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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

We're in the third week of our summer reading programming, and boy it's hot!  Luckily we have some really fun programming here at the library to keep you cool. You might want to attend a....

Beach Bash Dance Party!  It’s never too hot for the beach - especially when a beach dance party is so cool! Get your beach beat on this summer dancing to some tunes at our black light bash. We’ll have glow sticks, flashy markers and groovy music to dance to. Be sure to wear light clothing for that black light glow and put your dancing shoes on!

Let your inner artist out as we bend, shape, twist and create our own crazy sculptures at the Bend it like CRAZY! Sculptures program. Can you make an animal out of tin foil? Would a pipe cleaner boy play a twist tie guitar? What does a wire flower look like? Play and create and get all twisted up in this hour of hands-on sculpting! Go ahead, twist and shout!

Howdy Pardners! Don't forget to saddle up and head to your nearest branch to catch the Austin Public Library's very own Literature Live! puppet troupe. This summer we're heading deep into the heart of Texas where the skies are bright and you'll learn why Cowboys Sing in Texas.

These are just a few of our fabulous Summer Reading Events. Go visit a branch you haven't gone to before. You might just discover a library made out of an old movie theater or have your picture taken next to the lions!

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Cover of the book The Day-Glo brothers : the true story of Bob and Joe Switzer's bright ideas and brand-new colors
By Chris Barton ; illustrated by Tony Persiani.
The story of Joe and Bob Switzer who experimented with ultraviolet lights and fluorescent paints and invented a new kind of color called Day-Glo.
Cover of the book Cold Light : creatures, discoveries, and inventions that glow
By Anita Sitarski.
Explores the science and wonder of cold light--the chemistry of animals and things that make light but not heat--by recounting the many stories of alchemist and chemist Robert Boyle who discovered this phenomenon in the seventeenth century.
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By Emily Jenkins ; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.
Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
Cover of the book Sandy's circus : a story about Alexander Calder
By by Tanya Lee Stone ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
As a boy, Sandy was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older he started creating wire sculptures. Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.
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Clear techniques and ideas help young artists learn to sculpt.
Cover of the book Yippee-yay! : a book about cowboys and cowgirls
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Cover of the book Songs of the Wild West
By commentary by Alan Axelrod ; arrangements by Dan Fox.
Panoramic in scope, these 45 songs are paired with art from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. The songs reflect life during the development of the West.
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