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July 28, 2006
Big Truck and Car Day
Come to the Library on Wednesday, August 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. (Rain date Thursday, August 17) and get up close to your favorite rescue and construction vehicles! Registration is not required. Hope to see you here!
Posted by joan at 10:41 AM
Beat the Heat Movie: Millions
Tuesday, August 15th at 4:15 p.m.
Grades 1 and up
What would you do with a bag full of money? Find out what two brothers decide to do with their new found cash! Based on a children's book by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Rated PG. 98 minutes.
Free tickets distributed 15 minutes prior to showing.
Posted by joan at 10:35 AM
July 26, 2006
Beat the Heat Movie: Chicken Little
Thursday, August 10th at 10 a.m.
Ages 3 and up
Who will save the planet when the sky is falling? Chicken Little and his friends save the day! Based on the nursery rhyme. Rated G. 81 minutes.
Free tickets distributed 15 minutes prior to program.
Posted by joan at 11:40 AM | Comments (1)
Nutmeg Book Group
Join us on Wednesday, August 9th from 6 - 7 p.m. for a discussion of Nutmeg Nominee Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow. Light dinner will be provided. Please read the book before the discussion.
Book description: Harsh weather brings an orphan boy, Tom, and a stranded dog, Thunder, together on the island of Newfoundland. They struggle to find a family despite a blizzard, a tidal wave, and worst of all, Thunder’s former owner.
Register at 655-1234 x117.
More information about the Nutmeg Book Group can be found on the Children's website.
Posted by joan at 10:09 AM
July 25, 2006
Summer Reading Continues!
Summer Reading at the Library continues until August 25th. There's still time to sign up! Read 10 books, receive prizes, and an invitation to see author Bruce Coville at the Library. Yes, Bruce Coville, author of My Teacher is an Alien and the Moongobble and Me series, among others.
You can sign up and log books online at our website, www.darienlibrary.org/children/. All you need is your library card.
Keep reading!
Posted by joan at 12:49 PM
A Little Taste of China
Wednesday, August 2nd at 4:15 p.m.
Learn how to cook Chinese food!
In this 90-minute workshop, Chef Norma Chang will discuss the many varieties of Chinese vegetables, rices, and sauces. She will also demonstrate Steamed Pearl Balls, Stir-Fry Chicken with Bok Choy, Snow Peas, and Baby Corn. Read more about Norma at http://www.luv2wok.com/.
Free tickets will be distributed 15 minutes before the program.
Posted by joan at 12:20 PM
July 21, 2006
Fall Storytime Schedule Set
The Fall storytime schedule is set and is available on our website. We have storytimes for children birth to six years, and registration starts on our website and in the Library beginning August 1st.
Here are a few of my favorite things about storytime:
1. The baby brigade as the Giggles & Rhymes storytime heads down the stairs.
2. Halloween costume week in storytime, especially when you realize that one girl has been wearing that costume every week and you've just noticed.
3. The varied, amusing, and often charming, things the children tell us they are thankful for the week before Thanksgiving. (My dog, my toys, my brother, my mother, food)
Hope you can join us!
Posted by Caitlin at 11:34 AM