January/February 2014 Calendar

Christmas at the Library

Monday, December 23rd--Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm for Christmas crafts in the children's department!

The Grinch!

The Grinch has returned to the Decatur Public Library.  Stop by today and have your picture made with him!

Upcoming Program

December Calendar of Events

Sing! Book Review

 

Sing by Joe Raposo

 

This beauty of a book crossed my desk today and I just had to stop and listen (yes, there's an included cd).  The pictures tell a story of three baby birds preparing to leave their nest.  All but one finds his voice and takes flight.  That last little bird struggles to sing but then gives up.  Along comes someone who encourages him and gives him just the push he needs to take flight and sing.  Such a sweet story and the author's son has a message for children in the end of the book.  The message reads:  To every child, everywhere.  Don't worry if it's not good enough:  Just sing!

 

November's Calendar

Mascot Mash!!

I just can't tell you how much fun we are having while planning our upcoming MASCOT MASH!! We decided to name the little worm located on the front of our library cards for children.  We've set it to a vote and now wait patiently for our patrons to vote on their choice of names for this little fellow.  The choices?  Professor Wormsly, Professor Squigglesworth or Professor Booky.  Which one would you choose? 

A big thank you to our wonderfully creative, highly intelligent reference staff who made much larger versions of our library cards for snapshot day and for agreeing that yes, we do need to name that little worm on the card. 



Here's a picture of the children's card: 

Trick-or-Treating at the Library!

Trick-or-Treat at the library this Halloween Day!  See you on the 31st!!

Upcoming Events

More Great E-Books!!

Revisting an old post: 


Did you know there's a set of Britannica Discover America e-books about the states on  the Alabama Virtual Library site?  Doing homework late at night and need to research something about a certain state?  Look it up in this set of books available to you any time of day or night! 


Have you taken a look at the Alabama Virtual Library website lately?  Maybe it's time!  Over 360 Britannica E-books are now available through the AVL site.  What a great resource for your homework/schoolwork needs!   Another plus is that they are available right now, 24/7.  These cover a wide range of subjects including biographies, science and math, history and sports.  Take a look today!

AVL E-Books

Theodore Roosevelt at the Library!!

Did you hear that Teddy Roosevelt came to our library?  Yes, he did!  We had a great time hearing the story of how the teddy bear was named after this 26th president of the United States.  Mr. Joe Wiegand reprised the role of Theodore Roosevelt and entertained us with many stories of Roosevelt's early years and life in the White House. 

And here is our Mrs. Anna with the teddy bear given to us that night: 

We are looking for a place in the children's department to display our little Teddy Roosevelt bear. 

Dewey's Detectives

Quilts!!

The library hosts a quilt show every October.  This has been going on since the 1970s.  Our director, Sandy McCandless, started the quilt show when she was an outreach librarian.  This is something many of us in the community look forward to every year.  The quilts are just amazing!!  The community votes on a favorite quilt.  First, second and third place ribbons are awarded.  This is a sampling of this year's quilts.  Hope you enjoy taking a look around:

 

 

 

 





Back to Blogging....

Wow!  Let a little thing like summertime come along and this blogging experience gets shoved to the background!  We had a great time with our Summer Reading Program this summer and the children participating in the program read over 9,500 books!  That's Great!!  That is an average of 32 books for each child that reported back to us at the end of the summer.  No telling how many books everyone read but just didn't have time to let us know about it at the end of the program. 

Anyways....Have you been into the children's department lately?  If so, then you've seen our new couches.  We love them.  L-o-v-e, love them!!  This bright color just makes the room more cheerful.  Take a look: 

And from the back:

Let us know what you think!! 

September/October Schedules

Dollhouse Master Bedroom

Stay tuned for an overall picture of the dollhouse.  Also, we will tell you about the history of the dollhouse--who built it and how long it has been at the library. 

Dollhouse Nursery and Upstairs Hall

Look at the frog on the toilet!  Ha!



Dollhouse Kitchen and Dining Room

Take a look at all the attention to detail in this little house.  Today we are looking at the dining room and the kitchen. 

 



  Check out these new downloadable titles offered at Camellia Net. 

2013 Summer Reading Information

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Dollhouse Living Room

 

We are always finding something new in the dollhouse.  Look in the closet.  See the little harp in there?  There's a rocking horse in the closet as well. 



Stay Tuned For A Look Inside the Library's Dollhouse

Check back soon for a post about this charming little doll house located in the children's department of the Decatur Public Library.  

New Titles at Camellia Net

Check out these new teen and children's titles now available at the library's source for downloadables:       Camellia Net

Summer Reading Schedule!!

Summer Reading 2013 Sneak Peek

Summer Reading 2013

New Read Along Kits @ Your Library

April/May 2013 Calendars

Sandy Hook Memorial

Not long ago I mentioned the Sandy Hook Memorial our Friends of the Decatur Public Library were purchasing for the library.  I'd like to share these pictures of that memorial.  What a wonderful and kind gesture this is by our Friends.  I'd especially like to thank Beck McDowell for the idea and for creating such a thoughtful list of books to memorialize each person.  Ms. McDowell spoke so eloquently to us of  her reasons behind creating this memorial for her library in Huntsville.  Long before the Sandy Hook event, she wrote a book about someone in a similar situation.  The similarities moved her and led to this beautiful list of books to commemorate each person.