Issue 21, Winter 2011
 

NEW

Children's Picture Books

• Pinkalicious: Pink Around the Rink - Kann, Victoria
• Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique - O'Connor, Jane
• Fancy Nancy: My Family History - O'Connor, Jane
• Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink - Kann, Victoria
• Pinkalicious Is Tickled Pink - Kann, Victoria
• Dewey's Christmas at the Library - Myron, Vicki
• Llama Llama Holiday Drama - Dewdney, Anna
• Olivia Claus - Einhorn, Kama
• Present - Gill, Bob
• Santa Duck and His Merry Helpers - Milgrim, David
• Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa - Washington, Donna L.
  

Juvenile Fiction

• Scheme Spirit - Gold, Maya
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5 - Kinney, Jeff
• Lost Hero - Riordan, Rick
• Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cave - Pilkey, Dav

Young Adult Fiction

• Clockwork Angel - Clare, Cassandra
• Zombies vs. Unicorns - Black, Holly
• Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch - Hemphill, Stephanie
• Witch & Wizard - Patterson, James
• Witch & Wizard #2: The Gift - Patterson, James
• Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod - Brewer, Heather
• Ninth Grade Slays - Brewer, Heather

Young Adult Graphic Novels

• Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House authorized graphic biography - Jacobson, Sid
• World of Warcraft Vol. 4 - Simonson, Walter &. Louise
  

Young Adult Non Fiction

• They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group - Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
• Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux - McCully, Emily Arnold

AFTER SCHOOL
STORY HOURS

Our After School Story Hours this season are about Health & Safety . We'll spend these winter months discussing how to keep our bodies healthy. Discussing germs and viruses, safe behavior, food, and personal hygiene. Fun and interesting stories and crafts will help solidify these rules and concepts.

Story Hours will meet:

Kindergarten and First Grades
Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30
February 1. 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & April 5

Second - Fourth Grades
Thursdays 3:30 – 4:30
February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24 31 & April 7

A simple snack will be provided.
If school is closed or closes early because of snow the story hours are canceled and postponed to the next week.

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Preschool Story time

Deborah Silverman is back to read stories this Winter with three and four year olds during our preschool Story Time. Have fun with other children and their parents listening to stories, singing, and creating crafts .

Preschool Story time will meet
Tuesdays at 10:00am
February 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12

If Rondout Valley schools are closed or delayed because of snow the story hour is canceled and postponed to the next week.

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Picture Book Party

Feb 19, March 19, April 16,
May 21 at 2:00pm

The children's room celebrates a different Picture Book character the third Saturday each month. This program is available to anyone at any age who loves children's picture books and their characters. Have fun with stories, songs, and a simple craft.

Join us 2:00pm on the following Saturdays:
February 19th - Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
March 19th - Berenstein Bears
April 16th - Peter Rabbit
May 21st - Madeline

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Reader's Theater

Feb. 2, March 2, April 6, & May 4
3:30 – 5:00
grades 4 and up

Reader's Theater is an activity in which students, while reading directly from scripts, are able to tell a story in a most entertaining form, without props, costumes, or sets. This is a reading activity, and students are not asked to memorize their lines. They are, however, encouraged to "ham it up" and use intonation and gestures appropriate to their characters and their characters' words.

We expect to work on some speech skills, some acting skills, reading skills and each time putting on a mini performance for our grown-ups at the end.

This program is for students in grades 4 and up. We will meet once a month from 3:30 – 5:00 February 2, March 2, April 6, & May 4.

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Sewing Class

Wednesdays, Feb. 16, March 16, April 13th & May 18th
3:30 - 4:30pm
ages 9 and up

In this class participants will get together to learn stitches, use simple patterns, practice using a needle and thread, and try simple sewing projects. This class for ages 9 and up will be offered once a month on Wednesdays, January 19, February 16, March 16, April 13th & May 18th 3:30 - 4:30. Patience is required! All levels of sewing abilities welcomed.

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Book Clubs

ages 9 and up

Let's face it, book clubs aren't for bookworms anymore. They're fun, exciting, rich communities of like-minded readers who love the written word from classics to contemporaries and everything in between. We will be reading and discussing a "Book of the Month" each month. Read the book, join the group, voice your thoughts and opinions. This club for ages 9 and up and will meet once a month on the following dates:

Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:30.
February 23 - Frindle by Andrew Clements
March 23 - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
April 27 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
May 25 - Savvy by Ingrid Law

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Teen Book Club

February 25th at 3:00
ages 14 and up

Read, comprehend, decipher, discover, interpret, perceive, unravel, assert, explain, expound, paraphrase, agree, argue, confer, consider, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, dispute, examine, exchange views, explain, figure, get together, review. Last Friday of the month at 3:00. For teens ages 14 and up.

• February 25th – before i fall by Lauren Oliver
  
• March 25th -- Airborn by Kenneth Oppel.
  
• April 29th – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne.
  
• May 27th -- Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick.

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Film Fridays

3:30 – 5:00

We'll be showing free movies in the library complete with popcorn and juice. Once a month "Film Friday" will be offered from 3:30 – 5:00. We're showing movies that have been based on books.

• February 11th - How to Train Your Dragon rated PG. Adapted from How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
  
• March 11th - Ramona and Beezus rated G.
  Adapted from The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
  
• April 8th - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole rated PG. Adapted from The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
  
• May 6th - Tangled rated PG
  Adapted from Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm

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Register

For more information or to register for any of our programs sign-up at the library, call 687-2044, visit our website, or email Julianna at
e-mail Julianna

GREAT WEBSITES

Youth Book and Media Awards

Each year the American Library Association honors books and media for children and teens. Moon Over Manifest won the Newbery Medal, A Sick Day for Amos McGee received the Caldecott Medal and The Curious Garden, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video. more

The Food Guide Pyramid

This site, designed for kids, shows how "the Food Guide Pyramid is one way for people to understand how to eat healthy." Includes links to their other sites. more

Snowflake Bentley

A site dedicated to the Vermont farmer who "attracted world attention with his pioneering work in the area of photomicrography, most notably his extensive work with snow crystals (commonly known as snowflakes)." It features articles, a FAQ, a message board, and links. more

Shakespeare for Kids

If you like Shakespeare, check out this page! You'll find facts, word games, coloring pages, and displays of artifacts and manuscripts from Shakespeare's time. You can also learn about Queen Elizabeth and explore current careers related to Shakespeare.* more

*Reproduced with permission from copyright 2010 by the ipl2 Consortium (ipl.org). All rights reserved.

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Contact Us

Desk Phone: 687-7023

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Children's Services Phone:
687-2044

e-mail Children's Services: Julianna