Lamond-Riggs
Neighborhood Library

What is early literacy? Helping your child get ready to learn to read.
What are 10 ways that DC Public Library can help you get your child ready to read?

1. Sign up your child for a library card.
2. Read to your child daily.
3. Visit the library for story hour programs/family programs.
4. Ask your child to tell you what happened in the stories that you read to them.
5. Check out CDs and DVDs with children's songs and stories.
6. Participate in the Summer Reading program.
7. Visit your library often!
8. Ask the librarian to direct you to alphabet, counting and books with shapes.
9. Sign up for one of our Mother Goose on the Loose programs.
10. Turn off the television and visit your local library to use our Early Literacy Station.

Are you trying to eat local? Wondering why you should eat local? Fresh local produce meats are better for you because the fruits and veggies haven't been lying around in warehouses for weeks, and animals haven't been cramped in spaces with thousands of other animals.

Local food also usually comes from small farms.

What fruits are in season in this area? Blueberries, figs, grapes, melons, apples, raspberries, pears and peaches.

Here are cookbooks to support local eating:

Lamond Riggs Library has a wide assortment of travel guides to provide you with up-to-date information
on places you want to visit. From the Smithsonian museums to Philadelphia to Tanzania, we have it!

Even if there is no upgrade or resale market, there's no need for junk to sit in the back of the closet unused. 

This mixed media art class/workshop alters the appearance and function of old stuff.  Techniques include gluing, bolting, painting and cutting.  The materials include soda cans, screws, buttons, bottle caps, old CD's, scraps of trim, fabric, etc.  

Recycling is a critical part of saving the environment.  This class/workshop presents an alternative to throwing away old junk by transforming it into new, beautiful and useful items.  This is a teen program.  Tweens are also welcome.