What I Did Over Summer Vacation
Because our Summer Reading Program was “Book a Trip,” we asked you to send us postcards from places you visited. Here’s a sampling of the postcards you sent us:
• Chattanooga, TN
• Chicago, Illinois—The Field Museum, Harry Potter The Exhibition, The Alder Planetarium, and Shedd Aquarium
• Florida—Disney
• Fort Wayne, IN—Science Central
• Lincoln City, IN—Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
• London, England
• Maine
• Marshall, IN—Turkey Run State Park
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina—The Grand Strand
• Nebraska
• New York City, New York—Statue of Liberty
• Salt Lake City, Utah—The Great Salt Lake
• Santa Klaus, IN—HolidayWorld
• Tucson, Arizona—Biosphere 2
• Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin—Witches Gulch
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Grand Prize Winner
Congratulations to the Book a Trip Grand Prize raffle winner!
A special thanks goes out to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this special Summer Reading prize!
A special thanks goes out to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this special Summer Reading prize!
American Girl Knit-A-Long
This summer’s American Girl knit-a-long (KAL) is over. Didn’t we just start?
We had fun this summer knitting a poncho, skirt, and hat for our American Girl dolls. Along the way we learned some new knitting skills and made some new friends.
There were a lot of laughs and giggles (and a few dropped stitches)!
Thanks to the girls and helpers who made it a fun experience.
Do you have any suggestions for another knitting class?
Kathy
We had fun this summer knitting a poncho, skirt, and hat for our American Girl dolls. Along the way we learned some new knitting skills and made some new friends.
There were a lot of laughs and giggles (and a few dropped stitches)!
Thanks to the girls and helpers who made it a fun experience.
Do you have any suggestions for another knitting class?
Kathy
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Challenging Reads for Tweens
This morning while I was drinking my coffee and reading the morning newspaper, I came across an interesting article about a professional photographer. You know, that kind that comes to your house and takes pictures of you and your family, your pets…. Have any of you ever had your picture taken by a professional photographer? Well, apparently this guy, this photographer, was adding a twist to the photos he was taking. He was adding ghostly images to the background of the people he was taking pictures of. Can you believe that? And people thought he was actually capturing images of their dead family members! Of course it was all a hoax, but how would that make you feel if someone did that to your family? But…what if someone could capture images of dead family members in photographs…pretty creepy!
Title: The Seer of Shadows
Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
Year: 2008
The Seer of Shadows by Avi is about a young boy named Horace who goes to work for just such a photographer named Mr. Middleditch. Horace is disappointed to find out part of his job is tricking people into believing ghosts are appearing in their family photos. Of course, Mr. Middleditch is making tons of money. Horace’s disappointment lengthens when he learns he won’t even be instructed on how to take photos or get to even use the camera. But he watches and learns, and one night when Mr. Middleditch is out, Horace sneaks into the office, takes out the camera, loads the slides, and takes a few photographs. Now this was around the time when cameras were just invented, so when Horace takes the slides out, he places them in a tub of solution for developing, and as he’s learning over watching the pictures take shape, his excitement turns to shock and horror as a ghostly image of a young girl appears! You’ll want to read this book with the lights on because Horace is The Seer of Shadows!
Title: The Graveyard Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
Year: 2008
Title: The Seer of ShadowsAuthor: Avi
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
Year: 2008
The Seer of Shadows by Avi is about a young boy named Horace who goes to work for just such a photographer named Mr. Middleditch. Horace is disappointed to find out part of his job is tricking people into believing ghosts are appearing in their family photos. Of course, Mr. Middleditch is making tons of money. Horace’s disappointment lengthens when he learns he won’t even be instructed on how to take photos or get to even use the camera. But he watches and learns, and one night when Mr. Middleditch is out, Horace sneaks into the office, takes out the camera, loads the slides, and takes a few photographs. Now this was around the time when cameras were just invented, so when Horace takes the slides out, he places them in a tub of solution for developing, and as he’s learning over watching the pictures take shape, his excitement turns to shock and horror as a ghostly image of a young girl appears! You’ll want to read this book with the lights on because Horace is The Seer of Shadows!
Title: The Graveyard BookAuthor: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
Year: 2008
Now, if that’s a little too scary for you, you could read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Bod (B-O-D), which is short for Nobody, is a perfectly normal little boy. So what if his parents were murdered when he was a baby? So what if the murderer is hunting him down to finish the job? So what if he wanders into a graveyard and the ghostly inhabitants take it upon themselves to protect him from the man called Jack? So what if a kindly, ghostly couple adopt Bod and raise him as their son? That’s normal, right? And so what if Bod’s guardian is a vampire, one of his protectors a werewolf, and Bod grows up between the two worlds of the living and the dead? I guess you could say “Nobody’s Perfect.”
Dawn
Children's Librarian
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Carnival 2009
We had a great time at the End of Summer Carnival!
"Free tickets for a great big smile." The rain held off for most of our evening. Miss Julie held out through the rain for the last child wanting a balloon animal.
Many thanks to the dozens of volunteers and the Friends of the Library that help sponsor this free family event!
It has been a record breaking summer of reading in Youth Services!
We saw 1,486 children record 46,374 hours of reading during our eight week incentive program.
If you like statistics think about this....
The following are the average minutes per day read for each age group during the eight week summer reading program
Birth - 2nd Grade: 30 minutes a day
3rd Grade: 40 minutes a day
4th Grade: 45 minutes a day
5th Grade: 50 minutes a day
These are excellent results! Thanks for "Booking a Trip" to the library this summer!
We love you all!
"Free tickets for a great big smile." The rain held off for most of our evening. Miss Julie held out through the rain for the last child wanting a balloon animal.
Many thanks to the dozens of volunteers and the Friends of the Library that help sponsor this free family event!
It has been a record breaking summer of reading in Youth Services!
We saw 1,486 children record 46,374 hours of reading during our eight week incentive program.
If you like statistics think about this....
The following are the average minutes per day read for each age group during the eight week summer reading program
Birth - 2nd Grade: 30 minutes a day
3rd Grade: 40 minutes a day
4th Grade: 45 minutes a day
5th Grade: 50 minutes a day
These are excellent results! Thanks for "Booking a Trip" to the library this summer!
We love you all!
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