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Fantastic February

Facts about February

Well worth a read this Month

February is

December 10th is Dewey Decimal System Day. The day commemorates the birth of Melville Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System of library classification.
December 13th - New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasmin of the Dutch East India Company.
December 25th - Christmas Day, Commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Although the exact date of his birth is not known, it has been celebrated on December the 25th by the Western ( Roman Catholic ) Church since 336 A.D
December 31st is New Year’s Eve which is one of the largest global celebrations because it marks the last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, no matter where you are in the world you will find People celebrating in their own special way.

New books in the Library this month.

Author of the Month

John Green

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John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. He is also the co-author, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print. John is also an active Twitter user with more than 5 million followers.

In June 2014, the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars was released, directed by Josh Boone, produced by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill, and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff. The screenplay was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who went on to adapt Paper Towns for film. Fox 2000 and Temple Hill released Paper Towns in the summer of 2015, starring Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Justice Smith, Austin Abrams, Halston Sage, and Jaz Sinclair. In the second half of 2015, John signed a first look production deal with Fox 2000.

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