Children's Choice Book Awards

The Children's Choice Book Award winners were announced on May 2, as a kick-off to last week's Children's Book Week. Over 500,000 votes were collected from children from all over the United States! Winners included...

Author of the Year
Rick Riordan, for The Lost Hero, Book 1 in the Heroes of Olympus series









Illustrator of the Year
David Wiesner, for Art and Max








For a complete list of winners and more information about the Children's Choice Awards, see the Children's Book Week website.

2011 Summer Reading Program

Suspense is building! Preparations are being made! Let the countdown begin for this year's Children's Summer Reading Program:





The summer reading fun starts on Monday, June 6. Watch this video for a sneak preview of what's coming, and look for information soon at a library near you!

Surprise Author Visit!!

We were thrilled today to have a surprise guest visit us at the library! Author David Elliott was in the area visiting a school, and decided to drop in and say "Hello!" To say we were pleasantly surprised is an understatement!

David Elliott is the author of many great books, including In the Wild, a book of animal poems. In the Wild was listed on last year's Mock Caldecott reading list, which highlights the best picture books published each year.

Thanks for visiting, Mr. Elliott! And thanks for writing such wonderful books for children!

Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary

A belated happy birthday wish goes out to children's author Beverly Cleary, who turned 95 on April 12 this year! Her wonderful stories have stood the test of time, remaining favorites through generations. Here's an article from the New York Times, singing Ms. Cleary's well-deserved praises.













I can remember my third grade teacher reading Ramona Quimby to our class, and favorites of my own children were Ralph S. Mouse and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. What are your favorite Beverly Cleary titles?

Have You Tried the Custom Collection Service?

• Are you a preschool educator looking for a collection of books about Spring?
• Are you planning a unit study about Ancient Egypt for your homeschooling family?
• Are you a parent looking for Potty Training resources to help your toddler?
• Are you an teacher looking for a collection of poetry to share with your class?
• Are you a busy dad looking for a wide variety of books about trucks for your  four-year-old?
• Are you a student looking resources on Queen Elizabeth for a report?

Have you taken advantage of the 

Library's Custom Collection service?

Custom Collections ready to be picked up.

With one week's notice (at the Main Library) and two weeks' notice (at the Branches) we can prepare Custom Collections just for you. Give us the theme you are working on, the reading level & interest level of your students, and the formats (books, DVDs, magazines, books on CD, etc.) of material you would like and we will have your resources waiting for you to check out. 

For more information, visit the Custom Collection form online or give us a call. We're waiting to hear from you!

Happy Easter!

The library is closed today.

The Main Library will re-open at 9am tomorrow morning; branch libraries will open at 10am tomorrow.

Have a wonderful Easter!

ACPL Author Fair -- Saturday, April 23

This Saturday, the library is providing a wonderful opportunity.

It's the first annual Author's Fair! Visit the downtown library on Saturday, April 23, to chat with local authors, including children's authors
Helen Frost and Lynn Rowe Reed,
and attend presentations and author readings.

Click here for more information.