Arr! Pete the Pirate Wows the Crowd

Wednesday, April 21, Pete the Pirate entertained many of our young library patrons. Pete sang swashbuckling tunes, often accompanied by our young library friends, told lots of jokes, and changed feather dusters to silk scarves. A great time indeed, matey!

Turn Off TV Week, April 19-25

Did you know this week is set aside by the Center for Screen-Time Awareness as a week to turn off TV and spend time together or outside? Take this opportunity to go outdoors, play a family game, or just cuddle and read. For more info, visit http://www.screentime.org/.

Library Stars

In honor of National Library Workers Day, Tuesday April 13, take a minute to nominate a special library employee. Here's the link: www.ala-apa.org/about/nlwdstars.html. Also, the week of April 11-17 is National Library Week, a time to remember that "Communities Thrive" at your library. We love to see you--at story time, special programs, after school, for research or play on the computers, for family games, or to help you find that book you simply must have. Visit us soon.

Our New Mural

Noticed our new look? One wall in our children's picture book room is being transformed into an underwater coral reef scene featuring an intrepid diver in mismatched socks. The mural was made possible through donations from a fundraiser in memory of Amy Rothenberg Fazzio. The muralist is decorative painting specialist Skip Frost. You can see more of his work at http://www.frost-decorative-painting.com/. Come see our mural as it continues to unfold. Also planned is a dedication ceremony June 30, 2010 during our Summer Reading Program kickoff!