BOOKS-to-MOVIES Night THIS Saturday

TEENS & 'TWEENS - - MARK YOUR CALENDARS

(and get reading!!!)

This Saturday, September 18th, is Movie Night @ Arcade Free Library! Please come and bring a friend!!! We will be showing and discussing Howl's Moving Castle: book by Diana Wynne Jones, movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away).

Our movie line-up for the rest of 2010 looks like this:

October 16: Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga: New Moon

November 20: Raold Dahl's James and the Giant Peach

December 18: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Doors open at 6:45 P.M. every month.

Free healthy snacks and drinks will be available.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER: "SUMER" IS A'GOIN' OUT

It has been nearly a month since I have written here...whew!

How it gets away from me sometimes.
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FALL 2010 CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

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Rock and Read: A Music and Movement Program for ages 12 months to 4 years - TUESDAYS @ 10 am. (Please use side door.)

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Toddler and Pre-School Story Hour: FRIDAYS @ 9:30 am,

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Parent Discussion Group: First and third Thursday nights @ 6:30 pm,

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TEENS & 'TWEENS

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Mark Your Calendar!!!
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Third Saturday Books-to Movies series:

Shown August 21st

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Coming September 18

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Movies planned for October through December will be posted soon.

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ADULTS

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NEW - Computer classes begin September 15th, 10 am - noon for 10 weeks.

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NEW - Book Discussion Group organizational meeting September 21st @ 6:30,

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL

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Writers' Group - ages 10 and up are encouraged to join us on the fourth Tuesday of every month @ 6:45 to write, talk about writing, critique and support each other's writing, etc.

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Long-Time No Write!!!

You are asking...what's happening this Summer at the Library?

Here is a quick list that will be added to as more events and activities are planned:

Tuesdays in July from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.: "Make A Splash - READ!!!" Summer Reading Program for children entering Grades K - 3 in the Fall.

Every Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:30 A.M.: "Rock and Read" for children ages 12 mos.-

Thursdays in July from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.: "Make Waves @ Your Library" Summer Reading Program for children entering Grades 4 - 6 in the Fall.

Every Friday from 9:30 - 10:15 A.M.: Pre-school Story Hour
(No progam on July 2, 9 or August 13)

Saturday, July 10: Friends of the Library Annual Summer Book Sale. Donations being accepted now! Please: no textbooks, encylopedias, magazines or Readers Digest Condensed Books.

Wednesday, July 21: Workshop with artist Michael Albert 10:00 A.M. 'til noon.

Saturday, July 24: Books-to-Movies Night for teens and tweens.
Come and see "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief"!

Tuesday, July 27 and every fourth Tuesday from 7:00 to 7:45 P.M.: Writers' Group for all writers and wannabe-writers ages 10 to adult. Goal of group is to meet needs of members including but not limited to: reading/critiquing each others' work, exploring how to get one's writings published, dedicated quiet writing time, etc.

Saturday, August 21: Books-to-Movies Night for teens and tweens. Featured film "Twilight"!

Watch for Teen Advisory Group activities for teens and tweens.

WANTED: TEEN WRITERS and ARTISTS!

Do you write? Do you draw? Would you like to see your work in print?!?

LibraryFish, a literary magazine for teens, will be published early next year and your work is needed.

Click the fish to learn more!

Send your submissions to droll@pls-net.org

or drop them off at the Arcade Free Library by December 31.

Who is Finn Reeder?

Wearable Art Workshop a Stunning Success!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Coupling Nut Chokers

Duct Tape Wristbands

Guitar Pick Necklaces

Charm Bracelet

S-Hook Bracelet

Twelve teens and 'tweens worked (and played) diligently to create the wearable art featured above. Doughnuts and cider rounded out the event. In February, a similar event for younger children will be run by these artists! Watch here for details.

New H1N1 Children’s Book Available as Free Download

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Nov. 17, 2009 – Educators, parents, and book lovers can get a free, exclusive look at a brand-new middle grade novel, Finn Reeder, Flu Fighter . Last week, Stone Arch Books, a children's fiction publisher, has made the book available as a free download on its website www.capstonepub.com/promo/h1n1/ . The book will be released in hardcover as part of Stone Arch’s spring 2010 collection in January.

In Finn Reeder, Flu Fighter , 13-year old Finn is assigned to keep a journal for his English class. Little does he know that his journal will turn into a record of a major flu pandemic. Somehow, he survives infection, and as his school population dwindles, Finn faces down the school bully, draws comics, catches the principal ordering pizza, endures a string of bizarre substitute teachers, and even manages to study once in a while. By the time the month is over, he’s made it through the epidemic, gotten vaccinated, played the world’s strangest game of solo dodge ball, and – if he plays his cards right -- might even have found himself a girlfriend.

On Our Minds Today

1. VOTE!

2. 2nd Annual FOOD for FINES: Oct 26 to Nov 21 (see Monday, October 26 post)

3. Long-Range Planning Meeting re-scheduled for Wednesday, November 4.

4. November 14: Local author Cassidy O'Connor will be here - 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

5. November 21: TEENS and TWEENS Wearable Art Workshop - come in and sign up!