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September 26, 2006

So Long, Snicket

It is an unfortunate event indeed that the world has come to the end of Lemony Snicket's most dismal and most popular A Series of Unfortunate Events books. From The Bad Beginning, in which we meet Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, miserable yet resourceful orphans, readers knew they had found something special. And now, facing The End, the last of Mr. Snicket's 13 desperate, despairing books, we're not sure how we feel. Sanguine, dolorous, or merely lacking the extensive vocabulary necessary to express our conflicting emotions.

Friday the 13th is not only the day that The End is released to the public. It's also the day of the Darien Library's So Long, Snicket! Evening Event. We'll be celebrating the end of Lemony Snicket with a hilariously somber evening of games and fun.

Join us Friday, October 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for a game show just as strange as the books themselves. Children grades 3 to 5 can play; Register beginning October 2 by calling the Children's Room at 655-1234 x117.

So Long, Snicket is also a great opportunity to involve your older children in a Library event. Responsible teens grades 7 and up are needed to set-up and be team captains. The uniform is a black top and jeans or black pants. Sign up (anytime) by calling the Library at 655-1234 x117, emailing us, or IM @ deweydarien.

Posted by Caitlin at 07:18 PM

Nutmeg Book Group - Macaroni Boy

Wednesday, October 25th from 6 to 7 p.m.
Grades 4 to 6

Participate in a book discussion of Macaroni Boy by Katherine Ayres, one of Connecticut's 2007 Nutmeg Book Award intermediate nominees. Light dinner provided.

Please register at 655-1234 x117.

Book Description
Living in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Mike investigates the cause of the sickness that is affecting so many in his community, including his own grandfather. To learn the truth he must enlist the help of the neighborhood bully who nicknames Mike “Macaroni Boy.”

Posted by joan at 02:41 PM

September 21, 2006

Fall at the Library

Fall is here! It's time for apple cider, leaf piles, Halloween costumes, and Fall programs at the Library. Join us in October for Sleepytime Stories, BookMANIA, and Nutmeg Book Group. And stop in any time for some Fall and Halloween-themed books and movies.

More postings about Fall events coming soon!

Posted by joan at 03:08 PM