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Alphabet Soup Special: Summer Reading Club Kickoff!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
Whoo's Awake in the Night? Presented by the Virginia Wildlife Center
Author of the Month: Christopher Paul Curtis
Getting Inventive
Alphabet Soup Special: Summer Reading Club Kickoff!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
Whoo's Awake in the Night? Presented by the Virginia Wildlife Center
Author of the Month: Christopher Paul Curtis
Getting Inventive

Kids Blog

05/13/2013 - 5:37pm
Picture of two bunnies reading

Dig Into Reading while enjoying fun activities perfect for your preschoolers!

Ages 2-5 with a caregiver. Daycares welcome!

Monday, June 3
Salem Church: 10:00-10:45 and 11:00-11:45 

Wednesday, June 5
England Run: 10:00-10:30 and 11:00-11:30 

Friday, June 14
Porter: 9:30-10:00 or 10:30-11:00 

Friday, June 14
Headquarters:10:00-12:00 

05/13/2013 - 5:29pm

It's almost time for the annual library Summer Reading Clubs, which run from June 1 - August 31. They are free to join and a great way to discover new favorite books, win prizes, and have a blast reading all summer long. Kids of all ages and teens will earn prizes based on the number of minutes that they read and enter into their online logs. Special summer events include nature classes, drop-in STEM activities, and fun festivals to wrap it all up.

Adults can submit book reviews and be entered to win a movie pass, 2 Bob Evans restaurant coupons, and other goodies. A grand prize winner at the end of the summer will receive a new EReader! Programs feature a special author visit, a writing camp, and our popular Music on the Steps summer music series.

Sign up will be available online and in the branches starting at 9 am on Saturday, June 1.

05/09/2013 - 7:31am
Stopping to Home by Lea Wait

On a cold, March day in 1806, Abbie and Seth lost their beloved mother to the smallpox epidemic that was ripping through the town of Wiscasset, Maine. Without food or wood for the fire, the children were in terrible trouble. They could hear the bell tolling for the dead—so many times for a man, so many for a woman, so many for a child. But how many for a missing father? In Lea Wait’s Stopping to Home, the only hope the brother and sister have to survive is that someone in that stricken town will take them in, if only for a little while.