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Libraries Role in Society | Emilio Estevez

Emilio Estevez creative process for his new film 'The Public,' exposed him to several writers and researchers like Anne Lamott, who further illuminated, for him and for all of us, the vital role that libraries continue to play in serving and enriching their communities.

Libraries Role in Society | Emilio Estevez

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  • "the year of the buttered cat" by Susan & Lexi Haas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    "the year of the buttered cat" by Susan & Lexi Haas

    S2024 E12 - 36m 19s

    the year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio and “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper, the year of the buttered cat offers powerful messages of friendship, family, loss and the art of redefining ourselves.

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    "Goodnight Thoughts" by Max Greenfield

    S2024 E11 - 28m 32s

    In partnership with PBS SoCal and other local PBS stations, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by PBS SoCal’s Maria Hall-Brown with author Max Greenfield to discuss his latest book “Good Night Thoughts”. What do we do when we can’t fall asleep? The child in this story has racing thoughts–funny, silly, and scary–that are running on a cycle they can’t stop.

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    "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

    S2024 E10 - 29m 23s

    Celebrate the 40 year anniversary of “The House on Mango Street”, one of the most cherished novels of the last 50 years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting.”

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