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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan comes out as a movie on February 12. This amazing book is the first in the Percy Jackson series and you'll be glad it's a series once you dive into book one cause you'll want to read more. We're celebrating the book and new ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
A few years ago we started offering year-round storytime instead of taking storytimes breaks each season. We're able to do this through the use of trained volunteers to help deliver storytimes. This way our children's librarians can take a day off occasionally and not worry about storytime. That said we ...
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are hit number one in box office sales in its first weekend and is still going strong. We are celebrating the book that inspired the movie with a Wild Rumpus at the libraries. Join us for these fun events. ...
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
See Curious George at the South Hill Library this Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. as part of our series of family movies.
Curious George - Returning from Africa, museum guide Ted picks up a stowaway--a monkey named George, who quickly finds his way into all kinds of trouble. Based on ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Do you need a books to get you started on your summer reading or maybe a book or two so you can finish your 15 books for summer reading? Here are some great suggestions:
Picture Books:
Carl’s Summer Vacation by Alexandra Day
Summer Beat by Betsy Franco
Summer is Summer by Phillis Gershator
Chapter Books:
My ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
If you're downtown for Hoopfest and in between games then stop in the Downtown Library at 11:00 am for a great concert by Jenks. This kid's music band has a lot of appeal for adults as well and the lead singer, Corey Jenkins is also a fabulous juggler! This is ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
The ALA book Award winners were announced this morning! here's a quick rundown:
Caldecott Award:
The House In the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson.
Corretta Scott King Award:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson
Newberry Award:
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Celebrate Thanksgiving at the Library by listening to stories about turkeys and then building a turkey to take home. Click here to find out when it will happen at a library near you.
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Join us Downtown at 11:00am on Saturday, April 19 for some bean-tastic stories and your very own bean planting experience.
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