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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Magic Below Stairs by Caroline Stevermer
Frederick is an orphan. The orphanage is a very unpleasant place, so he is trying to learn as much as he can from the cook so that he can join the navy as soon as he is old enough. Then a wizard's servant comes to ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
From the Library of Congress' Read.gov site:
"Ever heard of an Exquisite Corpse? It's not what you might think. An Exquisite Corpse is an old game in which people write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold it over to conceal part of it and pass it on to ...
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Come to the Shadle Library and find a good read from the display of Kid's Book Reviews provided by the students of combined 1st and 2nd grades at Willard Elementary. Their display will be up on the bulletin board in the Children's area through May. I'm impressed with what they've ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
Fifty people coming to the Shadle Library to celebrate Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney was definitely not a wimpy showing. Click here to find out when the Diary of a Wimpy Kid program will be at a library near you!
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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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