Thanks for a Great Summer!

Today marks the official end to summer vacation. With school starting today, I wanted to take a moment and thank all of you for helping make this such a great summer. Over 1,000 kids played on our Ghoulish Game Board, and over 250 Wallingford families participated in our Ice Cream for Books program. That's a lot of reading! Beyond that, we had amazing turn outs at all of our other programs. We hope that that means you had just as much fun here at the library as we did!

I know that many of you will soon be swamped with schoolwork and after school activities, but before that happens, I just have to ask: Of all the books you read this summer, which one was your favorite? Or, if you're like me and just can't choose, what were a few favorites? Personally, I was thrilled to (finally) get through the end of the Percy Jackson series - talk about heart-pounding, nail-biting adventure! I just couldn't put "The Last Olympian" down. I also discovered the very funny "Magic Pickle" books, and had a chance to read the latest in the Clementine series, "Clementine, the Friend of the Week." The Clementine books are one of my favorite series, and are always good for a chuckle.

We would love to hear your thoughts on what you read this summer - please let us know in the comments!

-Kari

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Ashley, the winner of our Ice Cream for Books Family Fun Basket!

And of course, congrats to all of our Haunt Your Library raffle prize winners! There are too many of you to name here, but we hope all of you enjoy your prizes!

Monarch Magic

We had a GREAT turnout for our Monarch Magic program this morning. Thanks to all of you who came, and helped to make the program a success. We now have a display in the Children's Library of many of the caterpillars from this morning's program. We will be watching over the next few weeks as these caterpillars change into butterflies. Make sure to stop in to watch this amazing process!

More information on Monarch Butterflies can be found at the sites below:

http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/

http://monarchwatch.org/

We also have a variety of books available at the library about monarchs - just ask at the Children's Desk and we'll be happy to help you find some!

-Kari

Request for Legos

Hi All,

Recently, we have gotten many requests to start up a Lego Club here at the library. This is something we would love to do, and are hoping that we might be able to start up a club soon. (I stress the word "might.") Before the club can actually start though, there is something very important that we need: Legos! The library has purchased some, but as many of you probably know, Legos are very expensive. In order to start a club, we definitely need more. Unfortunately, we really can't afford to buy all that we would need.

Here is where we need your help: if any of you out there have Legos lying around that you no longer need or want, please consider donating them to the library. I promise they will be put to good use, and they will make some of our school-age patrons very, very happy!

Kari

Attention Parents!

Have your kids been playing our Ghoulish Game Board this summer? If so, please note that the game board will disappear this Friday, August 6th. If your kids won't be finished by Friday, and they have been playing, please stop by the Children's Info Desk and speak to one of the Librarians.

We can arrange for you to keep your kids reading - and for them to collect their prizes at home! We will give you all the prizes and certificates, and you can give them to your children when you feel they would have done enough reading to finish the game.

Happy Reading!

Kari