New Online Program Calendar!

Check out the new ACPL calendar!

You can search for programs by age of participant, type of program or just see all of the stuff happening at your favorite library. If you need help, there is a tutorial which shows you how to search for and view events in the calendar.

Earth Day Craft

Tuesday, April 22nd

Stop in to the Children's Services at the Main library
and try out the Earth day Craft!
(During library hours)

Overdrive Audio Books - Download a good read now!

Have you heard about Overdrive Audio Books? With your ACPL library card and Internet access you can download audiobooks to your computer or mp3 player. I just downloaded A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden to my mp3 player so that I can listen to it on my daily walk. Click on the "kids" tab to see all of the children's books that are available. Here are a few:

• Spongebob Squarepants Chapter Books 1 to 8
  
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle


• Disney Fairies Collection #1


• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine


• The Bunnicula Collection Books 1 to 3 by Deborah and James Howe


• Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems


• The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
  

This service is FREE with your library card. Check it out today!

Bunnies! Baby & Toddler Storytimes

Join us this Friday, April 18, as we sing, rhyme, and read about bunnies.
Babies & Books: Friday mornings at 9:15 a.m. (10:00 beginning May 2)
Toddler Time: Friday mornings at 10:00 & 10:45 a.m. (10:30 & 11:00, beginning May 2)

If you just can't wait, you can read this LookyBook right now! Just click on the book to turn the pages. For a larger view, click the orange eyes in the corner.

To find this book in the ACPL catalog, click here:
Hush Little Baby, by Sylvia Long.

See you at the Library!

David Macaulay LIVE online!

Caldecott Award medalist David Macaulay will be presenting the 2008 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. in Madison, WI and YOU are invited to attend. Click here for the link to the live streaming video. If you can't make it at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, the video will be available online for a year.

John Lithgow and the Book Donation Challenge!

Would you like to see agencies in Indiana receive 20,000 free books written by John Lithgow? Visit here to answer fun trivia questions and cast a vote for Indiana when you get one right. As of this morning Indiana has the most votes!

Children's Services Department Video!

Check out the new Children's Services department video!