Khan Academy is a non-profit devoted to offering free video courses for preschool to high school and beyond on a wide range of subjects with an emphasis on math, science, and engineering. They have teamed with Disney to create a Middle and High School-appropriate course called Imagineering in a Box where students can design their … Read more
Storyline Online has your favorite actors and other reading engaging storybooks using all the talents that got them into the Screen Actors Guild. Kristin Bell, Sean Astin, Allison Janney, Chris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Rami Malek, and many more. Find StoryLine Online here: https://www.storylineonline.net/
The Cincinnati Zoo has started a daily Facebook Live feed called The Home Safari, where they feature their animal friends like Fiona the Hippopotamus (https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/videos/646073945952924/ ) and Rico the Brazilian Porcupine ( https://www.facebook.com/61800120478/videos/152751482590378/). You will learn a lot about these animals and you have the opportunity to complete a quiz and win a future visit … Read more
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World With reports of COVID-19 dominating the news cycle and the worldwide run on face masks and antibacterial hand sanitizer, reading a book about a deadly cholera epidemic in London might not be the kind of escapist … Read more
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid Ramona Wilson, a bright, bubbly teenager from Smithers, B.C., was last seen alive the evening of June 11, 1994. As teenagers are wont to do, Ramona told her mother she’d … Read more
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For its 12th annual season, Whatcom READS, Bellingham and Whatcom County’s countywide book club, welcomes author Eowyn Ivey to town March 5-7 to discuss her book To the Bright Edge of the World. The events at five venues in Ferndale, Bellingham and Lynden are free; no reservations or tickets are required. Arrive early to secure … Read more
Reveal Tuesday, February 11, 2020 After three community engagement meetings focused on the design of a new Blaine Library, Whatcom County Library System, Friends of the Blaine Library and the City of Blaine held a Design Reveal meeting. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Blaine Senior Center, architects presented a community-driven redesign of the current … Read more
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss This year is a big one for democracy: Not only is it a presidential election year, it’s the year of the decennial census, which helps apportion congressional voting districts. It’s also a milestone anniversary for two voting-related Constitutional amendments. The 15th … Read more
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz Chances are, you’ve read one of British author Anthony Horowitz’s novels or seen one of his television shows. With more than 40 books under his belt (the Alex Rider series about a teenage spy has sold over 19 million copies) and BAFTA Awards for the television series Foyle’s War and Midsomer Murders, Horowitz … Read more