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Stories for a Safer Wakefield: A Non-fiction Reading List

Leane Ellis — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:27:38 +0000

GENERAL

Savage Pastimes: A cultural history of violent entertainment by Harold Schechter. Our culture’s gory past and how it compares to today. 303.6 Schechter

Regarding the pain of others by Susan Sontag. A reappraisal of how we view violence, war, and disaster. 303.6 Sontag

Is Religion Killing Us?: Violence in the Bible and the Quran by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. 291.5697 Nelson-Pallmeyer

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Insult to Injury: Rethinking our responses to intimate abuse by Linda G. Mills. A paradigm-shifting look at dealing with abusive relationships. 362.8292 Mills

Invisible Scars: How to stop, change or end psychological abuse by Catharine Dowda. NEW 362.8292 Dowda

Healing the trauma of domestic violence : A workbook for women by Edward S. Kubany et al. 362.8292 Kubany

Beyond Bruises: The truth about teens and abuse by Sherri Mabry. For Teens. Children’s

CHILDREN and VIOLENCE

Killing Monsters: Why children need fantasy, super heroes, and make-believe violence by Gerard Jones. 303.6 Jones

Children Who See Too Much by Betsy McAlister Groves. Presenting steps for creating a safer world for kids who observe violence. 303.6 Groves

Lost Boys: Why our sons turn violent and how we can save them by James Gabarino. 303.6 Garbarino

Sugar and Spice and no longer nice: How we can stop girls’ violence by Deborah Prothrow-Stith. 303.6 Prothrow-Stith

See Jane Hit: Why girls are growing more violent and what can be done about it by James Gabarino. 303.6 Garbarino

Books, Blackboards, and Bullets: School shootings and violence in America by Marcel Lebrun. NEW 371.7 Lebrun

Why Kids Kill: Inside the minds of school shooters by Peter Langman. NEW 371.7 Langman

Ceremonial Violence: A psychological explanation of school shootings by Jonathan Fast. 371.7 Fast

BULLYING

Your Child Bully or Victim?: Understanding and ending schoolyard tyranny by Peter Sheras with Sherill Tippins. 649.125 Sheras

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Pre-School to High School: How parents can help break the cycle of violence. by Barbara Coloroso. 371.102 Coloroso

Cyber bullying : Protecting kids and adults from online bullies by Samuel C. McQuade et al. 371.1 McQuade

Bullying beyond the schoolyard : Preventing and responding to cyberbullying by Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin. 371.7 Hinduja

VIOLENCE and the MEDIA

Grand Theft Childhood: The surprising truth about violent video games and what parents should know by Lawrence Kutner. Parent’s Shelf 302.23 Kutner

Media Violence by David M. Haugen and Susan Musser, eds. Especially for teens, a book presenting opposing viewpoints. Children’s 303.6 Media

The Other Parent: The inside story of the media’s effect on our children by James P. Steyer. Parent’s Shelf 302.23 Steyer

Talking Sports with Steve Buckley

Mark Sardella — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:37:05 +0000

Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley spoke recently at Beebe Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Buckley talked about the Boston sports scene and his book, Wicked Good Year.

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Many Attended Tea & Costume Demonstration

Mark Sardella — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:29:30 +0000

Sponsored by the Friends of Beebe Library.
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Early Literacy & Preschool Services

Mark Sardella — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:40:58 +0000

New brochure for parents now available
A baby’s brain is wired to establish language in the first two years of life. Early literacy skills are the foundation for comprehension, speech, reading and later learning. Beebe Library provides programs, materials and services that promote early literacy.

Now, thanks to federal funding provided by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Beebe Library has produced a colorful brochure for parents outlining the library’s services for preschoolers.

The brochure suggests everyday activities for you and your child that can build early literacy skills around the house, in the yard, in the car or running errands. The brochure also provides information on library programs like story times and sing-alongs and early literacy resources like computers, software, literature kits and reader’s advisory.

Pick up your brochure in the Youth Room and visit the Early Literacy Blog.

Library Halloween Photos

Mark Sardella — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:41:57 +0000

Check out the recent Halloween happenings at the library by visiting our Flickr photo page. A Halloween Tie-Dye program brought kids of all ages who created colorful T-shirts for Halloween. The evening of October 30, 2008 brought the 9th Annual Carved Jack-o’-lantern display on the front stairs and plaza of Beebe Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The display represents the work of Wakefield High School art students and Art Club members. The event draws bigger crowds each year.

Book Discussion Groups to Meet

Mark Sardella — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:16 +0000

Supper Sleuths, a discussion group for mystery readers, will meet on Tuesday, October 14, at 6 p.m. to discuss Louis Bayard’s The Pale Blue Eye.

Books by the Lake will meet on Wednesday, October 15 to discuss Roland Merullo’s Revere Beach Elegy: a Memoir of Home and Beyond.

Learn more about all of Beebe Library’s book discussion groups.

Fall Programming for Adults Underway

Mark Sardella — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:19:54 +0000

Beebe Library’s fall programming for adults got underway on September 11 with author Xujun Eberlein (pictured, left, with Beebe Library Assistant Director Laura Zalewski). The upcoming schedule features a varied lineup of programs.

On Wednesday, October 1, at 7 p.m., Beebe Library welcomes “The Muses” for an evening of Celtic music. “The Muses” are Tanya Brody and Matthew Gurnsey, a talented duo from Colorado who do amazing vocal harmonies and perform with a myriad of instruments. “The Ballad as History” is a delightful program that explores actual historical events and how they were recorded in song more poetically than any historian could tell.

On Wednesday, October 22, at 7 p.m., get in the mood to celebrate Halloween with “Ghost Stories from New England” with storyteller Dan Tremblay. Enjoy extraordinary film footage of ghosts and share your experiences of unearthly beings with the group. Do ghosts exist? We’ll let you decide.

Many thanks to the Friends of Beebe Library who fund the adult program series.