Busy Summer!

Goodness! It's been so long since I've updated you on everything that's been going on here at the library.First, we had a summer children's program on July 8 to celebrate the World Cup in South Africa. The kids made South African flags and played "Blow Football," a table game popular in the United Kingdom.


On July 15, we had a Lego program. The kids were given a big box of Legos which they could use to build anything they wanted. Here are some of the results:

Finally, we had a Ghoulish Ghosts program on July 20 for the summer reading program. The kids turned their handprints into scary ghosts that hang in the library, and they decorated ghost magnets to take home and put on the refrigerator.


There are still a few weeks left of summer, and we've still got some great programs for kids and teens (And adults!)! Check out this post for more information!

New Items - July 2010

Come check out all the great new items at the library! Here's a list of the books and DVDs we got in July:

1. Kung Fu Panda: The Movie Storybook – Catherine Hapka – juvenile easy reader

2. A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn – Laurien Gardner – adult fiction

3. The Handmaid and the Carpenter – Elizabeth Berg – adult fiction

4. Letters to Juliet – Lise Friedman and Ceil Friedman – adult non-fiction

5. This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen – young adult fiction

6. Snowbound – Richard S. Wheeler – large print Western

7. Gunman's Rendezvous – Max Brand – large print Western

8. Taylor Swift – Sarah Tieck – juvenile non-fiction

9. Demi Lovato – Sarah Tieck – juvenile non-fiction

10. Orchard Valley Grooms – Debbie Macomber – adult fiction

11. Sizzling Sixteen – Janet Evanovich – adult fiction

12. The Search – Nora Roberts – adult fiction

13. Family Ties – Danielle Steel – adult fiction

14. Private – James Patterson – adult fiction

15. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun – Gretchen Rubin – adult non-fiction

16. Benny & Shrimp – Katarina Mazetti – adult fiction

17. Universe of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife – Robert J. Grant – adult non-fiction

18. Boy on the Step – Stanley Plumly – adult non-fiction, poetry

19. The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne – large print fiction

20. The Aloha Quilt – Jennifer Chiaverini – large print fiction

21. Heresy – S.J. Parris – large print fiction

22. Game Over (Sisterhood Book 17) – Fern Michaels – large print fiction

23. Love Only Once – Johanna Lindsey – large print fiction

24. Those Who Save Us – Jenna Blum – adult fiction

25. Summer's Child – Diane Chamberlain – adult fiction

26. The Butterfly House – Marcia Preston – adult fiction

27. The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen – adult fiction

28. Julia's Chocolates – Cathy Lamb – adult fiction

29. Arcadia Falls – Carol Goodman – adult fiction

30. Hunter's Moon – Don Hoesel – large print fiction

31. Winter's Awakening (Seasons of Sugarcreek Book 1) – Shelley Shepard Gray – large print Christian

32. Morning's Refrain (Song of Alaska Book 2) – Tracie Peterson – large print Christian

33. Take Four (Above the Line Book 4) – Karen Kingsbury – large print Christian

Announcing the August 2010 Library Events!

There are a lot of awesome things planned at the Maquon Library for August! Come check us out!

As always, if you have any questions, call 875-3573 or e-mail maquon01@winco.net


August 5, 4 p.m.: First-Thursday Book Club: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - Come discuss a new book with us each month. Copies of the book will be available at the library July 1. For teens and adults 16 and older.

August 10, 2 p.m.: Teen Tuesdays: Altered Books - Come join the library to learn great new crafts and skills. This month, we'll take old library books and turn them into works of art by cutting, gluing and painting them! For teens 12-18.

August 12, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: Egypt - Come learn about this ancient country by walking like an Egyptian, learning hieroglyphics and making Egyptian-inspired crafts! For children 3-12.

August 19, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: Outer Space - Come learn about the rest of the universe by hearing stories about space and making space-inspired crafts! For children 3-12.

August 20, 3 p.m.: Movie: Kung Fu Panda - For children and teens 3-18.

August 24, 5 p.m.: Knitty Gritty - Come learn how to make the basic knit and purl stitches to get you started on making all sorts of great knit crafts. There is a $10 one-time supply fee for beginner needles and yarn. For teens and adults 14 and older.

Summer Reading Program - Week 1

On Tuesday, July 6, we kicked of the Summer Reading Program 2010, "Scare Up a Good Book," with a day all about monsters.

Our two participants started out coloring monster coloring pages. They then were each given a construction paper shape and whole bunch of art supplies and were allowed to make their own monsters.

Here are the results:









The sort-of-scary monsters are hanging up in the library. Come check them out!

Newest Items - June 2010

Come check out all the great new items at the library! Here's a list of the books and DVDs we got in June:

1. Rebecca's Choice – Jerry S. Eicher – Christian fiction

2. Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey – Roland Lazenby – adult non-fiction

3. Cells – Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn – juvenile non-fiction

4. Fit To Be Tied (Sisters of Bethlehem Springs Book 2) – Robin Lee Hatcher – large print Christian

5. The Telling (Seasons of Grace Book 3) – Beverly Lewis – large print Christian

6. An Amish Gathering: Life in Lancaster County – Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Barbara Cameron – large print Christian

7. In the Woods – Tana French – adult fiction

8. The Art of Devotion – Samantha Bruce-Benjamin – adult fiction

9. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games Book 1) – Suzanne Collins – young adult fiction

10. Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker Book 1) – Jenna Black – young adult fiction

11. Lost & Found – Jacqueline Sheehan – adult fiction

12. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella – Stephenie Meyer – young adult fiction

13. Miracle on the 17^th Green – James Patterson and Peter de Jonge – adult fiction

14. Storm Prey – John Sandford – adult fiction

15. Cowboy for a Rainy Afternoon – Stephen Bly – large print Western

16. The Man from Battle Flat – Louis L'Amour – large print Western

17. The English Major – Jim Harrison – large print fiction

18. The Friday Night Knitting Club – Kate Jacobs – large print fiction

19. The Memory of Water – Karen White – large print fiction

20. The Village Garage – G. Brian Karas – juvenile easy reader

21. Igor – DVD

22. The Little Rascals – DVD

23. The Corpse Bride – DVD

24. TMNT – DVD

25. Predator – Terri Blackstock – large print fiction

26. Plain Paradise (Daughters of the Promise Book 4) – Beth Wiseman – large print Christian

27. Somewhere to Belong (Daughters of Amana Book 1) – Judith Miller – large print Christian

28. The Island of Heavenly Daze (Heavenly Daze Book 1) – Lori Copeland and Angela Hunt – large print Christian

29. Paganini's Ghost – Paul Adam – large print fiction

30. The Book of Spies – Gayle Lynds – large print fiction

31. White Chocolate Moments – Lori Wick – large print Christian

32. The Perfect Christmas – Debbie Macomber – large print fiction

33. Loitering with Intent – Stuart Woods – large print fiction

34. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County – Tiffany Baker – adult fiction

35. The Language of Secrets – Dianne Dixon – adult fiction

36. The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom – adult fiction

37. Mummy Dearest – Joan Hess – large print fiction

38. The True Love Quilting Club – Lori Wilde – adult fiction

39. M109A6 Paladins – Carlos Alvarez – juvenile non-fiction

40. Humvees – Jack David – juvenile non-fiction

41. M2A2 Bradleys – Jack David – juvenile non-fiction

42. MH-53J Pave Lows – Carlos Alvarez – juvenile non-fiction

43. EA-6B Prowlers – Carlos Alvarez – juvenile non-fiction

44. F/A-18E/F Super Hornets – Carlos Alvarez – juvenile non-fiction

45. B-1B Lancers – Jack David – juvenile non-fiction

46. Alice in Wonderland – DVD

47. Night at the Museum – DVD

48. Shrek the Third – DVD

49. Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow – James Rollins – juvenile chapter book

50. The Lost Years of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin Book 1) – T.A. Barron – young adult fiction

51. The Seven Songs of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin Book 2) – T.A. Barron – young adult fiction

52. The Wings of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin Book 5) – T.A. Barron – young adult fiction

53. The Mirror of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin Book 4) – T.A. Barron – young adult fiction

54. The Fires of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin Book 3) – T.A. Barron – young adult fiction

55. Where's My Mummy? – Carolyn Crimi – juvenile picture book

56. The Princess and the Pea – Lauren Child – juvenile picture book

57. Beguiled – Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand – large print fiction

Announcing the July 2010 Library Events!

There are a lot of awesome things planned at the Maquon Library for July! Come check us out!

As always, if you have any questions, call 875-3573 or e-mail maquon01@winco.net

July 1, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: Independence Day - Come celebrate the founding of our country with stories, games and great crafts. For children 3-12.

July 6, 2 p.m.: Summer Reading Program: Monster Mash - Learn that monsters aren't so scary and make your own monster mask! For children 3-12.

July 8, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: World Cup - Learn a little more about soccer and South Africa, the country where the World Cup is being played! We'll be making some great soccer crafts and even playing "blow football," a popular table game in the United Kingdom. For children 3-12.

July 13, 2 p.m.: Summer Reading Program: Creepy Cemeteries - Come learn how to make a gravestone rubbing, listen to cemetery stories and make other cemetery crafts. For children 3-12.

July 15, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: Legos - Do you like Legos? Come build something fun with our great collection of Lego bricks! For children 3-12.

July 20, 2 p.m.: Summer Reading Program: Ghoulish Ghosts - Have a hauntingly good time reading ghost stories (Not scary ones!) and making ghoulish crafts! For children 3-12.

July 21, 2 p.m.: Teen Trivia Challenge - Compete for great prizes by answering questions on subjects from literature to music, from science to sports. For teens 12-18.

July 22, 3:30 p.m.: Summer Children's Program: Pioneers - Come learn about the brave men and women who went West to expand the country by reading stories, making crafts and playing "parlor games." For children 3-12.

July 27, 2 p.m.: Summer Reading Program: Very Vampires - These vampires don't want to suck your blood! Come hear vampire stories and make vampire crafts. For children 3-12.

July 29, Noon-7 p.m.: Library Book and Bake Sale - Come browse our great selection of used books and videos. Hardcovers $1, paperbacks 50 cents or 3 for $1, children's books 50 cents, VHS 25 cents. All proceeds go toward library programming for children, teens and adults.

July 30: Summer Reading Program reading logs due!!

July 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Library Book and Bake Sale - Come browse our great selection of used books and videos. Hardcovers $1, paperbacks 50 cents or 3 for $1, children's books 50 cents, VHS 25 cents. All proceeds go toward library programming for children, teens and adults.

July 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Library Book and Bake Sale: Half-price Day - Come browse our great selection of used books and videos. Hardcovers 50 cents, paperbacks 25 cents or 5 for $1, children's books 50 cents, VHS 2 for 25 cents. All proceeds go toward library programming for children, teens and adults.

August 1, Noon-4 p.m.: Library Book and Bake Sale: $5 Bag Day - Come browse our great selection of used books and videos. All you can fit into a bag for just $5! All proceeds go toward library programming for children, teens and adults.

Summer Children's Program - Week 2

Today, we traveled all the way to Japan to learn some cool things!

First, we made carp kites. Carp kites are a traditional decoration in Japan, especially around Children's Day. We made our carp kites out of magazine "scales" and some crepe paper.











We also learned the Japanese characters for "book" and "river." Japanese is much harder than English!











Finally, we made Japanese fans by drawing our own designs on paper, folding them like an accordion and then gluing them to popsicle sticks.










Our carp kites and the Japanese writing are on display in the library. Come check it out!!

Next week, we'll celebrate Independence Day with some great crafts, games and stories. Join us!!

Summer Reading Program 2010 Update

As of this moment, we have 13 kids signed up for the 2010 Summer Reading Program, "Scare Up a Good Book"! Hooray!

Is your child participating? If you haven't signed up, just stop by the library. Sign-ups run until next Wednesday, June 30!

Join Us in Japan!

This Thursday, June 24, at 3:30 p.m., we will be taking a tour of Japan with kids ages 3-12.

Come learn about this ancient country by practicing some Japanese characters, hearing a story about a Japanese garden and making a Japanese fan and Japanese carp kite.

Hope to see you there!

Summer Children's Program - Week 1

Hello everyone!

We've had a great start to our Summer Children's Program! Every Thursday during the summer, the MDPL hosts games, crafts, stories and movies for children aged 3-12.

Today, we had five kids come for our first program, "Island Fun"!

The kids colored island pictures, colored velvet bookmarks, made "palm trees" by tracing and cutting out their handprints, learned to hula dance and watched "Casper" (They didn't want to watch "The Little Mermaid" or "Free Willy"!).

Click here for some pictures from the program!