“Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” – Francis Bacon

It’s February, the month of love. And I must admit, I LOVE books. Don’t you?

All King County Libraries will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20th in observance of President’s Day.

• http://www.kcls.org/
• Burien Library: 206.243.3490
• White Center Library: 206.243.0233
• Boulevard Park Library: 206.242.8662

Did You Know?
Computer classes are being offered in Spanish at the Burien and White Center Libraries!

• Internet Nivel 1 (En Espanol/Spanish)
• Sunday, Feb. 19th  @ Burien 1:30-3pm
• Thursday, Feb. 23rd @ White Center 6-7:30pm
• Registration  is Required
• All of our computer classes and programs are free, call or signup online

The Burien Library is having a ‘STUFFED ANIMAL SLEEP- OVER”!! Don’t let your little buddy miss out!
Saturday, Feb. 18th beginning at 4pm. Children ages 3-9 (with an adult) BRING in your favorite stuffed animal or doll for a special Story Time and then tuck them in and let them spend the night at the Library!!!

• Come back on Sunday to pick them up and find out what they were up to while you were sleeping!
• Registration is required
• Family Movie and Stuffed Animal Pick-Up @ the Burien Library
• Sunday February 19th beginning at 1pm (movie runs until about 3:30pm)
• Reunite with your stuffed friend and enjoy a movie about toys while you are here.  Movie is open to all.

Tax season is upon us!  This year the AARP tax assistance folks will be at the Burien Library:

• Thursdays 2pm-6pm from Feb. 2nd – April 12th,  &
• Saturdays 10am-4pm from Feb. 5th –April 14th.
• Drop in only no registration is required.  Bring last year’s tax statement

Visit http://www.kcls.org/programs/index.cfm for a complete list of programs happening at all your King County Libraries.

Book Review – for your creepy Valentine!
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Set in 18th century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille uses his extraordinary sense of smell to become one of the greatest perfumers of all time.  Smells are beautifully described and brought to life for the reader.

Grenouille is however obsessed with only one thing- capturing the essence of certain desirable young women.

Creepy and fascinating!

Made into a major motion picture starring Dustin Hoffman and John Hurt-also available on CD.

Until next time…see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

‘We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day’

- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Did you know?
Students K-12 can get free homework help from trained volunteer tutors in many KCLS Libraries:

• Boulevard Park Library -Wednesday, January 11,18th, & 25th 6pm-8pm
• Burien Library -Monday through Thursday from 3:30pm-5:30pm
• White Center Library -Tuesday, January 10, 17, & 24 3pm-5pm & Wednesday & Thursday 5:30pm-7:30pm

Look for the volunteer in the blue tee shirt with the yellow Study Zone logo

‘Book Buddies’
Is a great new program created by the Burien Teen and Children’s Librarians to help elementary kids with their reading, trained high school volunteers will provide one-on-one reading help for children in grades K-4:

• Monday, January 9th, 23rd, & 30th; beginning at 4pm @ the Burien Library

Drop-in, no registration is required

Fulfill your New Year’s resolution to READ MORE – join US!
Burien Book Club will be discussing ‘Lost Flamingoes of Bombay’ by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

• Wednesday, January 18th beginning at 2pm; Conference room on the second floor

Book Review:
‘In the Garden of Beasts; Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin’ by Erik Larson

Erik Larson sheds new and alarming insights on the people, politics, and policies that enabled Hilter’s government to take complete control over Germany and illuminates how and why these events could have happened.

This story unfolds around two key members of an American family sent to Germany in the years before World War II began.

William Dodd was appointed by President Roosevelt as Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Dodd was a soft spoken and often maligned individual who did not fit the ‘pretty good club’ ambassadorial mold of wealthy privileged appointees before him. Still, he stuck to his ethical and moral standards and strived to be a voice of reason and clarity. Dodd sought to raise the alarm flag as daily occurrences of oppression, censorship, and violence were perpetrated on ordinary citizens, even Americans, and especially on the Jewish community by the Third Reich. His messages were often muted, overlooked, and sometimes downright ignored by the State Department and others who did not think Dodd should ever have been appointed as Ambassador.

Martha Dodd, Ambassador Dodd’s daughter, was also in the spotlight during the prewar days in Berlin.  Martha was at first enthused by the ‘fresh faces’ of the Hitler Youth and inspired by their vigor and beauty. Martha became socially, if not romantically involved with a number of officers from the Nazi party, including Gestapo chief Rudolf Deils, but as events unfolded she too became disenchanted with the Third Reich and eventually switched her allegiances to the Communist Party(another story entirely!).

Larson skillfully portrays the events of 1933-34 Berlin from the perspective of everyday citizens as well as from those in positions of power.  Larson answers the question ‘how could this happen?’ very clearly.

Highly recommended – available as eAudio, eBook, on CD, and in Large Print.

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Fall is here, which means we’re back to the drizzling rain, spiderwebs, slugs and other things that make us all want to stay inside and READ!

Did you know?
You can download all sorts of materials including: ebooks, audio books, music and video from the KCLS website? Go to http://www.kcls.org/downloads/ for more information.

Have you recently purchased a Nook, Sony Reader, or other ebook reader? Find out how to download KCLS ebooks to your device or computer in October:

• Oct. 1st  at 2pm – Burien Library
• Oct. 6th at 6:30pm – Boulevard Park Library
• Oct. 10th at 4pm – White Center Library

The Burien Library will be hosting a visit from Melissa de la Cruz, Author of several popular series for teens, including the Au Pairs, Blue Bloods, Ashleys and more!  We’ll be celebrating the release of the newest Blue Bloods novel Lost in Time with trivia, giveaways, and cupcakes.  Copies of Melissa’s books will be available for purchase through Secret Garden Books. To see more about this event, visit: http://www.kcls.org/events/author.cfm#delacruz.  For more information about Melissa, visit http://www.melissa-delacruz.com/.

• Saturday, Oct. 1st at 2pm (this program is for teens)

For a complete list of programs in any of your local libraries visit http://www.kcls.org/programs/index.cfm

BOOK REVIEW:
‘Cleopatra the Great: the Woman Behind the Legend’  by Joann Fletcher and ‘Cleopatra: a Life’ by Stacy Schiff

Read together, these two books bring a wonderfully three dimensional picture of the life and times of the history’s most infamous queen.

In the first book author Fletcher extrapolates from her extensive research of that period in history to create  scenarios of what it must have been like for Cleopatra growing up as one of the  privileged and entitled elite. Fletcher’s approach brings the reader a greater understanding of how it actually might have been possible for Cleopatra herself to believe that she was a ‘living god’.

The second book, equally informative, illuminates Cleopatra in a more tradition biographical sense, following her life and family tree, outlining the intrigue and informing the reader of just how dangerous it was for any member of the family to succeed to the throne. Cleopatra was more than Mark Anthony and Caesar’s lover (which she is best known for) much more – she was an outstanding leader of people, a military a strategist, and a true Egyptian- proud and protective of her country and its people.

Both are highly recommended – especially for all you Egyptophiles out there!

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Did You Know?
The Burien Library had partnered with ‘WithinReach’ and the United Way of King County to provide a FREE monthly service called ‘Bridge to Basics’ ? This program provides help getting services for food, utilities, and health care.

The ‘Bridge to Basics’ volunteers are in the lobby of the Burien Library the third Monday of each month from 3pm-5pm.

Program Highlights for the rest of AUGUST:

@Burien Library

‘Master Gardeners’
Wednesday, August 24, at 5 p.m.
Bring your garden questions to the Master Gardeners walk up clinic.
Age(s): Adults

@ White Center Library

Summer Reader’s Celebration
Monday August 22nd at 7pm
Celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Program for kids with ice cream sundaes, books, and crafts
Sponsored by the White Center Library Guild

Be sure to visit the library’s program page for a complete list of programs at all our libraries http://www.kcls.org/programs/library_programs.cfm

Book Review: ‘The Poisoner’s Handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age New York’ by Deborah Blum

A fascinating history covering the development of modern toxicology practices, crime scene investigation techniques, and the people and politics of New York City in the 1920s and 1930s.

Blum traces the development of forensic medicine through the careers of 2 very important figures in New York medical examiners history, Dr Charles Norris, New York City’s medical examiner and his chief chemist Dr. Andrew Gettler. Both Norris and Gettler are dedicated and passionate about the work of developing sensitive and reliable testing methods to discover the truth about what is really killing people. Especially in cases of deliberate poisoning and public safety Gettler and Norris work tirelessly to educate the public and motivate the government to regulate dangerous substances.

Blum discusses arsenic, cyanide, radium, chloroform, mercury and several other poisonous materials in depth (and sometimes in grizzly detail) describing how these substances work on the body.

Includes an interesting look at the 1920s prohibition laws and how the scarcity of alcohol increased deaths due to the consumption of bootlegged substitutes many of which contained very toxic substances.

Educational and gruesomely entertaining!

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Did You Know?
The King County Library System was named ‘Library of the Year’ for 2011 by Library Journal! We are the “best” and the “busiest” in the country!

Read the full article in Library Journal here.

Program Highlights for JULY

@Burien Library

• Opera Preview: Porgy & Bess: Wednesday July 20 @7pm, presented by Norm Hollingshead. Sponsored by the Burien Library Guild.
• Teen Advisory Board: Wednesday July 27th @ 3pm. For Teens in high school. Plan teen program, promote library events, AND get volunteering credit.  Ask for an invite to the Burien Library’s first TAB meeting at the Information Desk on the second floor.
• Master Gardeners, Computer Classes, Burien Book Group, and LOTS  of programs for children and Teens are all happening in JULY at the Burien Library check out http://www.kcls.org/programs/library_programs.cfm for all the program times dates and details.

Boulevard Park and White Center Libraries are having some great programs in July as well:

@ Boulevard Park

• ‘Around the World with Stories’: Saturday July 23rd @ 1pm, presented by Gerald Fierst. Ages 5 and older. Circle the globe as we share stories from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.

@ White Center Library

• ‘Our Forested World’: Monday July 18th @ 7pm, presented by Nature Vision. Ages 3 to 5. Learn what all about what makes a forest and all the wonderful things forests do for our world.  Sponsored by the White Center Library Guild.

Be sure to visit the library’s program page for a complete list of programs at all our libraries http://www.kcls.org/programs/library_programs.cfm

Book Review: ‘The Forgotten Garden’ by Kate Morton:

Apparently abandoned, 5-year old ‘Nell’ arrives in the port of Brisbane, Australia with no guardian and no memory of who she is or where she came from. The only clue is the small white suitcase she carries with a book of fairy stories inside.

Nell grows up happily in Australia, marries and is approaching middle age when she starts to put the pieces of her past together, this is where the story really begins.

She’s about to put some of the clues together when her young granddaughter, Cassandra needs a home and comes to live full time with Nell.

It isn’t until after Nell’s death when Cassandra inherits a small ramshackle cottage in Cornwall that the mystery of Nell’s past is finally revealed.

A satisfying family saga with all the requisite skeletons in the closet including madness, abandonment and lost love.

Available in large print and on CD too.

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Did You Know?
Burien Library now has TWO FULL TIME TEEN LIBRARIANS!! They will be pumping up our Teen Program offerings beginning this summer — Here’s a taste of our JUNE offerings for TEENS:

• Friday, June 10th at 3:00 pm: Where Is Matt?
  Matt has traveled to many countries on all seven continents, dancing badly the entire time.  In fact, it’s his claim to fame.  Learn more about the places Matt has traveled and learn how to do Matt’s dorky dance.  For more information about Matt, visit http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/.
• Monday, June 13th at 3:00 pm: Skateboarding Maintenance
  Join Mike from Gravity Sports in Renton as he shows you how to take care of your skateboard and fun mods you can do. All teens who attend will be entered in a drawing to win a free skateboard.
• Thursday, June 16th at 3:00 pm: Super Smash-a-Thon Tournament
  Pit your favorite Super Smash Bros. Brawl character against other players in this head-to-head double elimination tournament. Gift cards will be awarded to the tournament winners.
• Thursday, June 30th at 1:00 pm: Geocaching 101
  Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played with GPS devices.  Members of the Washington State Geocaching Association will share more about this unique hobby and we’ll try to find some caches located nearby.  For more information about Geocaching, visit http://www.geocaching.com/.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM for Kids of ALL ages:

• One World, Many Stories
  2011 Summer Reading Program
  June 13 – August 31
  Sign up at a KCLS library or online at www.kcls.org/srp.  If you are in elementary school, pick up the Reading Log for Ages 5 to 12.  A Preschool Reading Log is available for younger children. Teens can participate in the Read 3 get one FREE program and be eligible for the laptop computer drawing too!
• The Final Funktier
  Wednesday, June 29, 11am Burien Library
  Presented by Recess Monkey.
  Ages 3 and older.
  Explore distant planets and far-flung galaxies as Recess Monkey searches for new beats, funky tunes and fun!
  Sponsored by the Burien Library Guild.
• Summer Reading Kick-Off Party
  Boulevard Park Library
  Monday, June 13, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
  Ages 4 – 12
  Calling all summer readers! Kick off your reading adventure with games, treats, and simple crafts.

BOOK REVIEW

‘The Forty Rules of Love: a novel of Rumi’ by Elif Shafak

A fictionalized account of the friendship between wandering Dervish, Shams of Tabriz, and the famous 13th century Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, better known simply as ‘Rumi’.

Rumi’s friendship with Shams played a huge role in his development as a poet and mystic.

At the same time author Shafak tells the story of present day Ella, whose world is transforming as she begins a relationship with Sufi writer Aziz Zahara.

Both stories are about love, about finding your true self and about mysticism.

The story is filled with Rumi’s quotes and poems that beautifully illuminate the seekers path, timeless.

Wonderfully written, highly recommended!

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Did You Know that there’s a very helpful ‘Elf’ on the loose in our very own library?

That’s right – the Library Elf makes it easy to keep track of what’s due, overdue or ready for pickup from one or more library accounts. Library Elf is like a personal assistant designed with the busy or avid library user in mind. It is also ideal for families with multiple library cards or individuals who have cards from different library systems because you can consolidate multiple cards into one Library Elf account. Click here for all the details!

Burien is part of the Book Cover Walking Tour!!
The KCLS Book Cover Walking Tour is a display of over 100 framed book jacket covers for all ages creating an outdoor gallery throughout eight King County communities from March to the end of May 2011.

The inspiration for the Tour is to provide an opportunity for the public to interact and engage with books in a fun and unique way.  All of the book covers on the Tour are reprinted with permission of the publisher.  Click here (or read The B-Town Blog’s previous coverage here) for all the book posters here in Burien!

Burien Library now has a  ‘Recommended Reads’ section for fiction and one for nonfiction on the second floor. Burien’s librarians have recommended these books for your reading pleasure, last month over 75 fiction and nearly 40 nonfiction books were recommended and checked out—- come see what our librarians are recommending next time you visit the Burien Library.

Tax Assistance continues @ Burien Library
Tax assistance will be available on Wednesdays-12noon to 8pm,  and Saturdays, 10pm-1pm and 1pm-4pm. Last day for tax assistance is Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Help is provided on a first come, first served basis.  No appointments are taken.  Bring a copy of last year’s tax return and any current tax documents with you. Click here for a complete list of FREE TAX assistance at our libraries.

Book Review: ‘Ahab’s Wife, or the Star Gazer’ By Sena Jeter Naslund
A huge story spanning the life of one woman ‘Una’ who becomes of the wife of the legendary Ahab of Moby Dick.

Wonderfully written, readers enjoy the life a cabin boy on a whaling vessel as told by Una as she joins the crew disguised as a young man, eventually meeting and marrying Captain Ahab.

The saga of Una’s life begins with her experiences living in a Nantucket lighthouse with her Aunt & Uncle after fleeing from an abusive father.

Her life experiences span America’s whaling history, slavery, widowhood, and encounters with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller.

Absorbing!

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

Despite what the Groundhog saw recently, it’s still winter out, the perfect time of year to curl up inside with a great book (of which your local library has plenty) or go to a local museum for FREE!

DID YOU KNOW? You can get Free Museum Passes Through the King County Library System!

KCLS has partnered with area museums to offer free museum passes.

Register for your free museum pass up to two weeks in advance of the day you plan to visit. Online registration opens daily at noon. Passes are good for general admission and are limited to one per family.

Click here for all the details.

If you do not have an email address, call the Bellevue Library at 425.450.1765 to register.

TAX ASSISTANCE:

• Burien Library: Beginning February 2nd, tax assistance will be available on Wednesdays, 5-8pm and Saturdays, 10pm-1pm and 1pm-4pm. Last day for tax assistance is Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Help is provided on a first come, first served basis.  No appointments are taken.  Bring a copy of last year’s tax return and any current tax documents with you. Click here for a complete list of FREE TAX assistance at our libraries.

FUN DAYS IN WHITE CENTER
Mondays are Fun Days at the White Center Library! Movies, Games, Stories, and MORE – starts at 5pm every Monday in February for Children and their families!

Take Time To READ
You might just find yourself:?…rested and relaxed?…invigorated by new ideas?…ready to tackle that assignment, finish those chores or find a great new recipe for dinner.

Winter Reading for Adults Begins January 1, 2011, ends March 31, 2011. Ages 18 and older. Reading may be its own reward, but wouldn’t you enjoy a nice warm beverage to go along with it? Simply TAKE TIME TO READ this winter, and tell us about it. You will be entered to win a $5 coffee card from Starbucks and  other great prizes! http://www.kcls.org/taketimetoread/ for all the details

BOOK REVIEW
‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot

Stunning revelations about medical research, privacy, patient rights, ethics and profit – a must read!

Many medical advances and discoveries happened due to the research made possible by the cells of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks was a young black woman who died of cervical cancer in the early 1950s; cells from her cancer tumor were harvested and grown by doctors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland. The cells came to be known as HeLa cells, from the first two letters of her first and last names.

What is so remarkable about the story is that these cells were among the first that scientists were able keep alive and grow. Much of what is known today about cell and tissue culture is directly based on research done with HeLa cells, even today HeLa cells are widely used for medical research.

The other remarkable thing about this story is that the Lacks family had no idea that Henrietta’s cells were alive and growing and that profits were being made from HeLa cell research. As author Rebecca Skloot delves into Henrietta’s story she uncovers major ethical questions about cell and tissue research and ownership that continue to be debated to this day.

Skloot was able to get to know the Lacks family, especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah’s entire life was dedicated to making sure that her mother’s contribution to the world was recognized and honored.

In the end, this story is much more than a reporting on Henrietta and her cancer, it’s a story about her family, medical research in the 1950s and today, and the medical treatment of black and poor people by the medical community.

This book is a scientific human interest story everyone should read. The scientific community is still not required by law to inform patients when or even if their tissues will be used for research or testing, not to mention any profit that may be created from patients’  ‘raw materials’.

Highly recommended.

Available in regular & Large Print, on CD, as an ebook, and in eaudio formats.

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

It’s Back! Our beloved Tsutakawa Fountain has been installed in its new home inside the Burien Library!  Next time you visit the library be sure to have a look.

Please note that water volume for these first few weeks will remain low so that water levels can be tested and adjusted:

The re-installed Tsutakwa Fountain is located on the library's 1st floor – inside the library proper (not in the lobby) in the southwest corner, behind the stairs going up to the 2nd floor.

DID YOU KNOW?

• STARS Workshops – Fall 2010: Parents, Teachers and Child Caregivers are Invited to FREE Early Childhood Workshops?STARS (State Training & Registry System) is a career development system for those who work in child care, early education and school-age care. King County Library System offers free child care workshops for continuing education.

PROGRAMS OF INTEREST:

• Halloween Festival of Stories @ the Burien Library: Saturday October 30th at 11am. Ages 2-8 with families. In conjunction with Discover Burien’s ‘Boo in Burien’ which begins at 12noon along 152nd Street in Burien. Come in and hear tales of black cats, a humbug witch and trick-or-treating found in stories and songs.
• Halloweenie Jellybeanie @ the White Center Library: Wednesday October 27th @ 7pm. Presented by Alleyoop! Ages 3 & older. Hear some ‘not so scary’ stories and songs

Visit our website at http://www.kcls.org/programs/index.cfm for a complete list of all programs and events.

All King County Libraries will be CLOSED Thursday November 11th for Veteran’s Day.

BOOK REVIEW:

Books by Tana French: ‘In the Woods’, ‘The Likeness’, and ‘Faithful Place’

If you enjoyed Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ series (or are still waiting for your copy!) you will be happy to discover Irish author Tana French.

French’s 3 novels ‘In the Woods’, ‘The Likeness’, and ‘Faithful Place’, though not a true series,  are all centered around the lives and stories of the Dublin Murder Squad.

Well written and complicated French’s novels are as much about the crime being investigated as they are about the Detectives trying to solve them.

In ‘The Likeness’ undercover cop Cassie Maddox bears an uncanny resemblance to a murder victim, this ‘likeness’ enables Detective Maddox to  impersonate the victim in hopes of uncovering  who wanted her dead.  Erie and suspenseful the reader is constantly on edge, expecting at any moment that the murderer will discover the imposter.

In ‘Faithful Place Detective Sergeant Frank Macky (who first appeared in ‘The Likeness’) is involved with a murder case that literally brings his personal skeletons out of the closet.

‘In the Woods’ features Detective Maddox along with her partner Rob Ryan whose childhood experience of abduction and murder comes back to life in a fresh but very familiar case.

Family relationships, past and present come together in all of French’s novels.  French’s characters are complex and well developed, the reader enjoys a truly three dimensional portrait of the personal and psychological side of life on the Murder Squad.

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.

As summer winds down and everyone prepares to go back-to-school, you can almost hear the excitement of every child’s inner voice shouting: “we can’t wait to give up playing to return to studying!”

Unfortunately, it’s being drowned out by the screams of the kids playing in the nearby spray park.

Oh well…

Did you know?

• The Burien Library has a monthly book group for adults! Book group meets the third Wednesday of the month at 2pm. Our next meeting will be Wednesday September 15th to discuss ‘The Lieutenant’ by Kate Grenville. Everyone is welcome!
• All King County Libraries will be closed Monday September 6th for Labor Day
• New KCLS Catalog is Coming Soon (Fall 2010); the Goals:
  • To meet the needs of library users, KCLS is introducing a more reliable catalog that will feature the following:
    • A more attractive and intuitive design;
    • New ‘my account’ pages; improved accessibility;
    • Enhanced holds tools;
    • Improved self check out functionality;
    • Easy user friendly messages.

Visit our home page at http://www.kcls.org/newcatalog/ for more information

What’s happening

• Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) is in full swing. It’s NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP, READ, and enter for a chance to win fabulous prizes. All reading logs submitted by August 31st will be in the drawing.  Visit our home page at http://www.kcls.org/index.cfm for all the details.
• Fiestas de Alfabetizacion Temprana en Espanol: Early Literacy Parties in Spanish @ Burien Library – Monday August 16th & 23rd, 10:30am – Noon. Para familias hispanas con ninos recien nacidos hasta 5 anos.  Las familias aprenden acerca de Alfabetizacion Temprana y como preparar a los ninos para el Kindergarten.  Subvencionado por la Fundacion del KCLS.  http://www.kcls.org/fiestas/

Be sure to visit http://www.kcls.org/programs/index.cfm for a full list of programs for children, adults, and teens.

Book Review:
‘The Meaning of Night: a Confession’ by Michael Cox

More like the meaning of spooky!

This story starts out with a cold-blooded murder then continues on with one diabolical plot twist and turn after another.

Lots of suspense, intrigue, and subterfuge that leave you wondering just who IS the real villain here? The true nature of these evil, yet sometimes likable characters is only hinted at, leaving us, in the end trusting no one.

Well researched and written this book has it all; history, romance and murder.

The setting, Victorian England, is a perfect choice for this psychological thriller.  Chilling! Available as a recorded book on CD or cassette tape.

Get out there and read!

Until next we meet, see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.