ACPL is Closed Today

The ACPL is closed today and tomorrow. We will re-open at 9am on Friday, December 26th. You can still enjoy a wide variety of ACPL services on our website. Check these out:

• Downloadable Audiobooks - download entire audiobooks to your computer or MP3 Player for free.
• E-Resources - enjoy access to full text magazine & newspaper databases, genealogy databases, business information, art resources and more.
• Children's Services Booklists - search for titles on hot topics for kids or just find some fun books here.
• Mock Election Blogs - read what people are saying about some of the best children's books of 2008.
• Booktalk - search for books by your favorite authors, read reviews, find books that were mentioned on television or public radio and more.
• Great Sites for Kids - find a list of websites for kids on a variety of topics.

ACPL Mock Award Reading Lists - Available Now!

If you love children's books, please join us in person in January or on the blogs right now to discuss the best of the best published in 2008.

• ACPL Mock Newbery Award - for the most distinguished work of children's literature. Find the final list here. Comment on your favorites here.

• ACPL Mock Caldecott Award - for the most distinguished American picture book for children. Find the final list here. Comment on your favorites here.

• ACPL Mock Sibert Award - for the best informational book for children. Find the final list here. Comment on your favorites here.

• ACPL Mock Geisel Award - for the best beginning reader. Find the final list here. Comment on your favorites here.
  

Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah began last night at sundown and will last for eight nights.

Check out one of the wonderful new books about Hanukkah available at the library. The Hanukkah Mice by Steven Kroll is the delightful story of a mouse family celebrating the holiday.

Happy Hanukkah!

Winter Begins!

It is time to say goodbye to fall and hello to three months of winter! Enjoy all of the wonderful winter activities that you can, because winter won't last long.

Check out Harriet Ziefert's new picture book Snow Party to find out what snow people do to celebrate the shortest day of the year.

Happy Winter Solstice!

Artie and Julie by Chih-Yuan Chen

If you enjoyed the picture book Guji Guji, you will LOVE Artie and Julie.

This wonderfully fun book begins with two separate stories on split pages. One is the story of a lion being trained to hunt rabbits and the other is the story of a rabbit being trained to outsmart lions. Soon the two stories join together on one big page and the adventures of Artie (the lion) and Julie (the rabbit) begin.

Don't miss this new offering from Chih-Yuan Chen.

Congratulations, Helen Frost!

EXCITING NEWS about local author Helen Frost whose book, Diamond Willow, is on the final reading list for this year's ACPL Mock Newbery.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux has just announced that author Helen Frost has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship for her work on The Braid. This literature fellowship recognizes writers of poetry, encouraging the production of new work by affording these writers the time and means to write.

You can see the entire list of 2009 Literary Fellowships (Poetry) here.

Congratulations, Helen! (Thanks to SLJ's Fuse #8 for the info!)

Art Out of the Box: Indiana Painters

Surrender by Whisper

On Friday, December 12th the Art Out of the Box kids met to learn about Indiana Painters and to create a painting inspired by an Indiana artist. To see the rest of the paintings click here.