APL Blogs: Youth

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Which Book Made You?
July 7, 2017
Do you remember the first book you read that meant something to you? The book that made you who you are today? Whether...
Wiley and the Hairy Man
May 29, 2017
When life gets to be too much, make it magic! If there’s something you really want, but you’re scared to get it, could...
Children running through grass in the sunshine.
Summer Reading Program Time!
May 5, 2017
You can almost hear it - the buzzing in the air. No, it's not cicadas...it's the kids ready to burst out of school for...
Fantasy - Take Me Away!
April 5, 2017
Sometimes real life can feel a little blah. Even with spring making everything green all around you, the doldrums of...
The Big Moment in the History of Austin Public Library
April 3, 2017
Austin's New Central Library is built to serve for 100 years. Here's one way to get ready for that.
Puppet Power!
March 17, 2017
Puppetry in America is older than the country itself, but until the beginning of the 20th century, puppet shows were...
Drawing of 2 Newspapers with a question mark in between. News on the left and Fake News on the right.
Fake News 101: Three Steps to Information Literacy
February 17, 2017
Read on, and we'll take you through the steps of what we call Information Literacy: 101!
For Lovers of Unfortunate Events
January 20, 2017
Have you gotten wrapped up in the new TV version of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events? Us too! There's...
Little Peep! (Printable Puppets)
January 11, 2017
Little Peep was written in 1981 by Jack Kent. Mr. Kent was a prolific writer who wrote and illustrated 40 children’s...
photograph of library card on top of library book spines
APL’s Most Popular Titles of 2016 and What They Say About Austin
December 14, 2016
This year we all had to face the difference between fact and fiction.

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