JANE ADDAMS 150TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

1931 Nobel prize winner Jane Addams was born 150 years ago on September 6. Most Illinois residents associate her name with Hull House, an association still active today. A digital pictorial book about Hull House can be seen on Google books. Miss Addams book, Twenty Years at Hull House can also be found in a digital copy online. Several biographies, including this one, can be found at the Elk Grove Village Library in the Biography section.

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY 2010

Almost missed it. Avast, me hearties! Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Learn more about pirates online at National Geographic, St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum, Pirates of the Bahamas, Pirate's Cove, Caribbean Pirates, Pirate Talk Glossary, Pirate Talk and more, songs and more at Privateer Dragons and, of course Pirates of the Caribbean.

At the Library, books about pirates are generally found in 910.45 in both adult and youth departments. Biographies of individual pirates are in the Biography sections under the pirate's name.