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Shortly before his sixtieth birthday and a decade after issuing his immensely prescient admonition that America, if eligible at all to downfall and ruin, is eligible within herself, not without," Whitman writes under the heading “DEMOCRACY IN THE NEW WORLD”:....Click to read more

Kids read aloud to a loving canine listener, strengthening reading
skills and improving reading confidence! For school-age children with a
caregiver. Supported by the Friends of the Edmonds Library and Reading
with Rover.

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Free For all ages! Come hear a story with Mel & Mia!

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“Awe is the moment when ego surrenders to wonder. This is our inheritance - the beauty before us. We cry. We cry out. There is nothing sentimental about facing the desert bare. It is a terrifying beauty.”   Read more

Read aloud to a loving canine listener! The community-based literacy program
Reading with Rover helps kids strengthen reading skills and improve
reading confidence. Supported by readingwithrover.org and Friends of the Edmonds Library.

Presented by Dragon Theater Puppets.

Family program, all ages welcome.

A lady bug meets a caterpillar and they travel the world together, exploring new places and discovering different languages. But, will they get caught in Mr. Spider's web of deceit, or will they get home safely? Come find out!

It's not just big, it's huge! Over 100,000 items will be for sale with over 50 categories of nonfiction including art, cookbooks, crafts, gardening, history, music, performing arts, pets, nature and travel. We have an extensive selection of fiction including science fiction, graphic novel, classics, and short stories. Our children’s selection covers every reading level you can imagine plus several special categories such as folk & fairy tales, history and nature.

Your support helps the Friends of the Seattle Public Library advocate, educate, and raise funds on behalf of The Seattle Public Library. Thank You!

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"It is often said that we are born scientists — naturally curious, tickled rather than daunted by the unknown, unafraid to experiment and to stumble in learning the world"..........More

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“Nature’s particular gift to the walker… is to set the mind jogging, to make it garrulous, exalted, a little mad maybe — certainly creative and suprasensitive.” www.brainpickings.org

"From trees to consciousness to black holes, an immersion into the glory of the knowable and the splendor of the unknown" www.brainpickings.org

"In praise of the mundane, unquantifiable, impractical activities that feed creative work and fill life with meaning “... "Anger continued on past its usefulness becomes unjust, then dangerous…"  Read more

 A supreme lesson in authenticity from a being “so innocent and harmless, yet so savage.” | Brain Pickings by Maria Popova