Trick or Treating At the Library

We are trick or treating around the library with our storytime children this week.  Our preschoolers will trick or treat tomorrow at 10 am and our Book Babies will trick or treat this Wednesday at 10 am.  So much fun to see everyone in costume!!

Just How Do You Pronounce It.....

Ever wondered how to pronounce your favorite author's name?  I know I've run into this with some of my favorites.....How do you say Judy Schachner's name?  What about Jon Scieszka??

Here's a great site with a handy pronunciation guide.  In most cases you can actually hear the author say his/her name:

Name Pronunciation Guide

Wimpy Kid!

Just ordered three copies of the newest Diary of A Wimpy Kid book.  The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney is scheduled to release on November 13.  Call and reserve your copy today!

New Graphic Novels

Lunch Lady saves the day in this series of graphic novels which are now available for check out.

Explore these titles today!

Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes
Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown
Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit
Lunch Lady and the Field Trip Fiasco
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vindetta
                         all by Jarrett Krosczka

I can personally attest to the funniness of these books.  How can you not like a book with the tagline---Serving Justice and serving lunch!

Book Babies

Do you know about our Book Babies class?  We meet every Wednesday at 10 am for a 30 minute session for babies/toddlers and their caregivers.  We combine music, movement, picture books and puppets in a fun way to help children develop early literacy skills and adapt to a group setting.  What a wonderful way to spend time with your little one and meet other families.

Book Babies
10 am
Wednesdays
Community Room of the Decatur Public Library

November Storytime Schedules

Take notice of the important message on the schedule.  The library will close soon for a little renovation project.  We are getting a new heating and air system which is absolutely wonderful news.  The sad news is that the building will be closed for quite some time so that this can be done.  We are trying to find a location for December's storytimes and Story Crafternoon.  Stay tuned for more information on that.  We hope to start the project the week after Thanksgiving but please know this is a tentative date.  It could change!  If it does, we will let you know as soon as possible. 

Grow A Reader....

Two big factors in my life helped instill the love of reading in me.  I thought I’d talk with you today about that.  Firstly, I was read to as a child and secondly, I saw reading going on in my household.  My mother and older brother were and still are avid readers.  They almost always had a book they were reading.  Little did I know at the time that this sent a message to me that reading is important.  What could I do but pick up a book and read too? 
  

I read everything.  Yes, I was one of those kids that read the cereal box as I ate breakfast in the morning.  Didn’t matter that I’d read the same box the morning before.  I had my favorite books.  Little House on the Prairie was my favorite series and I read it time and again.  I also looked for books similar to that series and read them.  As I got older, I moved on to other authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Grace Livingston Hill and then Janette Oke’s Canadian West series and Seasons of the Heart series melted my teenage heart.  As I became an adult I discovered other great authors such as Edith Wharton, Anita Shreve, Nicholas Sparks and I do still love juvenile and young adult fiction.  My personal favorite children’s authors of the moment are Richard Peck, Vivian Vande Velde, Suzanne Collins…..and my constant fav being Laura Ingalls Wilder (yes, I still read her books and don’t get me started on how I feel about the spin off books from her beloved series).  

I was the quiet child in the back of the classroom who rarely participated yet secretly thrilled when told we had to read classics.  I think I loved them all!  Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories and of course his Scarlet Letter, other short stories like Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery that just makes you go wow!  And then has you thinking of the meaning of such a story.  To Kill A Mockingbird which shines a light on the injustices of the world—my world right here in the South.  I even liked Miss Havisham and her creepy self. 

Why am I telling you all of this?  Well, if you are looking for ways to instill the love of reading in your child one of the best places to start is by being a reader and letting your child see you reading.  Also, read to your child.  Visit the library and borrow books to share with your child.  Let them see that books are important to you.  Reading with your child gives them an understanding of how stories work, that there is a beginning, middle and end.  It also encourages imaginative thinking.  I’m reminded of a quote I read somewhere recently:   “Open your child’s imagination.  Open a book.”
 

The library is here to help you with this.  Need reading suggestions?  Want to attend programs that encourage reading?  Check us out today and see what we have to offer.  There's something for everyone!  Even great adult programming such as the program just recently with the author of  The Rebel Wife. 

New Downloadables!

New children's/teen downloadable ebooks/audio just ordered for Camellia Net.  Remember you must sign in with your library card in order to see these titles. 

#		Title	Format Type	Format
1.		The 7 Habits of Happy Kids (unabridged)	Audiobook	OAB
2.		Alice in Zombieland	eBook	EPUB
3.		Battle Fleet	eBook	EPUB
4.		Chasers	eBook	EPUB
5.		Decked with Holly	eBook	EPUB
6.		Gooney Bird and the Room Mother	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
7.		Gooney Bird Is So Absurd	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
8.		Gooney the Fabulous	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
9.		Gossamer	eBook	EPUB
10.		The Iron Daughter	eBook	Kindle, EPUB, PDF
11.		The Kill Order	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
12.		Lincoln's Last Days (unabridged)	Audiobook	OAB
13.		The Lost Prince	eBook	EPUB
14.		The Mark of Athena (unabridged)	Audiobook	OAB
15.		The Maze Runner	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
16.		Powder Monkey	eBook	EPUB
17.		Prison Ship	eBook	Kindle, EPUB
18.		The Raven Boys (unabridged)	Audiobook	OMA, OAB
19.		The Time Travelers, Volume 1	eBook	EPUB
20.		The Time Travelers, Volume 2	eBook	EPUB
21.		Twice Shy	eBook	EPUB, PDF
22.		The Witch Family	eBook	Kindle, EPUB