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Our TAB (Teen Advisory Board) is currently seeking new members. TAB is responsible for suggesting ways that teen services can be improved, both through programming and in our collection. They also volunteer to help out at special events and act as the voice for our teen patrons.

Stop by for our next meeting on Tuesday, December 13th at 4 PM if you’re interested in learning more. See you there!

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Marc Sumerak has written for Marvel, DC and has been nomited for Eisner and Harvey awards!

Marc will be sharing his experience in the comic world on Monday, October 17th at 4pm at the Lee Road Library, meeting room B.

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Celebrate your right to read this week at the library. Check out one of the top banned books of 2010, such as TTFN by Lauren Myracle, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, or The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

Also check out the Banned Book Read Out – http://www.youtube.com/bannedbooksweek

And here at the top ten silliest reasons to ban books as given by David Letterman:
1.“Encourages children to break dishes so they won’t have to dry them.” ( A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstien)
2.“It caused a wave of rapes.” ( Arabian Nights, or Thousand and One Nights, anonymous)
3.“If there is a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it?” ( Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown)
4.“Tarzan was ‘living in sin’ with Jane.” ( Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
5.“It is a real ‘downer.’” ( Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank)
6.“The basket carried by Little Red Riding Hood contained a bottle of wine, which condones the use of alcohol.” ( Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm K. Grimm)
7.“One bunny is white and the other is black and this ‘brainwashes’ readers into accepting miscegenation.” ( The Rabbit’s Wedding, by Garth Williams)
8.“It is a religious book and public funds should not be used to purchase religious books.” ( Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, by Walter A. Elwell, ed.)
9.“A female dog is called a bitch.” ( My Friend Flicka, by Mary O’Hara)
10.“An unofficial version of the story of Noah’s Ark will confuse children.” ( Many Waters, by Madeleine C. L’Engle)

For more information on supporting your right to read, check out this page: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/index.cfm

And don’t forget about our Banned Book Read Aloud and Raffle, happening this Wednesday from 3:30 onwards. We might even be watching a movie based on a banned book

See you there!

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