Everyone should learn how to code. That is what we are hearing from the tech industry, celebrities, President Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and yes, even Ashton Kutcher. Code.org, a non-profit launched in 2013 and dedicated to expanding access to computer science (especially for women and minorities) believes this so much that they launched Hour…
The Complete Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Since 2004, Fantagraphics has been re-releasing the entire run of Peanuts comics in beautifully bound volumes. Peanuts ran from 1950 through February 13, 2000, and every single comic strip is captured in these volumes. The 25th and final volume of The Complete Peanuts is released on May 10 of this year. Each bound volume has…
Vote to Choose the Next One Book, One Community Title
The MSU-East Lansing One Book, One Community (OBOC) Planning Committee is in the process of selecting the book for the 2019 OBOC program and wants to hear from you! The OBOC program encourages the community to read the same book and come together to explore its themes at a variety of campus and community events…
Author of the Month: Stephanie Land
"My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter." With these arresting words, author of the month, Stephanie Land begins her story of teetering on the edge of the poverty line in her book, Maid: Hark Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. As a 28-year-old, Land had aspirations to move away from her Pacific Northwest…
Miss Eva’s Top Three: January 2019
Welcome to Miss Eva's Top Three! Each month I'll be picking out items from three different areas of the children's section to feature that I've enjoyed -- some new titles, some older ones, but all of them things that have caught my eye! Check out this month's picks below. Picture book: The Library Book by Tom Chapin A lovely…
Director’s Cut Podcast Features Khalid el-Hakim
Director Kristin Shelley is back with the second installment of the Director's Cut podcast with Khalid el-Hakim, founder of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum.
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