Write your own poems! Find a poem or learn more about poems and poets in our Literature Resource Center
4 free alternatives to MS Office
Most of you might know that there is a great free website to learn about computers, the Internet and email, 
(from the Goodwill Community Foundation). One of their recent article also gives you 4 Free alternatives to Microsoft Office.
Librarians here at the Burlington Public Library are here to also help you use them on library computers or your own!
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Filed under Uncategorized
History Notes: 75 years ago this month
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order authorized the military to designate “military areas” from which “any or all persons may be excluded.” In June of 1942 all Japanese Issei and Nisei people were evacuated Wednesday under U. S. Army supervision. The Great Northern depot in Burlington was the scene of excitement and tearful farewells, as Japanese from Skagit, Whatcom, San Juan and Island counties gathered with baggage and belongings and transported to Tule Lake in California.
There were a few families of issei and nisei who worked in the oyster beds and farmed potatoes. The local photographer and the laundry owner was also Japanese.
Newsclippings from the Burlington Journal document this event that took place in June. See our Hub History page to see the clippings and further information about the Internment of local Japanese. For the conclusion of the Burlington story, which is more positive than most. See the unpublished Master’s Thesis describing how this event affect the local Takagi and Akita families by Alyssa Joy Vis “Where everybody knows your name: growing up Japanese in Burlington, WA, 1920-1942” (2013). WWU Masters Thesis Collection. 316.
http://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/316
Filed under Burlington, Government, History, Non-fiction
While you are waiting for “Victoria”
In anticipation of Womens’ History Month here are few biographies you might have missed.
Queen Victoria always suffered from a rather stuffy, prudish reputation until Masterpiece Theater’s latest historical drama on Sunday nights. If you are enjoying the program, there is a new biography of her that will soon be on the shelves (click the book cover to place a hold).
While you are waiting there are other historical biographies of women ruler’s on our shelves to try:
Elizabeth The Queen – The Life of A Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Queen Isabella – Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England by Allison Weir
Christina Queen of Sweden by Veronica Buckley
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
As Always – Ask A Librarian
Filed under Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, History, Non-fiction, Readalikes
Presidents Day Reads
Filed under Catalog, Democracy, Government, History, Research & Homework
New chapter books for young readers
Here are some of Librarian Lisa’s favorites for 2016 to try. Click on the books or titles to find them in the catalog; the catalog record of the books has reviews and short descriptions to learn more about each title.
More titles –
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
Click here to Start by Denis Markell
The Best Worst Thing by Kathleen Lane
My Life with Liars by Caela Carter
As always – Ask Us
Filed under Books, For Children, New Books
New Graphic Novels at the Burlington Public Library
A new larger collection of graphic novels are available at the Burlington Public Library for all ages. The art of some amazing artists and illustrators are featured in these visual journeys told on the pages of a book. We have a bit of everything from classics to contemporary, from Superman and Batman to Lynda Barry, Will Eisner, Brian K Vaughan, Frank Miller, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco, Bryan Talbot and more! Visit and check out our growing collections.
But beware they are not for faint of heart
Happy Birthday Alice Walker
Today happens to be author Alice Walker’s birthday and in honor of African American History Month we are featuring her influential books and other writings. In 1982 her book “The Color Purple” came out. It
won both the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award in 1983 and was made into a successful movie.
For more information about her and her other books, click here.
-Karen
