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FIRST LADY OF TULSA HELPS LIBRARY AND TULSA TRANSIT

Submitted by John on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 3:15pm

   At Tulsa City-County Library’s new pop-up library in Tulsa Transit’s Denver Avenue Station, families can now see and read “The Wheels on the Bus.”

   During a press conference, First Lady of Tulsa Victoria Bartlett, wife of Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and ambassador for the City of Tulsa; Tulsa City-County Library Commission Chair and former First Lady of Tulsa Judy Randle; Gary Shaffer, Tulsa City-County Library CEO; and Bill Cartwright, Tulsa Transit CEO, unveiled the new pop-up library.

Stellar American history author Jim Murphy to receive 2013 Anne V. Zarrow Award

Submitted by Jackie on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 3:58pm

   Riveting, absorbing, fascinating, mesmerizing, powerful, evocative, engaging, engrossing and superb – these are just some of the superlatives used by critics praising two-time Newbery Honor Book-winning author Jim Murphy’s many works. Murphy masterfully makes history come alive in his more than 30 nonfiction books for children and young adults.

2013 Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration to Address "The Kindertransports"

Submitted by Jackie on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 2:43pm

   From Dec. 1, 1938, to the start of World War II on Sept. 1, 1939, nearly 10,000 Jewish children were sent, without their parents, out of Nazi Germany, Austria, Poland and Czechoslovakia to safety in Great Britain. While more than 1.5 million children perished in the Holocaust, these children were saved by the Kindertransport rescue movement.

LIBRARY PRESENTS ENLIGHTENING NOONTIME SERIES “BOOKS SANDWICHED IN”

Submitted by John on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 3:25pm

   Each Monday through April 15, you can relax in Central Library’s Aaronson Auditorium, Fourth Street and Denver Avenue, from 12:10-12:50 p.m., and hear local book lovers share their views on recently published books.  Coffee and sandwiches are available for purchase or you may bring your lunch.  The series is sponsored by the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries.

See Tommy Terrific as George Washington Carver

Submitted by John on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 11:12am

Celebrate Black History Month with Tulsa City-County Library and Tommy Terrific.

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