Monthly Archives August 2024

Modern Pop Art Restrospective. An exhibit by Michael Albert

American POP Artist MICHAEL ALBERT (American, born 1966) has been creating ART since his college days at New York University, where he studied business. His art has evolved from doodles with colored pencils, magic markers & pen & ink, to serious wax oil drawings, to the cubist mosaic Cereal box collages he has become known for. In the past several years he has been creating large-scale “Epic” collage works on various themes including: Historical, Biblical, Literary, Musical, Lyrical, Botanical, Logo Montages, Color Studies, Mathematical & Geographical. This exhibit showcases a selection of his original artworks created & published over the past 35+ years.
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August 13, 2024 10:53 am | by Kathleen Degyansky, Assistant Director | No Comments

Categories: Events, Gallery, Homepage, Library News, and Uncategorized.
Tags: art exhibit and art exhibit in white plains.

August Creepy Chronicles

For the kids looking for more dark and twisted tales, Erika is here to bring you a middle grade scare! Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu All available formats here A middle-grade retelling of The Yellow Wallpaper, 12-year-old Violet is struggling with all the changes in her life, from moving into a creaky old home, middle school woes, and a mysterious lingering illness. As her sickness forces her to rest in her creepy vine and flower wallpapered room, she starts to see something, or someone, taking shape. This book is everything I would have wanted to read growing up.
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August 13, 2024 10:37 am | by Erika Peiffer | No Comments

Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for kids, Creepy Chronicles, middle grade, middle grade fiction, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

Books & Brew – Meet Zibby Owens

Thursday, September 26, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Wolf & Warrior Brewing Company, White Plains BUY TICKETS HERE! Zibby Owens is the award-winning podcast host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books and CEO of Zibby Media which includes Zibby Books boutique publishing house, Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica, Zibby’s Book Club, and Zibby Retreats for book lovers. Vulture called her “NYC’s most powerful book-fluencer.” She'll be talking with Foundation Board member Jessica Rao about her new book, Blank – a wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around – as well as what it
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August 10, 2024 12:35 pm | by Nancy Rubini, Foundation Director | No Comments

Categories: Authors & Books, Homepage Foundation, Library Foundation, and Uncategorized.

Beautiful Bilingual Books, Part 23

BEAUTIFUL BILINGUAL BOOKS, Part 23 LINDOS LIBROS BILINGÜES, Parte 23 The Library has a lovely collection of bilingual Spanish/English books. To celebrate reading in two languages, we are featuring our beautiful new books in a monthly blog – so enjoy practicing your Spanish and English skills with these picture books. La Biblioteca tiene una colección hermosa de libros bilingües en inglés/español. Para celebrar leyendo en dos idiomas, le presentamos nuestros lindos libros aquí. Así que disfrute practicando sus destrezas en ambos idiomas con estos libros ilustrados. Mealtime / ¡A comer!, por Elizabeth Verdick Library Catalog Mealtime -”yummy in the tummy
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August 7, 2024 2:35 pm | by Raquel Cavalcanti, Children's Librarian | No Comments

Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: Bilingual, Bilingual books, books for children, picture books, spanish books, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

The Library’s TTRPG Collection

Did you know the Library has a collection of tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) books you can borrow? They are located just outside the Edge, our teen library (though anyone can check them out!). Holds cannot be placed on the titles (currently, but that will soon be changing), but you can pick them up at the Library and borrow them for three weeks! Titles in the growing collection include (by game system – Will be updated as new titles are added. Links for unlinked items will be added as they become available.) What’s a TTRPG? A tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) is
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August 7, 2024 10:00 am | by Joshua, Manager of Youth Services | No Comments

Categories: Authors & Books, Homepage, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, games, gaming, library collections, Roleplaying game, roleplaying games, RPGs, staff picks, staff recommendations, table top games, tabletop gaming, tabletop roleplaying games, and TTRPGS.

Good Trouble: Music – Protest and Activism, Part 3

This installment of Good Trouble continues a look at the strong connections between music and activism, as well as individual artists who have made an impact. In this post, find books related to two powerful songs: “We Shall Overcome” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” For earlier Good Trouble: Music – Protest and Activism posts, click here: Part 1 and Part 2. “We Shall Overcome” We Shall Overcome: the Story of a Song by Debbie Levy, art by Vanessa Brantley-Newton A bright and colorful introduction to the Civil Rights movement, the history of the song, and its place in history
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August 5, 2024 10:00 am | by Joshua, Manager of Youth Services | No Comments