Simply “drop in” for help with computers, tablets, the internet and other technologies. No appointment necessary. For one-on-one assistance please refer to our Grab-a-Geek program for scheduled appointments.
Enjoy listening to stories, singing songs and doing finger-plays in a group setting. For ages 3-5.
The Big Ideas Club is a makerspace for grade school-aged children that meets every Tuesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Explore low-tech and high-tech projects and gizmos to fuel your curiosity in science, technology, engineering, and math!
Join us at the Ferguson Public Library on the fourth Tuesday of each month for a chance to discuss and respond to this month’s featured selection! For more information about the club and this month’s selection, please contact Ally at (314) 521-4820.
We will discuss The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore.
Summary from publisher: A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country?
The Brentwood Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. We are always open to new members and there is no registration. However, if you would like a copy of the book we are reading, please ask Gina at ggibbons@bplmo.org or call 314-963-8630.
Kids ages 9 and older are invited to meet on the fourth Wednesdays of the month (unless otherwise noted) after school from 3:30-4:15. Each meeting includes a game, craft, or activity, and usually includes a snack (please let us know if your child has allergies). Please join us if you have read the book or are interested in joining for future meetings.
This month’s Brentwood Bookworms selection will be Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang:
Twelve-year-old Hopper can’t help but notice that there’s something strange about her new school; the spooky architecture, leafless trees, and robotic birds with too many eyes allude to a mystery hiding just beneath the surface at Stately Academy. Hopper isn’t alone in her suspicion, and she and her new friend Eni resolve to get to the bottom of it. After an eye-opening revelation, they realize that they can use simple programming language to unlock Stately Academy’s secrets. Yang (Boxers & Saints ) sneaks coding lessons into the story, imparting the basics of binary numbers and scripting in the form of riddles posed to protagonists and readers. With this knowledge, Hopper and Eni make startling discoveries that put their coding skills to the test, including the operation of a silent, chelonian robot that immediately and precisely obeys its user’s every command. Accented with vivid emerald green, Holmes’s bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang’s geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. Ages 8–12. Author’s agent: Judith Hansen, Hansen Literary. (Sept.) â– –Staff (Reviewed June 15, 2015) (Publishers Weekly, vol 262, issue 24, p)
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