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Shelf Life is here! Take DIY to a whole new level with oak galls. To make iron gall ink, the type of ink used to sign the Declaration of Independence, you would need to find some oak galls in trees. The galls are rich in tannins that are a color source for dyes and inks.

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The 16th annual crawl is happening Saturday, October 17, from 10am to 4pm. Tour the four host archives, gather stamps in your passport, view treasures from dozens of archives and special collection libraries, visit with archivists, win prizes and go on special behind-the-scenes tours!

Marketing with a medium beige background with brown font. Top in brown word box reads: Free public event" followed by font with no word box reading: Sacramento Archives Crawl Saturday October 17, 2026 10 AM to 4 PM. underneath the center images the text continues: "tour among four host archives, gather stamps in your passport, view treasures from dozens of archives and special collection libraries, visit with archivists, win prizes and go on special behind-the-scenes tours!" in a word box at center bottom "www.sacramentoarchivescrawl.Com" with a QR code to the right and crawl logo to the left. images are cut out of people in old photographs, a band, a mother and child, a woman, a boy holding a trophy, a group of 5 adults, two children, 3 three children in costume and one man.
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The CA Center for the Book’s “Great Reads from Great Places” 2026 Adult Selection is The Forgetters: Stories by Greg Sarris The 2026 Youth Selection is A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila The Library of Congress releases this list yearly

Cover of The Forgetters: Stories by Greg Sarris, featuring the silhouettes of two perching crows against a blue and yellow gradient background. It's overlaid on a blue tinted image of the coast with sand and ocean waves. the black and white center for the book logo is in the bottom left corner, and the library logo in the center bottom.Cover of A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez, by María Dolores Águila, featuring a boy peering from behind lemon tree branches, silver book award medals, and the phrase “when injustice grows, resistance blooms.” it is overlaid on a blue tinted transparent background of a grove of trees, with the Center for the book black and white logo in the bottom left and the library logo in the bottom center.
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