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Supercharged Storytimes: Let’s put this show on the road!

Supercharged Storytimes: Let’s put this show on the road!

Washington State Library’s Diane Hutchins has has returned from the highly successful Supercharged Storytimes tour of Washington State.  Diane was joined by nationally renowned, early literacy consultant Saroj Ghoting.  Ghoting is co-author of the new book, Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide.  Also along on the tour was Kendra Jones, one of the Joint Chiefs of the Storytime Underground.   At each site they were joined by guest presenters who had participated in Project VIEWS2.  Workshops were held…

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Washington State Library Digital Collections: Historical Maps

Washington State Library Digital Collections: Historical Maps

From the desk of Jeff Martin: Maps add a visual element to history. The State Archives and the State Library hold extensive map collections dealing with the Washington State and the surrounding region. Maps for these digital collections are drawn from state and territorial government records, historic books, federal documents and the Northwest collection. Here are two examples from this growing collection. Author: Roberts, Henry, Lieut. Title: Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in…

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Newly Received Federal Publications — January – March 2016

Newly Received Federal Publications — January – March 2016

A selected list of resources received at the Washington State Library through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The State Library is the Regional Depository Library for the states of Washington and Alaska and has a comprehensive collection of FDLP publications. Did you know? Each year thousands of federal electronic publications are added to the Washington State Library’s comprehensive federal publications collection? During the first 3 months of 2016 2,136 electronic publications were listed in our online catalog and are…

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Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, by Sunil Yapa.

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, by Sunil Yapa.

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist. By Sunil Yapa. (New York, NY: Lee Boudreaux Books/Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group, 2016. 312 pp.) Recommendation submitted by: Will Stuivenga, Cooperative Projects Manager, Washington State Library, Tumwater, WA. This is not a nice book. This is not a pleasant book. But it may be an important one. Parts of it are quite horrific, just plain awful. The descriptions of police brutality will curdle your blood, at least they did mine. This…

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Leaves of Knowledge – Classics in Washington History

Leaves of Knowledge – Classics in Washington History

Here is Jeff’s latest spy; a fascinating record of travels in Washington and Oregon at the turn of the 20th Century. From the desk of Jeff Martin Written by Elma MacGibbon Shaw & Borden Co., Printers and Publishers, Spokane, Washington Publication date: 1904 INTRODUCTION I have had the opportunity, during the last few years, to travel very extensively throughout the West, and considerable in the East, with my husband, and finding people in general greatly interested in my oral description…

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Springtime is grant time at WSL!

Springtime is grant time at WSL!

From the desk of Maura Walsh, WSL’s Grant Manager Washington State Library has the task of helping distribute funds. We’re accepting applications for four different grants right now. We’d love to help your library share in this funding. Look at the programs below. Each title is a link to more information and applications. Please contact [email protected] if you have more questions. Digital Literacy Help your community find and use quality information. We support projects to help your library users get…

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New Additions in Pacific Northwest Non-Fiction

New Additions in Pacific Northwest Non-Fiction

From the desk of Sean Lanksbury, PNW & Special Collections Librarian It’s a pretty long list, so we’ve placed these quick links that will jump you to the different subject matter areas: 200s: Religion 300s: Social Sciences 500s: Natural Sciences, Math 600s: Applied Sciences, Technology 700s: Arts 900s: Geography, History Multimedia A Still and Quiet Conscience: The Archbishop Who Challenged a Pope, a President, and a Church. By John A. McCoy. (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2015. 344 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical…

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Portlandtown by Robb De Borde

Portlandtown by Robb De Borde

Portlandtown: A Tale of the Oregon Wyldes. By Robb De Borde. (New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012. 375 pp.) Recommendation by Carolyn Petersen, Assistant Program Manager, Library Development What does a reader get when a writer combines gunfights, zombies, circus freaks, and a Portland pioneer family named the Wyldes?  The reader is rewarded with a crackling good read—if the reader’s brain is able to blend westerns, steampunk, sci-fi and historical fiction.  This story begins in 19th century Astoria when Joseph Wylde goes…

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History lovers take note: Washington State Library Electronic State Publications

History lovers take note: Washington State Library Electronic State Publications

The latest state document discovery from Jeff Martin The Fourteenth Session: A brief history of the men who represented the million and a half people of the state of Washington in the legislature of 1915 Prepared by Alfred T. Renfro Beaux Arts Village, Washington Publication date: 1915 A brief history of the men who represented the million and a half people of the State of Washington in the Legislature of 1915. It is not the purpose or object of this book…

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Happy 100th Birthday Beverly Cleary

Happy 100th Birthday Beverly Cleary

From the desk of Diane Hutchins What do Project VIEWS, Leave It to Beaver, Yamhill, and the University of Washington iSchool have in common? Would you believe – Beverly Cleary! And, would you believe – Beverly Cleary will be celebrating her 100th birthday next month!  On April 12, 1916, Beverly Cleary first saw the light of day in Yamhill County, Oregon.  This award-winning author of numerous children’s books is an iSchool alum and “mother” of well-known characters including Ramona Quimby…

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