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- Without a strong lead, Porgy and Bess wouldn’t have made its mark on American culture. This is how George Gershwin found his Porgy. Part 2 of 3.
- Porgy and Bess, an enduring folk opera with a complicated past, celebrates its 75th anniversary. Part 1 of 3.
- History comes to life through the photo archives libraries offer online
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- Use your library to make your family's museum visit an adventure
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- Get your family together for an evening of board games or cards.
- As the holiday season approaches, so does the potentially stressful family trip. This year, arm yourselves with fun games, audio books and music (and get them free at your public library!) to keep your kids occupied on the road
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Kinney, Jeff (author). Mar. 2010. 208p. illus. Abrams/Amulet, hardcover, $14.95 (9780810996168). Grades 4-8. 791.43. REVIEW. First published March 16, 2010 (Booklist Online). If you’re a fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—and, statistically speaking, you probably are or know someone who is—you’re aware that the live-action film based on the illustrated middle-school travails of Everyboy Greg Heffley has arrived. Movie tie-in books tend to be either mass-market novelizations or coffee-table affairs, both of which have found audiences.
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