Holiday Movie Marathon

During the month of December the library is hosting 6 different movie days. We have shown 2 so far, with a third playing today. The Miracle on 34th Street is showing at 4 pm today. On next Tuesday The Muppet Christmas Carol will be playing at 4pm. I hope to see you there.

An Afternoon At The Movies

Wednesday, September 24 (an early release day for El Dorado) @ 2 pm the Library is hosting an all ages movie day. Those in attendance will chose to watch either Alvin and the Chipmunks or Good Boy. Both are rated PG. The movie will be shown on the Library's Big Screen. Hope to see you there.

Fall Preschool Story Times have begun again! This week we all made quilt blocks for our 2008 Preschool Story Time Friendship Quilt. The kids each made two blocks, one to take home and one to put in the quilt. They are beautiful. I am excited to get the blocks put together. The quilt will be on display in the Clymer Room. I will post a picture of it when it is done.

Next week we will not have story time so the Friends of the Library can set up for their Fall Book Sale. It is a GREAT opportunity to buy used books. The regular books are priced at $5.00 a bag. If you join the Friends of the Library at the sale, you will get a nice canvas bag filled with books of your choice, and your Friends membership, all for $20.00. Some other books are individually priced. There are also old videos available. They will be setting up for the sale on Thursday. The sale will be open for business Friday, Sept. 19 and Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Clymer Room, during regular library hours.

The following week, September 25, Preschool Story Time will resume with stories about autumn.

BY THE WAY---If you had your picture taken for the El Dorado Times as a winner of the Summer Reading Program, they were published Friday, August, 29th. We have a few copies for sale at the library at the children's desk, or you can get one at the El Dorado Times office.

We will have a very special guest reader on October 9. More on that later…

In the meantime, READ ON!

No Programs This Week

Since this is a holiday week there are no programs. We'll be back next week with our regular programming. There is also a Special Program on Wed the 11th @ 6:30 pm. Singer/Songwriter Thad Beach will be preforming. Everyone have a safe Fourth of July.

School's Out For The Summer!!!!!

So that means the 2008 Bradford Memorial Library Summer Reading Program is about to start. You can begin signing up Monday, June 2nd. We are doing online registration again this year. Once again there will be computers available at the library for signing up and adding books/hours. There will be weekly programs for different age groups starting Tuesday, June 10 as well as special family programs through out the summer. New this year will be three family movie days. We will show a bug themed movie on our BIG screen. Be sure to stop by or call the library with any questions. I hope everyone has a great summer.

We're off the see the Wizard ...

... the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. That's right the Library has a brand new set of L. Frank Baum's series of books that made Kansas famous. Come on in and check them out. We also have the Judy Garland movie of course as well as other books that are Oz spin offs.

High School Musical Books have come to the Library

Come in and check out the High School Musical book series Stories From East High. Books number 1 through 6 are already on the shelves and ready to take home. Books number 7 and 8 will be ready soon.

Hannah Montana Books @ The Library

Come check out the new chapter books based on the hit show Hannah Montana. The Library also has a few Hannah Montana graphic novels, DVDs, and music CDs available for check out. While your here be sure to take a look at the other newest editions to the Library's collection. Happy Reading.

APRIL FUN

Spring has sprung!
April is the final month of the Spring session of Preschool Storytime.

April 3 there will be no storytime due to the Scholastic book sale in the Clymer room.

April 10 -- Spring

April 17-- Earth Day

April 24-- Flowers

May will be spent planning for the summer activites.

Read On!
Teresa

Dinosaurs

This is the theme for Elementary Story Time this month. K-2nd is on Tuesday, April 8th @ 4 pm and 3rd-5th is on Tuesday, April 15th @ 4 pm. I have some fun books to read, we will play musical chairs to a song about dinosaurs, and we will make fossils. It should be a lot fun. I hope to see a bunch of you there.

More Fun Programs This Month

Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 11) the K-2nd grade program will have stories and crafts about the mouse in If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. We will also have S'mores as a snack after we read The Best Mouse Cookie.

On Tuesday, March 18th grades 3rd-5th's program will be about the adventures of Ralph in The Mouse And The Motorcycle trilogy of books. Since Ralph goes to camp in Runaway Ralph this group will also get to have S'mores as a snack.

Also this month there will be a movie afternoon during Spring Break. It will be held of Wednesday, March 19th. We will pick from Meet the Robinsons and Ratatouille. There will NOT be snacks for this one. The movie is open to all ages.

I hope to see lots of you there.

Brianne

Watch it at the Library!!

Is animation your fave?

Come in and check out the new DVD's we've added to the collection, like Academy Award winner "Ratatouille". "Shrek the Third" and "Cinderella III" have also arrived. If classic or vintage is your thing, the "Classic Looney Toons Collection" is perfection with the voices of Mel Blanc in 59 classic Looney Tunes. The vintage, animated , "Bugville" (1941), from the master Max Fleischer, is a recent arrival, too. It includes a Max Fleischer bio and Legend films trailers.

Bored? Nothing to do?

Look at our new books, Quick Knits, Junk Drawer Jewelry and Wind Chimes and Whirlygigs, from the "Kids Can Do It" series.

Knit up a drawstring backpack, or a cool new hat. Don't know how to knit? Quick Knits can help you learn.

Wind Chimes and Whirlygigs shows you how to make 12 unique decorations that make music with the wind, or move when the breezes blow. Most are made of inexpensive materials, many you might have lying around the house already.

Speaking of junk lying around the house, Junk Drawer Jewelry is the guide book to 16 projects to make for yourself, friends, or your mom or dad. Jewelry is made from wire, guitar picks, buttons, craft foam, beads-- even duct tape!

Parents and grandparents, these are all great ways to spend time with the kids.

Read on!

Calling all 3-5 year-olds...

March Preschool Storytimes are coming!!

March 6 – Trains "Toot, toot"

March 13 – Sheep "Ba-a-a-a, ba-a-a-a"

March 20 – Rabbits "???!"

March 27 – Birds "Tweet, tweet"

Books, songs, crafts,
kids meeting kids,
moms meeting moms …
A great time for everyone !!

Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.

Hope to see you there!

Comming Up This Month

The Library is planning all kinds of fun elementary age programs this month.

For the monthly programs the theme is Penguins and Polar Bears. These programs are Tuesday the 12th (K-2nd) @ 4 pm and Tuesday the 19th (3rd-5th) @ 4 pm.

On Monday the 18th we are having a movie day @ 2 pm for anyone who wants to come.

At the end of February there are special programs planned to celebrate Dr Seuss' Birthday. A program for K-2nd is on Monday the 25th @ 4 pm and 3rd-5th is Tuesday the 26th @ 4 pm. A movie day, open to everyone, is scheduled for Saturday, March 1 @ 2 pm.

Be sure to give the library a call @ 316-321-3363 if you need more information about a program or if you have any questions.

Spring Programs, New and Old!

Family Storytime is now Preschool Storytime! Nothing has changed but the name. With the addition of four new storytimes, we have renamed it to clarify the target audience, which is ages 3-5. As in the past, everyone is welcome. We will meet at 10:00 a.m in the Clymer room. I will be sharing books, fingerplays, songs and crafts. Spring 2008 Session begins Thurdsay, January 24th.

Starting Monday, January 28,at 10:00 a.m., Tammy will be presenting Toddler Storytime for two-year-olds. Starting Tuesday, January 29, Tammy will present a Baby Lapsit program, also at 10:00 a.m. These storytimes are offered in sessions. Call Tammy at 316-321-3363 for more information.

Brianne has begun new elementary programming. On the second Tuesday of the month she will present programming for grades K-2, at 4:00 p.m. On the third Tuesday of the month the programs are for grades 3-5, also at 4:00 p.m.

We are also adding movie days at the library in the afternoon, on El Dorado school system early release days. Watch for special programming coming up!

All children's programs are held in the Clymer room on the lower level of the Bradford Memorial Library.

Read on!
Teresa

More Monthly Elementary Programs

The 2nd Tuesday of the month K-2nd grade will enjoy jokes, poems, stories, games, and crafts about a theme. On the 3rd Tuesday 3rd-5th grades have their day. Both programs start at 4 pm and last for around an hour. January's theme is Snow is in the Air and will be about snow and snowmen. I hope to see you there.