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Continue your summer of fun by reading: The Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles. Join us for a brief chat about this book along with trivia, games, crafts and other fun activities! Recommended for ages 9 - 12. Reading level: 3rd - 7th grade.
Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, even as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creature, Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town—and each other. The Legendary Alston Boys have always lived in the moment, but if they don't do something fast, they may be living this moment forever.
Description provided from publisher. *TIME Magazine- Best Children's Book*
Physical copies of this book are available for checkout in-person and via digital formats. Library staff are available to assist.
AGE GROUP: | Children |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Entertainment | Education & Literacy | Books, Poetry, & Writing | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |
TAGS: | Summer Discovery Program | Book Club |
Located in a shopping center from 1964 to 1974, the North Enterprise Branch became the A C Bilbrew Library with the opening of the present building on November 2, 1974. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn was instrumental in the library obtaining funding through a Model Neighborhood Development Program to build a 21,000 square foot library with a capacity to house 100,000 books. The library was designed by Vincent Proby, an African-American architect and is named for Madame A C Bilbrew, a community leader and former deputy for Supervisor Hahn who was also a musician and poet.
In 1933, Mrs. Bilbrew was the first black soloist to appear on radio, and in 1928, she produced the first Negro chorus that was featured in Hollywood's first Negro talkie, titled "Hearts in Dixie." She was the first black person to have a radio show. Mrs. Bilbrew was also a producer of pageants and dramas, an outstanding dramatic reader, and choral director.
A C Bilbrew Library houses the Black Resource Center which supports research and study on social, historical, musical, and cultural aspects unique to the "Black Experience" such as Juneteenth and Kwanzaa. From 1980-2008, A C Bilbrew Library has hosted the County Library's African American History Month Celebration. The "Living Black History Tribute" first honoree was Eubie Blake. This became the "African-American Living Legend" Series. Past Honorees have included Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Rosa Parks, James Baldwin, Coretta Scott King, and Ray Charles. An interactive Living Legends digital display is featured in the main lobby. The library is located in an unincorporated area west of the City of Compton.
