March 31, 2010 -- As you consider how to fill your calendar for the upcoming month - don't forget about MGG in the Libraries programming. This programming is designed for ease of use and is free to your library! Below, we've highlighted key dates and holidays in April, and offered suggestions for tie-in programs. Specifically for April:
Friday April 2nd: International Children's Book Day
Programming Ideas:
- Feature children's books written during the 30s, 40s, and 50s by Minnesota authors like Wanda Ga'g and Emma L. Brock
- Feature children's books written about the 30s, 40s, and 50s
- Prairie Train by Marsha Wilson Chall, 2003
- Potato: A Tale of the Great Depression by Kate Lied, 1997
- Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson, 2007
Thursday, April 22nd: Earth Day
Programming Ideas:
- Lecture: Barbara W. Sommer, Author of Hard Work and a Good Deal
- Learn how members of the Minnesota CCC planted trees, improved parks, and shaped outdoor recreation for future residents
- On the Home Front Family Day Kit
- Check out the kit from your region's headquarters and have a day of decorating seed packets, recycling scraps into new fashion accessories, and reading books about Victory Gardens.
- Feature books written during the 30s, 40s, and 50s by Minnesota authors that celebrate the Minnesota's natural wonders
- Salute to Spring and Other Stories by Meridel Le Sueur, non-fiction, 1940
- Minnesota: A State Guide prepared by the Works Progress Administration, non-fiction, 1938
- Canoeing with the Cree by Arnold Eric Sevareid, non-fiction, 1935
- Books by Sigurd Olson or Francis Lee Jaques and Florence Page Jaques
Suggestions from Maren Levad
, Minnesota Historical Society Statewide Library Legacy Coordinator