TODAY IS LAST DAY to Claim Summer Reading Prizes!

Don't forget to turn in your summer reading records! TODAY, SUNDAY AUGUST 31st is the LAST DAY to claim your prizes.  Don't miss out on getting your prizes including a discount coupon to Oaks Park and a FREE book of your choice!

STEAM Saturday

Can you tell we're starting to focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math here at the library? I like to throw in some STEAM in my story times, and sometimes I test the stuff out with my boys at home. I must say, doing science experiments is one of my favorite ways of spending time with them. Reading Rockets offers quite a list of tip sheets for sharing science with your kids. Check it out!

Book Club Lottery ends Saturday August 30th!

If your child would like to participate in the Kids Book Club for grades 1-3 or Super Readers for grades 4-6, Saturday August 30th is the last day to enter.  Lottery slips are available in the children's room on the first floor of the library.  Names will be pulled via lotto on Saturday afternoon.  All entered names will be contacted regarding their status. 

Coby's Picks #8

Here are Coby's latest favorites:

• Anything by Leslie Patricelli
• Froodle, by Antoinette Portis
• Night Light, by Nicholas Blechman
• Count 123, from My First Touch and Trace series
• Cat Comes Too, by H. J. Hutchins

LAST WEEK to Claim Summer Reading Prizes

Don't forget to turn in your summer reading records!  This is the last week to turn in your records to get your prizes including a discount coupon to Oaks Park and a FREE book of your choice! August 31st is the last day to claim prizes!

August 24 Lego® Construction Zone!

Join us, Sunday, August 24 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. for Lego® Construction Zone!

You already know building with Lego®  bricks is fun. What you might not know is when you build with Lego®  bricks you are using all elements of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. This all-ages program is in the Puett Room.

It's a Birthday Party! And You're Invited!

 

Happy 10th Birthday to the Library Building!!!

 

 Can you believe it? The library building is 10 years old!!!  And that mean's it's time to party!!!  Music, food, activities and fun for all are on tap. If it weren't for the community's support, this still might be a field of dreams. We're celebrating the library and you!

 

WHEN: Saturday August 23rd

TIME: 2-4 p.m.

WHERE: Burgess Community Room

Story Time Break! Aug. 18 to Sept. 1

Now that summer is wrapping up, we will be on a two-week story time break starting August 18th.  The fall session of story times will begin on Tuesday September 2nd. 

Mister Orange

Twelve-year-old Linus's older brother, Albie, just went off to fight the Nazis, so now he has graduated from taking care of his younger siblings to being the family's delivery boy for their grocery store. Linus and Albie are big comic book fans, and while Albie is gone, he has entrusted his comic book collection to Linus. In the pile of comics, Linus discovers Albie's own creation, Mister Superspeed, a superhero who fights the Nazis; thus begins an everchanging imaginary relationship between Linus and the penciled superhero. In addition to this new relationship, Linus meets a man with a weird accent whose name he cannot pronounce (he happens to be none other than the famous artist, Piet Mondrian) to whom he delivers oranges every week. To Linus, he is just "Mister Orange." Mister Orange's house has clean white walls with shapes of primary colors tacked up on his walls, and loves Boogie-Woogie music and dancing. Mister Orange, by Truus Matti, is a story about family, friendship, war and imagination is a good introduction to the history of WWII and to art history for upper elementary and middle school-aged kids.

The Knights are coming!

The Knights of Veritas will be here on soon! On Tuesday, August 12th from 7-8 p.m. in the Burgess Community Room there will be a fun and educational presentation on the science of martial arts in the Middle Ages. Come for a swordplay demonstration and stay to try on an authentically made helmet and some ancient artifacts. This presentation is perfect for ages 5 and up.

Drop-In Science Playtime

This Monday, August 11 is our last Drop-In Science Playtime. It's all about Kitchen Science!  You don't need a laboratory for egg-citing science!  Join us as we concoct and play with some messy mixtures straight from your kitchen cupboard.   The fun begins at 2pm and lasts until 4pm in the Puett Room. This is an all ages event.
See you then!

Movie Matinee!

 
 
 

Just Let it Go!
Escape the heat and come into the library to cool off with a Disney hit movie!  This rated PG movie will be fun for the whole family.  We'll provide the snacks.  You enjoy the show on the big screen in the Burgess Community Room.  Join us Saturday August 9th at 2 p.m. 

Quidditch for Muggles

"Quidditch for muggles," you may ask. "How can a measly muggle such as myself play the wizarding game of Quidditch?" If you are 8 or over join us this Friday, August 8 from 1 to 4 in the Burgess Community Room and find out! The winning team will have its name immortalized as it is inscribed on the Quidditch Cup to be on display in the library.

Mad Science: SPIN! POP! BOOM!

Mad Science is coming back to the library with it's SPIN! POP! BOOM! show on Tuesday August 5th at 6:30 p.m. in the Burgess Community Room. 

How can you tell when a chemical reaction has occurred?  Watch in awe as Mad Scientists create a variety of erupting experiments.  This show is guaranteed to be amazing!

This event is sponsored by Washington County Cooperative Library Services.

Drop-In Science Playtime

This Monday, August 4, we will learn about wind. How does wind happen? What can the wind do for us? We'll make paper windsocks and more at this all ages program. The fun begins at 2pm and lasts until 4pm in the Puett Room. 
See you then!

It's Book Club Lottery Time

It's Book Club Lottery Time again!  Children wishing to participate in a 2014-15 book discussion group are welcome to come to the library and enter their name into the lottery drawing.  The lottery is open Saturday August 1st through Saturday August 30th.  Children have a choice of entering their name for the Kids Book Club for readers in grades 1st through 3rd or Super Readers for readers in 4th through 6th grade.