International Polar Bear Day
February 27th is a day for the amazing white beasts that live Artic, polar bears. These bears can weight up to almost two thousand pounds and live for about 25 years. They eat a wide variety of fish, birds, and other aquatic life. Polar bears are very wonderful creatures that need to be protected. This day was set aside to bring awareness to the problems that this bears face everyday in the warming North Pole.
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2019 Sequoyah Book Award Voting
Students in grades 3rd - 12th are invited to vote for the Sequoyah Book Award 2018 winners. If you have read or listened to at least 3 books from the lists below, please VOTE HERE for your favorite title by using the Online Voting Individual Voting Forms. Voting is open until March 15, 2019.
- Children's 2019 Masterlist (3rd - 5th grade)
- Intermediate 2019 Masterlist (6th - 8th grade)
- High School 2019 Masterlist (9th - 12th grade)
With this award, Oklahoma honors the Native American leader Sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary. Sequoyah chose eighty-five symbols to represent all spoken sounds of the Cherokee language. In so doing, he created a way to preserve his people's language and culture.
The first Sequoyah Children's Book Award was given in April 1959, making the award the third oldest children's choice award in the nation. In 1988, the first Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award was given. Twenty years later the YA book award was changed to “Intermediate Award” and a High School award was created and was first awarded in 2010.
2019 tax information at your library
Tax Season is here, and your hometown libraries are ready to help you find the resources you need to file your taxes. This year, taxes must be filed by Monday, April 15, 2019.
Each of the 12 PLS branches is equipped to help you locate, download, and print your federal or state tax forms. Library cardholders may file their taxes online from library computers, but library staff is not trained to answer tax-related questions or work in actual preparation of forms.
Please note:
- Standard charges for printing or photocopying apply. Black and white prints or copies are $0.15 per page. Color prints or copies are $0.30 per page.
- Hometown libraries are unable to install personal tax software onto library computers.
Use the following information to find Oklahoma and federal tax forms online and other tax assistance resources: