March 2016

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March is Women's History Month. At the library we're also taking this month to explore the genre of historical fiction. In teen services it seems like March is mostly about making because it is also Youth Art Month! Read on to learn more.
Make Something: Youth Art Month
Tote Bag Workshop @Claremont
Friday, March 4
3:30-5:30pm
Our buddy at Made by Hank is bringing the sewing studio to the library! Join us for this hands-on workshop and make a sweet tote bag to haul all of your library finds. No experience necessary.

Animation Workshop @Central
Saturday, March 5
12:30-2:30pm
Join us for UNMENSCH: A free animation workshop with Peter Millard. You will work with crayons on paper with "The Mad Man of Malvern," resulting in a collaborative film. Space is limited. Advanced registration is required. For information or to sign up, please email Emily Foster.

Teens Make Some Thing @West
Tuesdays
4:30-5:530pm
Celebrate Women's History Month. Make Wonder Woman and other Shrinky Dink creations!

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Teens Make Some Thing: Shrinky Dinks @THP South
Wednesday, March 23
3:30-4:30pm
Join us for a special Make Some Thing where we make Shrinky Dinks! All materials  provided. Take home a project that you make!

Read Historical Fiction!
We are celebrating Women's History and exploring Historical Fiction all March long at the library! These are some of our favorite books with strong female leads that are set in other times and places. And if you want more, check out the whole list.


 
Under a Painted Sky

by Stacey Lee
A runaway slave and a Chinese orphan on the run from lawmen and outlaws along the Oregon trail. A little romance, a lot of adventure, and two strong young women drive this story forward!



Pharoah's Daughter
by Julius Lester
This retelling of the life of Moses follows him from the time he is an angry teenager. He is trying to resolve the conflicts he feels at being born a Jew but raised by the daughter of Pharaoh, who saved him as a baby.



A Death Struck Year
by Makiia Lucier
In 1918 the Spanish Influenza infected 500 million people and killed almost 5 percent of the world's population. Cleo Berry is an average 17-year old trying to figure out what to do with her life when the deadly virus attack has her more concerned as to whether she has a future.

Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith
Ida Mae's father was a pilot and so is she, albeit without a license. She is also African-American at a time when this prevented her from getting her license. But when the U.S. enters World War II, Ida Mae decides to try to pass as white, which her light colored skin may allow.The country needs women pilots to fly non-combat missions and Ida Mae wants to be one of them.

Read Now!
Book Review
 
This book is about friendship, love, sexual orientation, and mental disorders. When Jeremy starts going back to school, he fears that he will have a terrible school year like he did the previous year.

Knowing how hard it is for him to make friends, his only friend who stuck with him through thick and thin, a teacher at his school, advises him to start a club. With the help of Peter (his teacher/friend) he starts a club and welcomes into his life a pair of friends. During a friendship with Sebby and Mira, Jeremy learns a lot about himself and gains a new understanding about his sexual orientation.

After numerous events, Jeremy fears that his new friends might leave and take his life with them.
 
Review by Chelsea O., West Branch Teen

Crochet Week!

Family Crochet Celebration @THP South
Wednesday, March 16
6:00-7:30pm

Celebrate National Crochet Week (March 16-22) with friends and neighbors.
Bring your projects, bring your family and friends, bring your supplies or borrow some of ours. All ages and ability levels are welcome!

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Most free events at Central Library, South and West Branch Libraries are sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. Events at North Branch Library are made possible by a generous gift from the Pace Trust, in support of the North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library.