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Happy Birthday to Norton Juster!
On Wednesday, June 2, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the 81st birthday of architect, teacher, and author Norton Juster. Celebrate with us by reading his debut title, The Phantom Tollbooth, first published in 1961 and illustrated by Jules Feiffer.
Readers of ALL ages will delight in this quick-reading, witty and touching story about a little boy named Milo whose boredom leads him to The Lands Beyond - where nothing is ever as it seems, and things as simple as numbers and words take on whole new meanings.
The Aurora Hills Librarians will be thumbing through their well worn copies this week, so check out the book for yourself and join us in getting stuck in the Doldrums, befriending Tock the Watchdog, and jumping to the Land of Conclusions!
- Happy 111th Birthday Holling C. Holling!
On Tuesday August 2nd, the Aurora Hills Library says Happy 111th birthday to children's author Holling C. Holling's! Holling didn't start his career writing. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as a taxidermist, an...
- Happy 112th Birthday E.b. White!
On Monday, July 11 the Aurora Hills Librarians will celebrate the birthday of children's author E. B. White. White was a long-time contributor for the New Yorker (he published for them for more than 6 decades!) but is most famous for his work...
- Happy 113th Birthday Marjorie Flack!
On Friday, October 22 the Aurora Hills Branch Library will celebrate the 113th birthday of beloved children's author Marjorie Flack. Her classic titles include Ask Mr. Bear, The Story about Ping and the Caldecott Honor winning The Boats on...
- Happy 107th Birthday George Orwell!
On Friday, June 25th, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will observe George Orwell's 107th birthday! Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was an author and journalist famous for his witty and sometimes scathing social commentary. His novel Animal Farm,...
- Aurora Hills Book Discussion: 'founding Mothers' - 12/22
Join us Tuesday, Dec. 22, for the Aurora Hills Branch Library book discussion of Founding Mothers: the Women Who Raised Our Nation. This group meets at 2 p.m. in the Aurora Hills reading room on the fourth Tuesday of each month, and all readers are welcome....
Library
"Phantom Tollbooth" Author's 81st Birthday
Happy Birthday to Norton Juster!
On Wednesday, June 2, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the 81st birthday of architect, teacher, and author Norton Juster. Celebrate with us by reading his debut title, The Phantom Tollbooth, first published in 1961 and illustrated by Jules Feiffer.
Readers of ALL ages will delight in this quick-reading, witty and touching story about a little boy named Milo whose boredom leads him to The Lands Beyond - where nothing is ever as it seems, and things as simple as numbers and words take on whole new meanings.
The Aurora Hills Librarians will be thumbing through their well worn copies this week, so check out the book for yourself and join us in getting stuck in the Doldrums, befriending Tock the Watchdog, and jumping to the Land of Conclusions!
- Happy 111th Birthday Holling C. Holling!
On Tuesday August 2nd, the Aurora Hills Library says Happy 111th birthday to children's author Holling C. Holling's! Holling didn't start his career writing. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as a taxidermist, an...
- Happy 112th Birthday E.b. White!
On Monday, July 11 the Aurora Hills Librarians will celebrate the birthday of children's author E. B. White. White was a long-time contributor for the New Yorker (he published for them for more than 6 decades!) but is most famous for his work...
- Happy 113th Birthday Marjorie Flack!
On Friday, October 22 the Aurora Hills Branch Library will celebrate the 113th birthday of beloved children's author Marjorie Flack. Her classic titles include Ask Mr. Bear, The Story about Ping and the Caldecott Honor winning The Boats on...
- Happy 107th Birthday George Orwell!
On Friday, June 25th, the Aurora Hills Branch Library will observe George Orwell's 107th birthday! Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was an author and journalist famous for his witty and sometimes scathing social commentary. His novel Animal Farm,...
- Aurora Hills Book Discussion: 'founding Mothers' - 12/22
Join us Tuesday, Dec. 22, for the Aurora Hills Branch Library book discussion of Founding Mothers: the Women Who Raised Our Nation. This group meets at 2 p.m. in the Aurora Hills reading room on the fourth Tuesday of each month, and all readers are welcome....