Stuffed Animal Fashion Expo

Look at all of this fun stuff! Come join us at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, December 8th for a Stuffed Animal Fashion Expo starring your favorite stuffed animal. We have fabric, sequins, ribbons, gemstones, buttons, and much, much more!

It's your turn to design an outfit for your plush friend. Afterwards, your stuffed animal will have a chance to model his or her new clothes on the catwalk. We will provide all the materials needed, but don't forget to bring your favorite stuffed animal!

Parents- don't forget to bring your cameras!

Enter to Win Youtheatre Tickets

Visit Children's Services before 9 p.m. on Thursday, December 6th and enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see the Fort Wayne Youtheatre production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The winner can attend the performance on Saturday, December 15th at 2:00 p.m. or Sunday December 16th at 2:00 p.m at the Arts United Center.

What's Wrong, Little Pookie? by Sandra Boynton

Sandra Boynton's newest board book features an adorable piglet who is very upset. Will his mother be able to find out what is wrong?

Where the Wild Things Are and Other Maurice Sendak Stories

Where the Wild Things Are and Other Maurice Sendak Stories is part of the Scholastic Video Collection series.

This title includes animated versions of: Where the Wild Things Are, The Nutshell Kids and In the Night Kitchen. While I love all of these titles, The Nutshell Kids presentation is my favorite.

The Nutshell Kids is made up of four stories from The Nutshell Library: Chicken Soup With Rice, One Was Johnny, Pierre, and Alligators All Around. The books are set to music and sung by Carole King. Watch them and you won't be able to keep from singing along!

Saturday Fun at the Library!

Saturdays at the ACPL are full of fun! This Saturday you can make this cool alphabet snake to take home.

You can also find books to check out, hang out and read, color in the coloring room, see how the fish are, use a computer in the Computer Center and more!

See you Saturday at the Library!

Stop Bullying Now!

What do you do if you're being bullied at school? What if you see someone else who's getting picked on? Here's a COOL site that may be able to help -- it's called STOP BULLYING NOW! Kids and grown-ups can find great tips and resources about bullying. Be sure to check out the Tips for Kids, Games, and the downloadable Webisodes , complete with a transcript and discussion questions.

For more great bullying resources, see Children's Services Personal Violence Booklist.

Let's talk about which books should win awards!

Each year, the American Library Association is responsible for awarding some of the most prestigious awards in the world of children's literature.

• The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children
• The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year
• The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
• The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.

Each year our Children's Services department hosts gatherings at which we try to guess what books will win. We prepare reading lists for our Mock Elections which are held in January. We also have an online discussion board where anyone can post their comments about books we've added to our mock election list.

We'd love to have you join one (or more) of the online discussion!

• Click here to add to the discussion of this year's picture books.
• Click here to add to the discussion of this year's beginning readers.
• Click here to add to the discussion of this year's children's literature.
  
• Click here to add to the discussion of this year's information books for children.

Our actual Mock Elections will be held on January 5th and January 12th. Let us know if you'll be able to join us in person! For more information about these programs, or to sign up for one of them, send an email or call Children's Services at 260-421-1220.