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This month we draw cards to take the Lego Challenge. You must build whatever is on your card! Categories included Buildings, Nature, Structures, Building Using Only One Color, and Build Something That Tells About Your Life.

Mission: Save Flight 266

 At the NASA center, cats have been trained to survive the harsh conditions of Mercury’s atmosphere. These cats are crucial to the mission, otherwise known as…The Evil Plan. However, when the cats entered the harsh elements of Mercury’s climate, they were transformed into Monsters and Skeletons. These Skeletons and Monsters join the forces of the alien leader, Alien Turkey Head. Back on Earth, scientists launch the Atom-free Ship Landing Base onto Mercury using a chemically engineered sling shot. Armed with the Faceless Fighters army, the hostages are saved, an escape is concocted, and our survivors celebrate eating an Alien Turkey Head dinner complete with potatoes, yams, and pie.

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On route to Florida, flight 266 veers drastically off course and crashes….on Mercury. The pilot is taken hostage by alien turkey head. Passengers are also held hostage. Beware of Space Cats!

what ensues…..

Back home the construction of the Space Lab is underway.

Astronauts and pilots compete in the Space Races

work on the teleporting ship begins

But there is much to do before we are ready to save flight 266 and there are conflicting reports concerning the well being of its passengers and crew.

Love comics and graphic novels? So do we!

The Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table (YART).

There’s something for everyone on this list. Here are some of my favorites:

Bake Sale by Sara Varon
Cupcake runs a successful bakery with his best friend, Eggplant, but dreams of going abroad to meet his idol, Turkish Delight, who is the most famous pastry chef in the world.

Astronaut Academy by Dave Roman
Hakata Soy looks to make a new start at Astronaut Academy, but his past as the leader of a futuristic superhero team catches up to him when a robot doppelganger is sent to kill him.

Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
When Paige Turner and her family move to New York City from rural Virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding.

The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier
Walter Bean is happiest when he gets to spend time tinkering on his inventions in his grandfather’s workshop, but when his grandfather acquires a curse, Walter must embark on dangerous quest to return a pearl skull to the witches who made it.

This month we built a community together!

This December our Lego Lab was presented with a challenge; working in groups, build using only the pieces in front of you and use as many of those pieces as possible. Here are our creations!

and here’s what we started with-

To learn more about drawings and related subjects, come to the library and explore our collection under J741 classification and have fun!  We also have plenty of fiction books waiting for you…

Did you know that getting a library card is free?  Talk to a librarian at your closest location, we have 22 locations in Austin

To learn more about drawings and related subjects, come to the library and explore our collection under J741 classification and have fun! 

We also have plenty of fiction books waiting for you…

Did you know that getting a library card is free?  Talk to a librarian at your closest location, we have 22 locations in Austin.