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Pembroke Public Library Online Newsletter March 26, 2020 |
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...learn a new language!Mango Languages is an adaptive language-learning program that features self-paced language courses in over 70 world languages and dialects. Log in through our website using your Pembroke Public Library card or download the Mango Languages app to your device to get started learning a new language today!
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Virtual Museum VisitsWhile museums are closed, you can still take a virtual tour of museum collections from all around the world for free! Check out this Top 10 site for links to the most popular virtual museum visits, including the British Museum, Louvre, and Smithsonian.
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#StayHomeWriMoTeens and adults can get ready to write with NaNoWriMo, an online creative platform designed to help writers track their progress, set milestones, connect with other writers, and more as a novel takes shape. They even have a new challenge called #StayHomeWriMo that focuses on physical, mental, creative, and social well-being.
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Scholastic Learn at HomeScholastic Learn at Home was designed with kids, caregivers, and educators in mind. This site is offering 20 days of projects for grades K-6; each day includes a combination of articles, stories, videos, and at-home activities.
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Baking Soda Dinosaur Eggs Mix baking soda and water, then use it to mold eggs around small dinosaurs. For added fun, you can use food coloring to tint the eggs. Let the eggs dry overnight, then kids can go on an egg hunt outside! Using spray bottles, droppers, or spoons, slowly add vinegar to the eggs and watch the fizzing reaction! If you used coloring, you can also explore mixing colors. When you’ve “hatched” all the dinosaurs, give them a quick rinse and you’re ready to play! |
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Secret Messages Create secret messages! Write your message in white crayon, then ask the recipient to shade over the area with marker (or paint with watercolors) to reveal the hidden image! |
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Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes is available as both an eBook and audiobook in our OverDrive collection. Teresa recently listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration. She says: "This book is just what I needed during this time: the writing was good, the story was complex enough to be interesting without requiring too much mental effort, and it made me feel good. The book takes place in Maine, a familiar and comforting setting to New Englanders. It is the story of a woman getting her life back on track after losing her husband - who was beloved in the town but not actually a good husband to her. The relationships in the book are all interesting, especially her complex relationship with her late husband. I found myself looking for chores around the house to do while I listened to this book!" |
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The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyA debut entry in a new series by the Agatha Award-winning author of The Sleeping Dictionary introduces Bombay's first female lawyer, Oxford graduate Perveen Mistry, as she investigates a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in strict purdah seclusion who become subject to a murderous guardian's schemes for their inheritances.
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A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchWhen a servant girl is found dead, a supposed suicide, Victorian gentleman and amateur sleuth Charles Lenox is called in by his old friend, Lady Jane, to investigate and begins to suspect that the girl has fallen victim to a rare and deadly poison, in a case complicated by the discovery of a second body in the middle of London's most fashionable ball.
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The Zig Zag Girl by Elly GriffithsInvestigating a murder committed in the style of a famous magic trick, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens reconnects with an illusionist friend from World War II to uncover links to their special ops service.
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Did you know that our OverDrive collection includes magazines? These can be checked out at any time, with no holds or waits! Today's featured magazine is HGTV Magazine, with issues available from April 2019-present. The April 2020 issue features HGTV stars answering some tough decorating questions, ideas for stylish feline-friendly decor, easy decal makeovers, fun ideas for curb appeal, and much more! You can explore all our online magazines here.
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Storytime from Space features astronauts reading picture books while aboard the International Space Station. Zero gravity and tons of fun! Enjoy over a dozen picture books like Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty or a longer series of chapter book read alouds from Ada Lace Take Me to Your Leader by Emily Calandrelli. |
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