A Child's Book Review: Uh-oh!

Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora was reviewed by 16-month-old David:

Uh-oh!

Submit your child's book review to me via email and you may see it in a future "A Child's Book Review" blog post.

You're never too young to love books!

Art Out of the Box: Art Cars

The first meeting of Art Out of the Box was a car painting success! Around 60 kids and their grown ups came to learn about art cars and paint a car to take home. Unfortunately, the weather was too drippy to paint the real car on the plaza, but we'll just postpone that project until next month's meeting (pending weather).

So, join us next month on Friday, October 10th @ 2pm to learn about printmaking, interact with works of art, try out some printmaking techniques AND paint an art car or two.

To see more photos of kids and their cars, click here.

Barr Street Market: ACPL Paper Hat Emporium

Stop by the ACPL Children's Services booth at Barr Street Market on the corner of Wayne St. and Barr St. in downtown Fort Wayne today between 9am and 1pm to learn how to fold a newspaper hat. We'll be at the market every Saturday through September - see you there!

Fancy Nancy Tea Party

Tomorrow:
Saturday September 13th, 2:00

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Arrive in your dress-ups and get ready for a Fancy Nancy Tea Party!

Enjoy some fancy stories, treats and crafts with your fancy friends at the library.

Pre-K-5th Grade

Remembering September 11th

We have many books about the events of September 11, 2001 in the Children's Services department, including this lovely title by Maira Kalman. Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey shares the true story of a retired fireboat launched into emergency service.

Exciting FREE opportunity

We don't usually promote information for older kids, but here's some information we just received which talks about a program which could be great fun for classes and homeschooling families with older kids (middle school) to think about 'attending':

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt invites teachers, librarians, booksellers, and reading groups to participate in a special live webcast with David Macaulay on October 7 at 10:00AM EST.

MacArthur genius and Caldecott Medalist David Macaulay is beloved by teachers, librarians, and readers around the world for his ability to explain just about anything. Now he has turned his attention to the most complicated structure of all: the human body.

Register today to watch David talk with middle-school students about his new book, The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body (available 10/07/2008). Participants viewing the webcast online can email questions for him to answer in real time. Macaulay will also discuss how he creates his books, his career, and other popular titles including The New Way Things Work, Mosque, Cathedral, and Black and White.

Webcast details:
Tuesday, October 7
10:00AM EST
Free

To register, and for more information on David Macaulay and his books, visit www.thewayweworkbook.com

After registration, you will receive guidelines for hosting and viewing the webcast.

If your class or homeschool family participates, we'd love to hear about it!

Fly Into the World of Claire Ewart!

Come to the Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery in the Main Library to view original art from Claire Ewart; one of Fort Wayne's finest illustrators of children's books.

The show includes actual illustrations from her books including:

• The Legend of the Persian Carpet
• Sister Yessa's Story
• The Dwarf, the Giant, and the Unicorn
• Fossil
• The Giant
• Time Train
• One Cold Night

The art exhibit will be up through September 29th. Come enjoy the paintings, and then check out some of her books to enjoy at home!