
Knox County Public Library Join Imagination Library at the Tennessee Theatre on First Night for the Children's Party. Ring in the New Year with puppets, a circus, a sing and bang-a-long, arts and crafts and much more! There will even be early fireworks just for kids at 9:00. Here's how:
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First Night® is a family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year's Eve community celebration of the arts. Knoxville held its inaugural New Year's Eve celebration last year to great success. This year, the event expands to multiple entertainment venues throughout downtown. ...

Knox County Public Library Do you have any literary resolutions? Plan to read more, learn a new language, check out more obscure foreign films? Tell us how you want to stretch your brain in 2010.

Knox County Public Library Any good books in your stocking? Tell us your favorite picks.

Knox County Public Library Books make the best gifts. You can give a book to all your neighbors in Knox County by making a donation to the Knox County Public Library in someone's honor. See how here:
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Knox County Public Library Are you looking for a local chess club or a group of car entuhusiasts in town? Browse our Directory of Local Organizations, and you may be surprised to see what kind of group is available to you. It's another valuable resource from the Knox County Public Library.
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Knox County Public Library The Gift of the Magi, The Christmas Carol, Moishe's Miracle... What's your favorite holiday story?

Knox County Public Library Nancy Pearl is the librarian's super hero. Hear her book suggesstions here:
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The end of another year means another giant stack of books you missed during the past 12 months. Nancy Pearl, our favorite librarian, stops by to share recommendations that should keep old, young and 'tween readers content.

Knox County Public Library Would you like to sample a book before you commit to it? You might want to try our online book club. You'll receive a chapter in your email for a week to help you decide if it's your kind of book. Check it out here:
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Join our Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start new books. Sign up and start reading.

There's no better way to spend the winter months than with a good book. We are pleased to announce this winter's featured book for the Close Read: "The Tall Woman" by Wilma Dykeman...

Knox County Public Library Want to brush up on your command of civics? Tomorrow's your day! The CSPAN CIVICS BUS is coming to the History Center. Seriously! Check it out from 10-1!
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Knox County Public Library It's the end of the year, which means everyone is busy putting together their list of the top books of 2009--what was your favorite new book of the year?
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Correspondent Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations for the season's best books from booksellers Rona Brinlee, Daniel Goldin, and Lucia Silva. Their selections include comics about philosophy, novels about building families, and a box set that dives into the process of writing.

Knox County Public Library Who remembers the magic of The Little Prince? It's now available in POP-UP. Granted, we don't carry the pop-up version, but we do have plenty of copies of the original. It is worth a read, or a re-read. Enjoy.
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Today’s holiday gift book suggestion is the 60th anniversary pop-up edition of Antoine St. Exupery’s The Little Prince. Fans of the work will be pleased to hear that it contains the original text and illustrations—but now they’re in 3-D.
























