Remembering an Author

Last night, Sidney Sheldon, an adult fiction author who was also famous for his work in creating "I Dream of Jeannie" on television has died. He was 89. Yahoo has the information on his obituary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_sheldon

2007 Book Awards

Way back at the beginning of this blog, in one of our very first posts, we shared the Caldecott and Newbery winners for 2006. The American Library Association has made it's choices for 2007, and has announced them! Follow this link for all the details!

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=146679

New Web Page

The Youth Services Department is proud to unveil our new web page

Our new site includes lots of program details, information about our staff, and links to downloadable recommended reading lists. You can also find out where we need volunteers and how you can help! We welcome any suggestions for further improvements to the new site!

Snow Day is Coming!

No, we're not talking about a weather forecast that changed drastically. It still looks to be a rainy weekend in the Lancaster, PA area, but there will be a little bit of snow at the library on Monday, when we celebrate the fact that many children are off from school because of the Martin Luther King holiday by opening our doors to a special day of programming, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., including movies, board games, activities, and even a virtual snow ball fight. No registration is needed for this program, so we invite you to visit us on Monday.

Teen Center: In Use

These teens hang out after school one day in their new corner of the library:


The coolest thing is that small changes continue to happen on a regular basis as we keep working to improve the teen center! Check back to the blog for the newest pictures as furniture and some other goodies arrive in the months ahead.

Tomorrow, we'll share pictures from another big library event in December!

Teen Center: After

Here are a couple of small snapshots from the space after the renovations were done!

Teen Center: During...

During renovations, staff proved that librarians can handle hammering, as we put shelves together!

Teen Center: Before...

Here are a couple of photos of our new teen space before our mini-renovations! The after photos are coming next!

Storytime tomorrow!

Our preschool storytimes continue tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. To pre-register, please give us a call at 239-2124.