ThE BUtTeRflY PRoJEcT

For the past several weeks, the Children's Services department has invited our young patrons to participate in the Holocaust Museum Houston's Butterfly Project. We provided butterfly templates and markers and the children did the rest!
In an effort to remember the 1,500,000 children who perished in the Holocaust, the Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies.
The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2013, for all to remember. The Museum has already collected an estimated 400,000 butterflies and we will be adding 374 more!
We are readying ours for shipment to the museum in Houston to be a part of this awesome exhibit.

Congratulations!

We are the proud recipients of the We the People "A More Perfect Union" Bookshelf!
This grant is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH issues a We the People Bookshelf each year on themes related to American ideas and ideals. We are proud to have received this grant and will be using the books awarded in a variety of ways. Click on the link to see the collection for this year's "A More Perfect Union" Bookshelf.

Memory Wall 2009

The memory wall in the Children's Services department was created during our Day of the Dead celebration to allow our patrons to remember a loved one who had passed away. While these memorial marigolds ranged from honoring parents to pets, they were all written with love and respect.

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Milton Meltzer 1915-2009

Please stop by the Children's Department and check out our display highlighting
author Milton Meltzer.

In the fall of 1956 Milton published his first book, A Pictorial History of the Negro American, co-written with Langston Hughes.

Four of Milton's books went on to become National Book Award Finalists. He has written books on topics ranging from the history of the potato to a biography of George Washington.

Join us in honoring and remembering this great author.

GO Fort Wayne!

Fort Wayne was recently rated one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. Congrats, Fort Wayne!

Condra Ridley to be inducted as an honorary chieftain

Frost Illustrated reports that His Royal Majesty Oba (King) Arinjale of Ise-Ekiti, Nigeria is scheduled to induct five people as honorary chieftains of his kingdom tomorrow at a special ceremony. Condra Ridley, of our Allen County Public Library Children's Services department, is one of the five to be honored.

The ceremony is part of a state visit the king is making to Fort Wayne and will take place at 3:00 pm tomorrow (August 16th) in the main library theater. The ceremony is open to the public; attendees are encouraged to dress in African attire.

This is a rare opportunity! We hope you can join us in the celebration!