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Aurora Hills wishes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a happy birthday!
On May 22 the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the famed author's 151st birthday!
Everyone knows and loves Detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson. But did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also chronicled the adventures of another character? Try reading The Lost World, and immerse yourself in the life of Professor E. Challenger as he leads a scientific expedition through the Amazon. What they discover there is a world away from 221B Baker Street!
- Mini Reviews From Summer Readers
Two of the Glencarlyn Branch Library's summer reading participants shared their reading logs with us last week. Here's what they read, and what they had to say: Chloe the Topaz Fairy by Daisy Meadows "I like how Chloe didn?t give up on finding...
- Happy 112th Birthday C.s. Lewis!
On November 29th, the Aurora Hills Library celebrates the birthday of author C. S. Lewis. Lewis may be most famous among children and parents for his series The Chronicles of Narnia but the fictional world beyond the wardrobe doors is only one of the...
- 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,...
- "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...
- If You Like (this Popular Teen Fiction), Try (this Adult Classic)
If you like Hunger Games, Matched, Divergent and Delirium? ? try some of the original, ground-breaking dystopian adventures. 1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyIf you like Skulduggery Pleasant,...
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Happy 151st birthday Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!
Aurora Hills wishes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a happy birthday!On May 22 the Aurora Hills Branch Library will mark the famed author's 151st birthday!
Everyone knows and loves Detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson. But did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also chronicled the adventures of another character? Try reading The Lost World, and immerse yourself in the life of Professor E. Challenger as he leads a scientific expedition through the Amazon. What they discover there is a world away from 221B Baker Street!
- Mini Reviews From Summer Readers
Two of the Glencarlyn Branch Library's summer reading participants shared their reading logs with us last week. Here's what they read, and what they had to say: Chloe the Topaz Fairy by Daisy Meadows "I like how Chloe didn?t give up on finding...
- Happy 112th Birthday C.s. Lewis!
On November 29th, the Aurora Hills Library celebrates the birthday of author C. S. Lewis. Lewis may be most famous among children and parents for his series The Chronicles of Narnia but the fictional world beyond the wardrobe doors is only one of the...
- 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,...
- "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...
- If You Like (this Popular Teen Fiction), Try (this Adult Classic)
If you like Hunger Games, Matched, Divergent and Delirium? ? try some of the original, ground-breaking dystopian adventures. 1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyIf you like Skulduggery Pleasant,...