Artist of the Month

 

 Teen poet, Jaecob added some genius verse to our chalkboard in the Teen Area. 

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy 

1947-2013

Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, Cold War thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time.

Clancy also wrote a YA Series called Net Force.  Net Force is aimed at an adult audience, while the related series Net Force Explorers (which follows the adventures of a teen auxiliary of the Net Force in 2025) is aimed at the older teen market.

October is almost here

Get ready for Autumn! 

Autumn Movement  by Carl Sandburg

I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts.


The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds.




The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full of holes, 

new beautiful things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind, 

and the old things go, not one thing lasts.

Banned Books Week!

Highlights from an amazing show!

Disney Princesses in Pants—Finally!

Online Article by Joanna Douglas, Yahoo Shine Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor:

Disney princesses have an obsessive following, and recently artists have had their own moments in the spotlight by re-imagining the princesses in creative ways. The latest version comes from Japanese digital artist Haruki Godo, whose new series of drawings called "Costume Swap" depicts Aurora, Ariel, Tiana, Rapunzel, and other animated Disney princesses wearing the clothing of their male counterparts!

The result is an awesome project that shatters traditional gender roles. "I'm very fond of love between a man and a woman—couples," Godo tells Yahoo Shine exclusively. "And I also love girls, so I thought if they wear their boyfriends' clothes, I would be very happy. They are my wishes." Godo posted the images, along with his other drawings, on the deviantART online forum. "To put it simply, in this series, they're enjoying cosplay," he writes on his page. 

Check out Godo's pieces to see Princess Jasmine trade in her crop top for a regal pantsuit and Ariel ditch her mermaid tail for sea-captain garb. Their new wardrobes may be atypical for Disney heroines, but if Kate Middleton is any indication, princesses don't always wear dresses. 

Click on link below!!

http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/disney-princesses-pants-finally-slideshow/-photo-2692697-182500568.html