4/21/2011

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony


Maplewood Library’s new ADA-compliant elevator was launched with much fanfare. From left: Assemblyman John McKeon, Township Committeeman Marlon Brownlee, Library Director Jane Kennedy, President of the Library Board Katherine Hilaire and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey. 

4/07/2011

E-Audiobooks for Kids and Teens


Maplewood Library has a NEW and IMPROVED selection of downloadable audiobooks for children and teens

Now you can download children’s audiobooks by authors such as Avi, Dan Gutman, Betsy Byars and Michael Buckley.  Recordings of the popular children’s series “Ivy + Bean”, “My Weird School” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” are available for download from home.  Teen book authors include Meg Cabot, Margaret Peterson Haddix and Anthony Horowitz and series such as “Maximum Ride”, “Mediator” and “Alex Rider”.  Check out our website www.maplewood.library.org/Eaudiobooks.htm  to view downloadable titles or come in and ask a librarian.

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4/04/2011

Poem of the Day April 4



Sonnet
By Elizabeth Bishop

Caught – the bubble
in the spirit-level,
a creature divided;
and the compass needle
wobbling and wavering,
undecided.
freed – the broken
thermometer’s mercury
running away;
and the rainbow-bird
from the narrow bevel
of the empty mirror,
flying wherever
it feels like, gay!

Poem of the Day April 1


April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

Langston Hughes

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