All Children Flourishing

The Manlius Library is excited to announce this wonderful free program for parents. Wendy Pidkaminy will lead a workshop discussing techniques to help children and teens who struggle with such issues as anger, anxiety, lack of focus, ADD and ADHD. Wendy's focus is the Nurtured Heart Approach--a non-blame, non-traditional approach to helping parents instill inner wealth and greatness in children of all intensity levels, creating more success and peace at home and at school. The workshop will be held Wednesday, October 13, 6:30-8:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Please call for reservations (682-6400).

Spook-a-rific!

You won't be scared when you join us for funtastic crafts on Friday, October 8 in the Manlius Library story hour room. No registration is required; crafts are geared for children in Kindergarten or older. Drop in any time 1-3 pm and get into the spirit of the season!

Read A Winning Book Lately?

Beginning this Wednesday, September 15, stop by the library to vote for New York State's most popular title of 2011. Nomination forms are available in the library and will be accepted through October 15. To participate, all you have to do is decide on your favorite book (though this may be hard), fill out a nomination form, and return the form to the children's circulation desk. There are two categories we are nominating: Young Reader's Award (PreK-grade 2, ages 3-8) and the Children's Award (grades 3-8, ages 8-12). In December, our children's librarian, Miss Kori, will contact all participants with the statewide list of the 15 most popular titles and an outline of how you can take part in choosing the winner. All students who submit a nomination through the library will be invited to a celebration party on January 9 and will be entered to win a set of the top 15 nominated books for their age category. Note: If your school is participating and you nominate a title at school, you are not eligible to nominate one at the library. For more information, visit http://www.3applesbookaward.org/.

Try This Picture Book

Do you miss reading to your child? Some say, "they're never too old." That is certainly true with the latest installment from Michael Rex, who is writing some hilarious books for children, especially those in grade school. You may have already seen his other two parodies--Goodnight Goon and Runaway Mummy. Mr. Rex takes well-known stories and creates a very entertaining parody (def: a literary work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or ridicule). His new book, Furious George Goes Bananas, retells Curious George from the point of view of a not-so-accommodating ape. Funny and ultimately satisfying, Furious George Goes Bananas provides a great teaching tool as well as a fun read. The back cover blurb sums it up well: "You can take the ape out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the ape." Look for it on the new books table in the children's area!