Category: Richmond Public Library

 

BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 22 – 28, 2013
List of the top ten challenged books of 2012

1.    Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group
2.    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
3.    Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group
4.    Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
5.    And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group
6.    The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
7.    Looking for Alaska, by John Green.Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
8.    Scary Stories (series), by Alvin SchwartzReasons: Unsuited for age group, violence
9.    The Glass Castle, by Jeanette WallsReasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
10.    Beloved, by Toni MorrisonReasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence…

There are two [2] Friday the 13th this year, one in September and one in December.  Are you superstitious? Or is it just another day? Either way the library may have some fun books you could read on the subject. Come in and see what we have.

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Summer Reading has ended and the kids are back in school. I know we did not get pictures on here for all our events this summer. We were having some camera difficulties. The problem has been fixed, but we did lose some of our pictures. So instead of the weekly event pictures I have decided to just post some random Summer Reading 2013 pictures.

We ended the summer with a Gnome Hunt for the younger kids. They had to find the Gnome, decifer the clue and find the treasure box.

The Teens has a Cake Pop party for their ending party.

All done till next summer!…

Week four of the 2013 summer reading program saw the end of the Gnome Scavenger Hunt, the winners were team Betty Boop. On Wednesday, June 26the the younger kids painted wooden snakes

Thursday, June 27th the older kids made mummy’s from garden wire wrapped in gauze.

Friday, June 28th the adults made Ink Dot paintings, this craft was by far the favorite with the adults.

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Week 3 was the start of the Gnome digital scavenger hunt, mummy cats, candles and one cancellation.

At the beginning of the week we handed out folders with the black & white gnome pictures in them. Each team was to try on find out where the picture was taken and fine the gnome. Half was through the week it was decided that we needed to hide more gnomes, so we did.

The younger kids made “Mummy Cats” on Wednesday, June 19th. The kids really seemed to like making these.

On Thursday, June 20th the older kids were invited to the library to make “baby Jar” candles.

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