August 20, 2008 Citizen News Library column
Upcoming Adult Programs for September
Weds., Sept.17, Page Turners, 6:45-7:45 pm. An informal book discussion
that always welcomes new participants.
The book selection for this month is The
Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer.
Weds., Author /Poet
Talk, 6:30-7:30 pm. Local poet/author
Alfred Colo will discuss the process of self
publication of Inside Looking Out. A book signing will follow. Registration begins September 3.
Upcoming Children’s Programs
Drop-in Storytime, 10:30-11 am. Storytime with Ms. JoAnn every Thursday unless
school is closed. Stories, music and movement for all ages.
Wee Ones, Mondays, 10:30-11 am. Stories, music and movement
for one year olds. Registration
begins September 2. Session dates: 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, and 10/27.
Tales for Twos, Tuesdays,
10:30-11 am. Stories,
music and movement for two year olds.
Registration begins September 2; session dates: 9/16, 9/23, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, and 10/28.
More Stories Please for
Fives, Fours and Threes, 1:30-2 pm. Stories with Ms. Judy. Wednesday session dates: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/22, and 10/29.
Storycrafters, 1:30-2 pm. Story
and related craft with Miss Jill, for ages three to
five. Wednesday session dates: 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, and
10/27. Registration begins Sept. 2.
ANTS, 1:30-2:15 pm., Fridays, Ms. Elyse will
lead children ages four to six in activities based on science and nature. Six week session dates: 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/17, and 10/24. Registration begins August 29.
ANTS, 10:30-11:15 am., Weds.,
with Ms. Elyse. Six week session
dates: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15,
10/22, and 10/29. Registration begins
Sept. 3.
Sept. 17, Weds.,
Music Together, 10:30-11 am. A musical interactive program for children six months to five years
of age. Registration begins Sept.
3.
Sept. 19, Friday, Celebrate International
Peace Day, 6:15-7:30 pm. Children in
grades six and up will learn a unique technique to create colored paper and make
an origami crane ornament with Carol Forester.
Registration begins Sept. 5.
Sept. 26, Friday, Make a Fall Centerpiece,
4:15-5:30 pm. Children in grades k-2 can
celebrate the birth of Johnny Appleseed by creating a fall centerpiece with
Katie Stevenson. Registration begins
Sept. 12.
Reading Logs
Summer program reading logs may be picked up
anytime during library hours in the Chidlren’s
Library. Logs will be destroyed after
Sept. 15. It is important to keep
reading even though the program is over for this summer.
Volunteer Letters
Community Service
letters will be sent out in September to all those who volunteered at the
library this summer. The volunteers did
a terrific job over the course of the six-week program.
Summer Reading Books
The library needs to return all the summer reading
books we borrowed from the state library service centers, schools, and other
libraries. If you have any of these
books and they are no longer needed, please return them to us.
Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Library are collecting books for
their upcoming book sale in September.
If you have any items to donate, please do so during library hours. Reader’s Digest books, magazines and
encyclopedias are the only items that are not acceptable.
New Children’s Books
Clinton Gregory’s Secret by Bruce Whatley; Don’t Say
That Word by Alan Katz; Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton;
Why are the Ice Caps Melting? by Anne Rockwell; A
Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman; Silly Goose by Marni
McGee; A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve; Catwalk by Deborah Gregory; Hammond
World Atlas; Pretty Little Liars, Perfect by Sara Shepard;
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.