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	<title>West Chester Public Library</title>
	
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		<title>Attention Graphic Novel Fans!</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/05/attention-graphic-novel-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wcpubliclibrary.org/?p=1875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just expanded our YA/Adult graphic novel collection, including a volume of The Avengers, the Scott Pilgrim series, and several popular manga titles such as Fullmetal Alchemist and One Piece!  You can find some of them on display among the new releases and the rest will be on the Lower Level in our graphic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Titanic- 100 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/04/visiting-titanic-100-years-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One hundred years ago, the White Star Line launched its second of three planned luxury ocean liners: the infamous Titanic.  You might be planning to commemorate the anniversary by taking a trip to the movies to cry over Jack and Rose again, now that James Cameron has re-released his popular movie in 3D.  (In which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book vs. Movie: “The Hunger Games”</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/03/book-vs-movie-the-hunger-games/</link>
		<comments>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/03/book-vs-movie-the-hunger-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing quite like taking a trip to the movies with your friends and receiving a &#8220;Happy Hunger Games!&#8221; greeting from fans dressed up like Haymitch Abernathy and Capitol citizens.  At which point, I could only respond with, &#8220;And may the odds be ever in your favor!&#8221;  (For those unfamiliar with the trilogy, this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading “The Help”</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/02/reading-the-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
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Katherine Stockett&#8217;s popular and much discussed first novel, The Help, had been sitting on my bookshelf, collecting dust, since the middle of August.  It was just one of those times when I visited a bookstore and bought more than I could ever hope to read at once.  I kept telling myself that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fellowship of the…LEGOs?</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/02/the-fellowship-of-the-legos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wcpubliclibrary.org/?p=1689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, it looks like everything&#8217;s getting the LEGO treatment, even J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s classic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings!  It&#8217;s not hard to see why that&#8217;s the case, given the number of enthusiastic kids that come to both of the Lego Clubs at our own library.  Here&#8217;s what the heroic Fellowship of the Ring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Years of Wharton’s The Reef . . .</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/01/100-years-of-whartons-the-reef/</link>
		<comments>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2012/01/100-years-of-whartons-the-reef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Library Goddess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . OR SHOULD IT BE &#8220;THE GRIEF&#8221;?
I&#8217;m holding a 100 year-old copy of Edith Wharton&#8217;s The Reef that is part of West Chester Public Library&#8217;s collection.

In a search to find out whether it was recorded in the library&#8217;s old accession books, we found the following:
The Reef, by Edith Wharton, published in 1912, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwide Christmas Festivities!</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/12/worldwide-christmas-festivities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>

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Did you know that trying to hit the piñata is a Christmas tradition in Mexico?  Or that some families in Southern Italy will decorate their trees with chocolates and fruit to be eaten at the end of the Christmas season?
As December 25th draws near, it can be fun to learn about the different holiday traditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Hunger Games” movie gets a new trailer!</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/11/hunger-games-movie-gets-a-new-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/11/hunger-games-movie-gets-a-new-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been a good month to be a fan of YA Literature- especially the film adaptations of YA Literature!  Along with the theatrical release for one of the final movies in The Twilight Saga and the DVD release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lionsgate finished its first full preview of its upcoming adaptation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lego Club Creations!</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/10/lego-club-creations/</link>
		<comments>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/10/lego-club-creations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LMcCauley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[digital photos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our new LEGO Club, which meets every 2nd Monday of each month, is off to a great, imaginative start!  Here are a few pictures of their creations.


The rest can be found on our Flickr account!  They will remain on display in the Children&#8217;s Section of the library, and if your children would like to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banned Books Week 2011 (September 24 – October 1)</title>
		<link>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/09/banned-books-week-2011-september-24-october-1/</link>
		<comments>http://wcpubliclibrary.org/2011/09/banned-books-week-2011-september-24-october-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book_Lists]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wcpubliclibrary.org/?p=1561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the advent of Banned Books Week in 1982, more than 11,000 books have been challenged&#8211;with threat of banishment from school, library, or book store shelves&#8211;for expressing views, stories, or life histories that a group or, in many cases, one person has found personally offensive.  The offensives of these books include:

racism; pervasive vulgarity; glorification of [...]]]></description>
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