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Kathi Windheim retweeted
Children’s Book Week is coming Nov. 9-15! Celebrate with a book from your local public library. everychildareader.net/cbw/
Need a recommendation? Find some of our favorites in the First Partner’s Book Club Greatest Hits booklist! library.ca.gov/summer-readin…
ALT Poster image for “Children’s Book Week 2026, Books: Get Curious. Celebrating the joy of reading children’s books every year since 1919.” Illustrated image of three children and a dog sitting and reading a book in front of a dragon statue in a park. The image is framed by two tall stacks of books.
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Congratulations to Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, and Brian Sabean on being named to the @baseballhall's Contemporary Baseball Era ballot! 🗳️
ALT Photo of Bruce Bochy during a game
ALT Photo of Dusty Baker during his time as a manager for the SF Giants
ALT Photo of Brian Sabean
Kathi Windheim retweeted
Happy Halloween! Todays clip of the day is "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
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Spooky season special: The Library is home to the sole surviving nitrate print of the first film adaptation of "Frankenstein," produced in 1910 by the Edison Manufacturing Company!
Watch the full film and learn how it came to the Library.
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blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/11/th…
Kathi Windheim retweeted
Happy National Dictionary Day!
We hope you celebrate with some of your favorite words.
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
Kathi Windheim retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
Kathi Windheim retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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For Constitution Day, a draft of the document with notes written in George Washington's own hand! It's from the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, where delegates from each state met to draft the Constitution. Washington likely made these notes while discussing the text with his peers.
ALT Image 3 of George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Constitution, Printed, with Marginal Notes by George Washington, September 12, 1787. From the George Washington papers in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress.
ALT Reproduction of painting of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and others signing the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original by Henry Hintermeister, 1925.
Kathi Windheim retweeted
One week to go until the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is announced!!! Which book are you hoping makes the final six? 📚
Explore the longlist here: waterstones.com/category/hig…
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Forty voices. Forty lives. A story of courage that will never be forgotten.
Standing 93 feet tall at Flight 93 National Memorial, the Tower of Voices holds 40 wind chimes, each representing one of the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93.
When the wind moves across the Pennsylvania landscape, their voices continue to ring. We remember their courage. We remember their sacrifice. We remember the 40 lives lost 25 years ago.
ALT At Flight 93 National Memorial, the Tower of Voices rises on a grassy hill dotted with wildflowers under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Kathi Windheim retweeted
Today we will lead the world in commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Twenty-five years after the day that changed our world forever, we will come together to read aloud the names of those lost. Join us live: ow.ly/vJlK50ZIr05
Kathi Windheim retweeted
Shining in blue today from sunset until dawn to commemorate the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
#NeverForget #NYStrong
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The weekend forecast? 100% chance of Reading Rainbow. 🌈📚
Tune in for a free non-stop marathon this Saturday, September 12, through Sunday, September 13, on PBS Retro.
Watch PBS Retro on:
Plex: bit.ly/PBSRetro_Plex
Vizio: bit.ly/PBSRetro_Vizio
Kathi Windheim retweeted
The first known use of 'nine-to-five' as an adjective was in 1927.
The first known use of 'nine-to-five' as a noun was in 1975.
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Our team, our local program partners, and every operational partner who helps make this program possible each month are heartbroken at the loss of our founder, Dolly Parton. (cont.)
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Check out this rare surviving wax seal from 1782!
Why use a wax seal? It assured the recipient of a letter’s authorship and security.
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington used so much red sealing wax that he regularly ordered it by the pound. This example comes from a July 20, 1782, letter to Washington's friend Elizabeth Powel. Its design features the Washington family crest, including what Washington called a “flying griffin.”
Because seals were often split or cut from letters, surviving examples are rare. Learn more about Washington Coat of Arms and Crest: bit.ly/4zjIlIs
