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TinkerTown: Earthquakes!

Wed, Sept 18 @ 4:00 pm // Grades K-5 // Learn about earthquakes, explore seismographs, and build an earthquake-proof LEGO building. Questions? Contact Andrea

Volcano & Earthquake

by Susanna Van Rose

J NF SCIENCE Geology DK 2022

This book tells you everything you need to know about the Earth’s most extraordinary natural forces – from active volcanoes, including Kilauea in Hawaii and Mount Etna in Italy, to devastating earthquakes that have hit San Francisco and Japan. Discover how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius devastated the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum but left in its wake remarkably preserved treasures.

I Survived The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

by Lauren Tarshis

Junior TARSHIS

Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, but he's also free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken—literally—and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster? // I Survived

Buried in Rubble

True stories of surviving earthquakes
by Terry Collins

J NF HEALTH -Safety -Survival COLLINS

Plates crash to the floor and dressers topple over as the earth rumbles beneath you. Earthquake! These deadly natural disasters can leave people trapped under tons of wreckage. Despite being buried alive, some people have overcome the odds and lived to tell the tale. These true stories detail the amazing events of people who have emerged from the rubble during an earthquake.

Earthquake in the early morning

by Mary Pope Osborne

Junior OSBORNE Magic v.24

An adventure that will shake you up! That's what Jack and Annie get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to California in 1906. As soon as they arrive, the famous San Francisco earthquake hits the city. Can Jack and Annie save the day? Or will San Francisco be destroyed first? // A Magic Treehouse Adventure

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10/17/2022

Drop in and learn about peer-to-peer mental health and wellness services as well as mental health first aid training available from Wellness in the Woods on Wednesday, October 26 @ 9:30 - 11:30 am. More information...

Dinner on Mars by Lenore Newman and Evan D. G. Fraser

The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Eart // Fraser and Newman show how setting the table off-planet will supercharge efforts to produce food sustainably here at home. For futurists, sci-fi geeks, tech nuts, business leaders, and anyone interested in the future of food, this book puts sustainability and adaptability on the menu in the face of our climate crisis.

664 NEWMAN

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.

Junior WARGA

Homestead Survival by Marty Raney

An Insider's Guide to Your Great Escape // Veteran homesteader and star of the Discovery Channel's Homestead Rescue Marty Raney shares a big-picture vision of how ordinary families can become radically resilient homesteaders: powering, feeding, and caring for themselves through their own efforts, and on their own land.

640.286 RANEY

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Taking place in the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832, this book explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, and human relationships.

ELLIOT

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10/24/2022

Our November Book Club pick is Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Check it out and then join us on Tuesday, November 29 at 6 pm to discuss. More information...

The Evolution of Charles Darwin  by Diana Preston

The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth // Drawing on a rich range of revealing letters, diary entries, recollections of those who encountered him, and Darwin's and FitzRoy's own accounts of what transpired, Diana Preston chronicles the epic voyage as it unfolded, tracing Darwin's growth from untested young man to accomplished adventurer and natural scientist in his own right.

508.092 PRESTON

Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.

Junior GRATZ

Nerd by Maya Phillips

Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse // Spanning from the 90s through to today, this book is a collection of cultural criticism essays through the lens of fandom for everyone from the casual Marvel movie watcher to the hardcore Star Wars expanded universe connoisseur.

302.23 PHILLIPS

Righteous Prey by John Sandford

After a woman is murdered in the Twin Cities, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport are sent in to investigate. And they soon have their hands full--the killings are smart and carefully choreographed, and with no apparent direct connection to the victims, the Five are virtually untraceable. But if anyone can destroy this group, it will be the dynamic team of Davenport and Flowers.

Mystery SANDFORD Prey v.32

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