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Celebrate Women's History with Us	“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” –Maya Angelou This Women's History Month, we're offering plenty of opportunities to...	0	27-02-2013	02-27-2013	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Events	Library	events, history, women	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
Restarting Life After Incarceration: A Queens Library Resource Guide	Incarceration is a specific punishment for a specific crime, but its negative effects can linger for years after the sentence is served. If you or a loved one is coping with the impacts of...	0	14-02-2013	02-14-2013	No	jwalsh	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	General	Library	adult education, adult learning center, convict, cooked, cover letters, criminal record, ex-con, ex-offenders, Incarceration, interview skills, jail, job search, job training, justice system, prison, resume, resume building, Rikers Island, sentence	Sara Taylor-Medlicott	0	Blog entry
Happy Birthday to Pluto, the Planet That Wasn't	February 18 marks the “birthday” of Pluto, a celestial body that has given astronomers great difficulty over the past 83 years. A nameless mystery planet emerged as a theory in...	0	12-02-2013	02-12-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Astronomy, astrophysics, dwarf planet, Earth, Eris, gravity, history, Mickey Mouse, NASA, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, orbits, planets, Pluto, solar system, space, space exploration, United States, Uranus	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
2013 Award-Winning Books at Queens Library	Caldecott Winner and Honors Queens Library proudly carries all of the Caldecott Winner and Honor titles: 2013 Caldecott Medal winner: This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon...	0	12-02-2013	02-11-2013	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	awards, Books, Caldecott Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Newbery Award, Printz Award	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
Black History: All Aboard to Yaphank, the Great War, and Obscurity	They stand looking at the camera, their faces neutral, their armbands reading “LIRR Jamaica.” These five men from Queens are draftees, waiting at the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road...	4	08-02-2013	02-08-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	Black History Month, Buffalo Soldiers, infuenza, Jamaica, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, racism, World War I, WWI, Yaphank	Jeremy Walsh	80	Blog entry