asperger’s syndrome until the tormenting pushes him over the edge and his online dream girl appears to help him make the bullies pay. Based on a true story, “Ben-X” is presented in Flemish with English subtitles.
52 ways to use your library card
(52 maneras de usar su targeta de la biblioteca.)
No. 28: Use the library’s resources to start a small business.
(Use los recursos de la biblioteca para comenzar un negocio.)
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