Bubble Wonders with Geoff Akins
Monday, February 20th (President’s Day)
1pm and 3pm
All Ages, 45 minutes
Lower Level Large Meeting Room
In this captivating performance, audience members are held spellbound as Geoff presents amazing symphonic harmony in soap bubbles. Watch closely as he produces electric dancing bubbles, ice cream bubbles, and the impossible square bubble! Pick up free tickets at the Children’s Desk!
The American Library Association announced the winners of the Youth Media Awards 2012 this morning. It was so exciting to see who won! For a complete list of winners, click here.
It was revealed a little while ago that Walter Dean Myers would become the next National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 2012-2013! Myers is an incredible author and advocate for reading. Learn more about him and the honor here. Find out what the Wheaton Public Library carries by Walter Dean Myers here.
Learn all about Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work using the Biography Resource Center through the Kids’ Room Homework Help page. Find print material using the library catalog. Here are some results.
Due to the weather, we have decided to cancel today’s meet. Please contact me with any questions at (630) 868-7540.
Thanks, Rachel
Battle of the Books has begun! Keep track of your favorite team online: http://www.wheatonlibrary.org/kids/PE_Battle.html
We have a great musical performance tomorrow and there are still free tickets available!
Dancing to the World Beat
Saturday, January 7 at 10am and 11am
All ages, 45 minutes
Lower Level Meeting Room
Singer-songwriter Linda Robertson and percussionist James Warner use, along with vocals and guitar, the African djembe drum, cajon, bodhran, rainstick, and shekere. Pick up free tickets at the Children’s Desk.
Happy New Year! Check out the new events going on in the Children’s Department in our Winter 2012 Children’s Chatter Newsletter!
Well, I have finished the most recent Penderwicks book, The Penderwicks at Pointe Mouette! I have loved getting to know the Penderwick sisters and, secretly, hope there are more adventures to come.
Have you visited Jeanne Birdsall’s website? If you are a fan of Anne of Green Gables or E. Nesbit, you will love this website and all of the quotes she has chosen to include. Get to know the woman behind the Penderwicks here.
The trailer is out for the upcoming film, The Hobbit! Watch it here.
Have you read the book? Find it here.
