Ferndale Library Staff Recommends: Jillean's Picks
Head of Youth Services Jillean McCommons props Peace with this week's picks - from a cute vegetable-themed allegorical picture book to the biography of Alfred Nobel. Peace on Earth (through books!).
Hello again, from your local library. The Ferndale Public Library was recently honored/humbled to have received a $1500 grant from Peace Action of Michigan. This generous gift allowed us to expand our materials (for adults and children, on Book, CD, DVD and Audiobook), dealing with various peace issues. With the Holidays approaching, our hearts and minds long for not just a little, but a lot of peace-on-Earth (and an equal share of good will towards all). To commemorate that sentiment, and the donations of Peace Action of Michigan, Youth Services Librarian Jillean McCommons has picked her preferred Peace books for your own perusing. By Jillean McCommons These are my favorite books about peace from a collection we recently purchased …
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Jim Corcoran
10:42 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
A Holiday Thought... Aren't humans amazing? They kill wildlife - birds, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice and foxes by the million in order to protect their domestic animals and their feed. Then they kill domestic animals by the billion and eat them. This in turn kills people by the million, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative - and fatal - health … more ›