LEGO Club Monday, December 1st!

LEGO Club will meet Monday, December 1st from 4:00pm - 6:00pm in the John Clarke Children's Program Room.  No registration is required.  For kids ages 6-12.  All materials will be provided for this free program.  Hope to see you there!

December Book: Pie

The December Book Buddies book will be... Pie by Sarah Weeks!  We will meet to discuss Pie on Wednesday, December 17th at 4:00pm.  Registration is required - sign up at the Children's Desk or call 401-847-8720 ext. 204.  Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Children's Desk.

After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Book Buddies readers and their families!  Hope you have a terrific holiday!  In honor of Thanksgiving, the library will be closing early (6pm) on Wednesday, November 26th and will be CLOSED all day on Thursday, November 27th.  We will re-open at 9:30am on Friday, November 28th.

November Meeting Wrap-Up

The Book Buddies Book Club met yesterday afternoon to discuss our November book, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.  It was a terrific meeting including trivia and book discussion followed by the creation of original artwork inspired by the book!

Everyone really enjoyed the book, although we all thought it was very sad the way the animals were treated at the circus and at the mall.  However we were very happy that Ivan and Ruby and all of the mall animals ended up at a zoo where they would be well taken care of.  We discussed the fact that The One and Only Ivan is based on a true story and we read some of the details of the real Ivan's life and looked at photographs of him. 

Since art and the creation of art was such an important part of Ivan's life and ultimately helped get him and  the other mall animals rescued, we decided to create our own artwork inspired by the book!

Alasdair's picture inspired by Ivan's artwork (apple, banana and grapes)

Nicole's picture - Ivan and the gorillas and Ruby and the elephants at the zoo

It was a wonderful meeting and thanks to all the Book Buddies members who attended!

Thanksgiving Reading

Looking for a good chapter book to get you in the Thanksgiving spirit?  Try Who Stole Grandma's Million-Dollar Pumpkin Pie? by Martha Freeman.

When the recipe for his grandmother's famous pumpkin pie is suddenly missing just before Thanksgiving Day, Alex and his friend Yasmeen try to solve the mystery of its disappearance.

Meeting Reminder

Just a reminder that the Book Buddies Book Club will meet on Wednesday, November 19th at 4:00pm to discuss our November book, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.  Come for snacks, book discussion and a related activity! 

Registration is required - please call the Children's Desk if you plan to come (847-8720 ext. 204).

PLEASE NOTE the new time!  Book Buddies will meet at 4:00pm instead of 3:30pm going forward.  We want to try and give more kids time to get to the library from school! 

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

LEGO Club Monday!

The next drop-in LEGO club will take place on Monday, November 17th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm!  Stop by and build something wonderful with your friends!  LEGO creations will be on display for the two weeks following LEGO club until the next meeting.  Creations from the first meeting (November 3rd) are on display now behind the children's desk!  Stop in and see what was made.

Ages 6-12.  No registration is required.  Held in the John Clarke Children's Program Room.  All materials will be provided - please leave your own LEGOs at home.

Hope to see you there!