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Reviewed by Stephanie H. 

I love Ada! Ada and this character-driven historical fiction won many awards, including the Newbery Honor book. She and her younger brother Jamie are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II. Away from the bombings and their abusive mother, they find the rural setting and their new caregiver both frightening and joyful. 

Kids , Travel & Places, History, Read
October 23, 2018
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Check out these great travelogues and celebrations of travel writing.

Even More Staff Picks
October 2, 2018
Tom Toles Editorial Cartoon By US Embassy Sweden [CC BY 2.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is where you can find weekly lessons using current editorial cartoons, from Newspapers in Education and the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists.

VITAL - Volunteers in Tutoring Adult Learners , Learn
September 27, 2018
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Use these resources to help you plan for learning opportunities after high school.

Issues, Concerns, Questions
September 17, 2018
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Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre, con unas selecciones de nuestra colección en español. | Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15, with some selections from our Spanish collection.

Mixed Ages
August 31, 2018
If You Like The Princess in Black
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Enjoy these other fun adventure stories for early readers and beyond.

Read-a-Likes
July 31, 2018

On Saturday July 28, 2018, the Bloomington community will celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. MCPL's own Chris Jackson will be helping run the wheelchair course, just one of many skill challenges and activities planned for the day.

Think Library , Local Interest
July 23, 2018

white board with words for a language lessonThe most effective way to speak a new language quickly is to learn the 800 to 1,000 most common lemmas (word families). A lemma is a root word and all its variations, for example: do, does, did, doing; blue, bluer, bluest, blueish, etc.

VITAL - Volunteers in Tutoring Adult Learners
July 12, 2018
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Despite being over four hundred years old—alive in the time of Shakespeare—Tom Hazard (one of his many non de plumes) is still learning how to live life.

Recently, he relocated to London, and became a history teacher in a secondary school. While lecturing about Elizabethan England or Mussolini during World War II, Tom gets tripped on things he actually saw, versus things he should only be familiar about through books. The students notice and look at him quizzically.

Reviews , Fiction
June 27, 2018
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Settle in to these comfy tales without the stress, violence, and explicit language found in some other books.

Recommended Fiction
May 11, 2018
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Grab your trench coat and magnifying glass, gumshoes! These new mysteries are bound to entertain, puzzle, and introduce you to some new sleuths. 

Recommended Fiction
May 11, 2018