Rainy Day Destination!

It's cold outside, and rainy and gray. Here in Children's Services, though, we're warm and cozy and colorful! When you and your little one can't go outside and discover the world, we invite you to make the Main Library a destination of discovery! We have one gaztrillion facts to soak up, stories to read and places to learn and play!

Come visit us any time! Find a comfortable spot with a delicious book and read until your heart is content.

Today is the Day for Mock Elections!

Today is the day of the ACPL Mock Caldecott & Mock Geisel election programs. Check out the great discussions on the blogs:

ACPL Mock Caldecott
ACPL Mock Geisel

Or join us for the programs if you can. The Mock Caldecott is from 9am to 1pm and the Mock Geisel is from 2pm to 6pm in the Globe Room at the Main Library.

Stay tuned for the announcement of our Mock Award Winners!

And the Winners Are...

Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Cybils (Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards) winners!

Early Reader: I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Fantasy & Science Fiction/Middle Grade: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Fiction Picture Book: How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
Fiction Middle Grade: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Non-Fiction Picture Book: Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop
Non-Fiction Middle Grade & YA: The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby & John Busby
Poetry: Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye
Graphic Novel/Elementary & Middle School: Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
Fiction Young Adult: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Fantasy & Science Fiction/Young Adult: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graphic Novel/Young Adult: Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki

BIG BOOKS!

Do you like BIG books? I mean, REALLY, REALLY BIG BOOKS? At the Library, we have lots of BIG BOOKS that you can look at, and even check out and take home! Big Books are a fun way to read, and a great way to enjoy the beautiful illustrations in children's books. Why not come to the Library and see some for yourself?

The Empty Pot, by Demi, is a classic Chinese folktale about a boy who loves to grow flowers, but can't seem to grow any for the emporer's contest. You can find this book at the Library, both in regular size AND as a Big Book!








For a list of all the Big Book titles we have in Children's Services, click here:
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/bigbooks.html .

See you at the Library!