An alternative to breakfast...

Check out this unique online comic with some information on the fate of some of cereal's most popular characters...a very clever concept.

www.WebcomicsNation.com/poyorick/botg

Find out if you're cursed!

On Friday night, the Youth Services Department and our Teen Advisory Board invite fellow teens to join us as we uncover "The Pharaoh's Curse," an Interactive Mystery Night event!

The fun starts at 6:00 p.m. (participants are asked to use the entrance from the parking lot) with pizza and a chance to begin deciphering the clues! The solver of the mystery will be eligible for a prize too!

Come join your fellow teens for a fun evening in the library "after hours."

To register, call 396-9313 x 267 or email event coordinator Jen Fiene at jfiene@lancaster.lib.pa.us

Make time for a virtual visit!

The library invites you to virtually visit the country of Turkey over the next several weeks. One of our regular library familes, the Wengers, are headed to the European nation to help them as they plan new programs for the libraries that they visit under their business, Kids and Cultures.

To follow their trip journey, simply head over to
www.ReallyBigFieldTrip.com

Program Info Options

Would you like to get a list of Youth Services' monthly program schedule sent to you via e-mail? If so, drop us a note at youthservices@lancaster.lib.pa.us and we'll make sure you're among the first to know about the monthly excitement happening here!

Potter: 100 Days to Go!

It's 100 days until the final Harry Potter book is released, but it's already setting incredible records!

Take a look at this story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070413/en_nm/books_harrypotter_dc

Leaving Clues for you...

As the library moves through April and May, our preparations are underway for this year's Summer Reading Program, "Get a Clue @ Your Library." As the weeks move ahead, we'll be leaving you clues on occasion through the blog as we fill you in on the wide variety of fun things we'll have happening here!

And, our teens will be able to start saving their library loot for the 2nd annual Teen Auction as well, and we'll have details on all of that too! So, watch this space in the days and weeks ahead!

Lapsits Start in May!

Another program that you can register for now is our new lapsit programs for babies! This special program, for our littlest ones, from 12-18 months, gives you a unique chance to introduce a new reader to the love of books, movement and music.

Each lapsit program, being held on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 (the same time as Family Place, which is currently running, the lapsits start after it has finished it's run) will be limited to 20 babies and their caregivers, so register early! Again, call the YS desk today at 394-2651 x 124.

Still More Builders Wanted...

Our registrations for Saturday's LEGO building competition continue to come in, and there is still plenty of room for you and your family to join us! To sign up today, call the Youth Services Desk at 394-2651 x 124.

Look inside Family Place...

Today, we invite you to take a look inside our Family Place setup, with a couple of photos from the first two weeks of the program.

If you build it, the judges will judge it...

For students who have time off this week because of the Easter holiday and would be looking for something to do on Saturday afternoon, the 7th of April, the library has a fun, cool idea! Join us for our first ever LEGO building contest. Any child who participates will have the chance to make the most unique creation they can think of out of a set number of LEGOs. The freeform masterpieces will be judged by guest judges, and the winner of our contest is up for special recognition county-wide. For more information on this program, call the library today at 394-2651 x 124

"Jump" into Storytime!

Now that this morning's fog is burning off, if you're looking for something fun to do this afternoon, we recommend you drop by the library and jump into a special storytime that we will be holding today at 2:00 p.m. The "Living History Crew" will be presenting "Jump Frog Jump" for a very special afternoon event! There's still plenty of room, so drop by if you can!