Can you burn your guilt?
Gail Giles brings us a compelling story of a young man who is trying to live his life beyond the terrible guilt he is faced with. Right Behind You, introduces us to Kip, whose name changed after he murdered a boy in Alaska, faced four years in a mental institution. He was only nine years old when he entered the hospital and he was also the youngest because the institution normally only took in children twelve and up. While in the hospital, Kip spent every day with children who did the most unbelievable things. He gave nicknames to all of the people who were in the institution, which represented his habit of shying a...
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Lansing Library Teen Dept. Podcast - November 19, 2007 Author: webmaster at lansing.lib.il.us (Lansing Public Library) Tags: chapter book realistic fiction books
Babybug
BABYBUG magazine introduces babies and toddlers to the joys of language through simple stories, poems and whimsical artwork. We would like to share this delightful little periodical with all of our extra small patrons. BABYBUG is a monthly periodical with on-going stories about Kim and Carrots, and other favorites. Come in and check it out. Your babybugs will love it!
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Lansing Library Youth Dept. Podcast - November 19, 2007 Author: webmaster at lansing.lib.il.us (Lansing Public Library) Tags: monthly periodical picture book easy reader
Penguins on Parade
The movie Happy Feet has sparked a big interest in penguins, especially singing and dancing penguins! Check out this fun animated movie and you can look forward to the changing seasons and be thankful you don't live in Antarctica! Your kids will surely want to learn more about the dancing, singing penguins and we have just the book: The Emperor Penguins. You'll learn about the behavior and physical characteristics of these birds that swim instead of fly. Other stories about these wonderful, waddling birds you might enjoy: Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Penguins Are Coming, and one of my favorite non-fiction stories, March ...
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Lansing Library Youth Dept. Podcast - November 19, 2007 Author: webmaster at lansing.lib.il.us (Lansing Public Library)
Holocaust Memories of Aaron Elster
Aaron Elster was born in 1933 in the small northeastern village of Sokolow-Podlaski in Poland. Aaron lived in the Sokolow Ghetto with his family until the liquidation of the ghetto in September 1942. He escaped and hid in various surrounding farms. Eventually, Aaron found refuge in the attic of a Polish family, where he hid for two years until the war's end. He came to the United States in June of 1947. Mr. Elster reads from his book "I Still See Her Haunting Eyes" and talks of survival under terrifying conditions. He also discusses dealing with anger and hate in our past and in our future.
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Kankakee Public Library Podcast - November 19, 2007 Author: steve at Kankakee Public Library Tags: Podcasts
