Tompkins County Public Library

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Library to Host STEAM Book Club


Middle-graders are invited to explore science, technology, engineering, art and math through lively book discussions and hands-on activities during Tompkins County Public Library’s monthly STEAM Book Club.

Continuing October 26 with a discussion of “The War That Saved My Life” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, the STEAM Book Club will encourage area students to improve their understanding of current core competencies through critical thinking and book-related activities.

After a young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

The club will meet in the Library’s Thaler/Howell Programming Room at 3:45 p.m. for discussion and refreshments. Following the discussion, participants will explore ways that science and technology help people with disabilities.

The STEAM Book Club is free and open to all third, fourth and fifth graders.

Free copies of “The War That Saved My Life” can be picked up at the Youth Services Reference Desk.

For more information, contact Kate DeVoe at (607) 272-4557 extension 277 or  

The 'STEAM Book Club' has been made possible by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation with support from the Michael Kammen Children's Fund and the Bradford Endowment for Youth Services Programming.

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