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75% of the world doesn’t speak English

We are surely lucky to have all the rest of us around to learn from. Children don’t experience the discomfort that adults feel when confronted with a person who looks different and makes unintelligible sounds that clearly have meaning. Kids don’t care if they don’t understand, it’s just par for the course. Read More..

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Puzzle Games

The following list of games all fall under the category of “Puzzle Games”.  They ask a player to use logic, creativity, and critical thinking to form solutions.  Most importantly, a player of any age will have fun while testing and developing those skills.  As always, each game comes with an ESRB rating of E for Everyone, Read More..

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America’s pastime…digitally

Opening Day for America’s pastime is right around the corner.  Celebrate the upcoming baseball season with a baseball video game in the Library’s collection.  As usual, every game listed comes with an “ESRB rating of E for Everyone” so the games are playable for anyone ranging from the youngest rookie to the most veteran of players.  For more information about Read More..

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Calling All Artists

What a great time it is to be an aspiring young artist!  Picture books, comics and graphic novels are more popular than ever.  Animation for both children and adults is regularly featured on television and in the movies as innovative technological advances now allow us to create nearly anything that we can imagine.  But it all begins with an idea and the ability to bring Read More..

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