Do you have a four year old who will be entering school in the
fall of 2011? Do you live in the South Western or Hanover
Public School District? Then we have a program for your
child. Drop by the Children's Department and learn about
our school readiness program beginning this September.
Call 632-5183, ext. 304.
Reading Therapy Dogs for Kids!
Call now to schedule your session to read to one of three therapy
dogs. The session is the last Saturday in August, August 28th
at 10:00 am in the Children's Library.
You'll have 15 minutes of pure heaven.
Author Visit on Lost Explorers
Evan L. Balkan will visit
the library on Thursday, October 7 at
1:00 pm to discuss his bookVanished! Explorers Forever Lost.
The author will have books available
for sale and signing.
Evan teaches writing and coordinates
the English Department at the Community College
of Baltimore County. He holds degrees from
Towson, George Mason, and Johns Hopkins
universities. He is the author of five books of
nonfiction, including Vanished! Explorers
Forever Lost, Shipwrecked! Deadly Adventures and
Disasters at Sea, and 60 Hikes Within 60
Miles: Baltimore, all from the Menasha Ridge
Press.
Vanished! Explorers Forever Lostdives deep into the true and harrowing
accounts of adventurers who never came home.
From the disappearance in Utah of cowboy roamer
Everett Ruess to the loss of billionaire
explorer Michael Rockefeller in the wilds of New
Guinea, the tales of those forfeited to the call
of wild adventure ring with mystery, intrigue,
and excitement to this day. Murdered, drowned,
or eaten alive these are mysteries of
disappearance likely to remain unsolved but
never forgotten.