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Lego Lab Space Police @ Terrazas

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:20 GMT

Published Date: 02/03/2012

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.

Lego Lab @ Manchaca Branch

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:19 GMT

Published Date: 01/23/2012

We had a great time at Lego Lab this week! Lego Lab at the Manchaca Branch library is the 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:00 p.m.

Sea Fortress

Ocean Colony

Collin's Super Car

2012 Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:12:23 GMT

Published Date: 01/20/2012

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.

Lego Lab @ University Hills

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:55:08 GMT

Published Date: 01/12/2012

This month we built a community together!

Lego Lab Challenge @ Terrazas

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:34:41 GMT

Published Date: 12/21/2011

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-

Lego Lab @ Manchaca Branch

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:10:07 GMT

Published Date: 12/19/2011

Lego Lab @ Faulk Central

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:41:17 GMT

Published Date: 12/01/2011

: Building with a Force Field

: Cooper on a Segway

Imogene's Last Stand

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers Unleashed

Made from Glass Bottles

Moby Dick

The Bad Neighborhood

You Can Bounce on It

Hamlet