Wright Memorial Public Library

October 2008

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December 2008

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(53)	28	29	30	31

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						01 3pm» Books and Blocks
02 (Week 45)	03 1pm» Homeschool @ your Library 4pm» Pizza and Pages	04 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	05 10:15am» Preschool Storytime 1pm» Preschool Storytime 4pm» S.C.O.R.E. - STUDENTS COMPETING IN ORGANIZED RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT	06 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	07 4pm» Teen Book Talks & Discussion	08 3pm» Books and Blocks
09 (Week 46) 2pm» “Ohio Indian Chiefs” Artist Will Speak on November 9	10 10:15am» Baby Sign 1pm» Homeschool @ your Library 4pm» Pizza and Pages	11 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	12 10:15am» Preschool Storytime 1pm» Preschool Storytime 4pm» S.C.O.R.E. - STUDENTS COMPETING IN ORGANIZED RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT	13 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	14 4pm» Teen Book Talks & Discussion	15 3pm» "Peep and the Big Wide World" Program
16 (Week 47) 2pm» Coming Attraction: Award-winning History Film	17 1pm» Homeschool @ your Library 4pm» Pizza and Pages 6pm» Board of Trustees Meeting	18 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	19 10:15am» Preschool Storytime 1pm» Preschool Storytime 4pm» S.C.O.R.E. - STUDENTS COMPETING IN ORGANIZED RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT	20 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	21 4pm» Teen Book Talks & Discussion	22 3pm» Books and Blocks
23 (Week 48) 2pm» BBBS Free Match Event	24 1pm» Homeschool @ your Library 4pm» Pizza and Pages	25 10:15am» Toddler Time 7pm» Family Storytime	26 4pm» S.C.O.R.E. - STUDENTS COMPETING IN ORGANIZED RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT	27 CLOSED	28	29
30 (Week 49)

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Drop in for books, blocks, puppets, puzzles, coloring, and more! Stories are read by “Mrs. G.” and teen volunteers to small groups and individual children in between all the busy activities. For children ages 6 and under. Ages 2 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Also suitable for young children with special needs. Library Meeting Room. No registration required. Toys are provided by Assistive Technology of Ohio. Click here for more information.

Time:

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Description:

"Folktales Around the World"

Homeschoolers are invited to a 7-week program centered around folktales from a different country each week. Countries include: Brazil, Australia, Japan, West Indies, Russia, Vietnam, and Iran.
Enjoy a representative craft and a snack, plus get a feel for the country by listening to some of its music.

For grades 1-8.
Parents are invited to stay for the program.

Registration is strongly recommended.

Time:

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

Pizza and Pages returns! Enjoy "pizza"* each week as you listen to Miss Jennifer read installments from the book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. For grades 1-5.

This session runs from November 3 - December 8.
No registration necessary.

*Pizza can mean lots of things besides traditional pizza, including dessert pizzas, pizza rolls and pizza flavored items.

"Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good read: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

And then, one day, he was lost."

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 11:00am

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Description:

Drop in for board games, jigsaw puzzles, Dance, Dance, Revolution (DDR), Guitar Hero III, and snacks. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm

Description:

"Fall" for Authors
Each week books from a different author will be highlighted and discussed. This week's author is Gloria Whelan. Homemade cookies and lemonade will be provided. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Drop in for books, blocks, puppets, puzzles, coloring, and more! Stories are read by “Mrs. G.” and teen volunteers to small groups and individual children in between all the busy activities. For children ages 6 and under. Ages 2 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Also suitable for young children with special needs. Library Meeting Room. No registration required. Toys are provided by Assistive Technology of Ohio. Click here for more information.

Time:

2:00pm

Description:

Artist Hal Sherman will display his portraits of Ohio Indian Chiefs and talk about his work at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9. Sherman is a Shelby County native with a lifelong interest in Native American history and artifacts. He is a self-taught artist whose work has been featured on book jackets, in a PBS Simon Kenton film, and in a Canadian film about the Pontiac Indians. Examples of his paintings may be viewed in the Gallery on the Shawnee Bluejacket Web site.

Time:

10:15am - 11:15am

Description:

Rescheduled event: Special Sign Language Program
Tricia Webber, MSDE, a certified teacher in signing, will be here for a special program of American Sign Language using stories, rhymes, and music. Children will have additional play time at the end for parents and children to use toys together. For ages 3 and under.

Time:

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Description:

"Folktales Around the World"

Homeschoolers are invited to a 7-week program centered around folktales from a different country each week. Countries include: Brazil, Australia, Japan, West Indies, Russia, Vietnam, and Iran.
Enjoy a representative craft and a snack, plus get a feel for the country by listening to some of its music.

For grades 1-8.
Parents are invited to stay for the program.

Registration is strongly recommended.

Time:

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

Pizza and Pages returns! Enjoy "pizza"* each week as you listen to Miss Jennifer read installments from the book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. For grades 1-5.

This session runs from November 3 - December 8.
No registration necessary.

*Pizza can mean lots of things besides traditional pizza, including dessert pizzas, pizza rolls and pizza flavored items.

"Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good read: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

And then, one day, he was lost."

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 11:00am

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Description:

Drop in for board games, jigsaw puzzles, Dance, Dance, Revolution (DDR), Guitar Hero III, and snacks. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm

Description:

"Fall" for Authors
Each week books from a different author will be highlighted and discussed. This week's author is Richard Peck. Homemade cookies and lemonade will be provided. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Preschoolers will explore the wonders of shadows. Cast shadows on the wall, make a shoebox shadow theater, and create shadow puppets. Based on the show "Peep and the Big Wide World" seen on TLC and Discover Kids Channel.

Registration begins Monday, November 3.

Time:

2:00pm

Description:

Rope-making was once Xenia, Ohio's largest industry, employing thousands of people at six rope factories. The library will show the award-winning documentary Ropewalk: a Cordage Engineer's Journey through History at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16 in the meeting room. The executive producer, Kate Hagenbuch, and her father, Bill Hagenbuch, the narrator, will be on hand to introduce the film. The film was produced by the Engineer's Club of Dayton Foundation and directed by Steve Fetsch. This year it won the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums Award for Excellence in History Outreach.

Time:

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Description:

"Folktales Around the World"

Homeschoolers are invited to a 7-week program centered around folktales from a different country each week. Countries include: Brazil, Australia, Japan, West Indies, Russia, Vietnam, and Iran.
Enjoy a representative craft and a snack, plus get a feel for the country by listening to some of its music.

For grades 1-8.
Parents are invited to stay for the program.

Registration is strongly recommended.

Time:

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

Pizza and Pages returns! Enjoy "pizza"* each week as you listen to Miss Jennifer read installments from the book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. For grades 1-5.

This session runs from November 3 - December 8.
No registration necessary.

*Pizza can mean lots of things besides traditional pizza, including dessert pizzas, pizza rolls and pizza flavored items.

"Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good read: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

And then, one day, he was lost."

Time:

6:00pm

Description:

Regular meeting of the Wright Library Board of Trustees. Meetings are held in the Library meeting room and the public is welcome to attend.

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 11:00am

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Description:

This storytime is for children ages 3-5. Adults may stay with their children but is not required. Mrs. Rose leads this program with stories, games, and filmstrips in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Description:

Drop in for board games, jigsaw puzzles, Dance, Dance, Revolution (DDR), Guitar Hero III, and snacks. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm

Description:

"Fall" for Authors
Each week books from a different author will be highlighted and discussed. This week's author is Kate DiCamillo. Homemade cookies and lemonade will be provided. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Description:

Drop in for books, blocks, puppets, puzzles, coloring, and more! Stories are read by “Mrs. G.” and teen volunteers to small groups and individual children in between all the busy activities. For children ages 6 and under. Ages 2 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Also suitable for young children with special needs. Library Meeting Room. No registration required. Toys are provided by Assistive Technology of Ohio. Click here for more information.

Time:

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Description:

Book Discussion for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
Matches read "The Willoughbys" by Lois Lowry together and meet at the library to discuss the book while enjoying snacks. Appropriate for children ages 8-12.

Registration is strongly encouraged.

Time:

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Description:

"Folktales Around the World"

Homeschoolers are invited to a 7-week program centered around folktales from a different country each week. Countries include: Brazil, Australia, Japan, West Indies, Russia, Vietnam, and Iran.
Enjoy a representative craft and a snack, plus get a feel for the country by listening to some of its music.

For grades 1-8.
Parents are invited to stay for the program.

Registration is strongly recommended.

Time:

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

Pizza and Pages returns! Enjoy "pizza"* each week as you listen to Miss Jennifer read installments from the book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. For grades 1-5.

This session runs from November 3 - December 8.
No registration necessary.

*Pizza can mean lots of things besides traditional pizza, including dessert pizzas, pizza rolls and pizza flavored items.

"Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good read: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

And then, one day, he was lost."

Time:

10:15am - 10:45am

Description:

Children and adults share storytime by listening to stories and participating in simple games with Mrs. Rose. This storytime is for two-year-olds and their caregivers and takes place in the Meeting Room.
No registration required.

Time:

7:00pm - 7:35pm

Description:

This program is intended for children of all ages and their caregivers. “Mrs. G.” leads this program that includes stories, songs, games, and filmstrips. Each program lasts approximately 35 minutes in the Meeting Room. No registration required.

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Description:

Drop in for board games, jigsaw puzzles, Dance, Dance, Revolution (DDR), Guitar Hero III, and snacks. Meet in the group room by the Young Adult books at the library. No registration required.

Description:

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