JEAN’S RAVE REVIEWS

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Rave Reviews by Jean E. Eustance

I love Green Beans! I mean, I love the picture book, Green Beans, by Elizabeth Thomas and illustrated by Vicki Jo Redenbaugh. It is in the picture book section of the Children’s Department of the Pine Bush Area Public Library.  With gardening season starting, it is the book to read.

Dorothea and her Daddy and Gramma lived together and Gramma was a great gardener. She was also very strict. She did not just talk to her flowers and vegetables, she told them what to do, with no nonsense about it!

Vicki Jo Redenbaugh’s illustrations are perfect. They show Gramma, thin and tall, and in command. She looks suspiciously like a master gardener whom I know in Pine Bush. Every time I see “Gramma” working in her garden, I see—woops, better not tell you.

“She loved her garden. She planted it with pink roses, gold zinnias, yellow snapdragons, purple pansies and green beans…There was no lollygagging, she told them. Most of the plants were obedient. The beans were another story.”

The green beans would not grow, no matter what Gramma did. This irked her because she liked to be in control. Finally it was time for her yearly vacation and she had to leave her garden in Dorothea’s hands. When she came back, she found the house a mess, and Dorothea and Daddy out in the garden, astonished!   The beans had grown! Without help!  Without Gramma!

Eventually they had green beans for supper. And Gramma relaxed a little. She listened to a different kind of music on Saturday night. She ate some grapes without cutting them with the grape snips. Even Gramma could change, and all because of Green Beans.

Spring Contest

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The Easter Bunny came on Easter and delivered all his goodies. He over estimated how many jelly beans he needed and had extras. He dropped the extras off to the Pine Bush Library. We put them in a jar.

How many jelly beans do you think are in the jar?

Come into the library and fill out the ticket or send us an email (pbl@rcls.org) with your name, phone number and guess or message us on

Facebook @PineBushPublicLibrary !

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April 16th

CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

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The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

About Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American History in a variety of fields. 

Here is just a small sampling of the women who we are celebrating for their achievements! 

There are so many more wonderful women who have contributed so much!