Catch the Reading Bug @ Northland Library - Summer Reading
Club 2008
Prizes! Crafts! Bugs! Stories! Puppets! Games! Special
Events! And more! Register on-line any time after June 1. Stop
by the library any time after June 8 to activate your membership.
You don't have to come to the library on any special day or time,
just come whenever we are open! Owl Cleaners is once again sponsoring
"Read to Ride" – kids ages 5-12 have a chance to win a brand new
bike! And don't forget the Three Rivers Storytelling Festival
for the whole family on Friday and Saturday, August 8 & 9! For
more information, stop in the Children's Department.
Thursday Book Blast Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 pm
Come and share your favorite children’s book at our Thursday Book
Blast for youngsters in the fourth grade and up, and adults who
like to read and discuss children’s books. All types of books
are discussed, from picture books to poetry, fiction and non-fiction.
No reservation is required.
Preschool Storytime Tuesdays at 10:00am, from April 29 to May 20
For children 3-5 years old. No registration required.
Mother Goose Storytime Wednesdays at 10:00am and 11:00am, from April 30 to May 21
For children 6-24 months old. No registration required.
Kangaroo Storytime Thursdays at 10:00am and 11:00am, from May 1 to May 22
For children 2436 months old. No registration required.
Preschool Bug-a-Loo Wednesday, June 4 at 9:30am and 11:00am
Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to celebrate the beginning of Northland's preschool summer reading program, the Read to Me Club, with stories, crafts, and lots of fun! No registration is required.
The Big Bug Show Friday, June 6 at 10:30am and 4:00pm
Pizzicato Puppets brings their new show to help us kick off summer. Fred, Mehetabel, and the rest of the multi-legged crew shine in an un-creepy but ultra fun black light puppet show. After the show, if audience size and time permit, the audience will be invited to come behind the stage for a bug's eye view of the show. All ages are invited. No registration is required.
Read & Release
Freed any good books lately? Northland Library will celebrate
our freedom to read by "freeing" books during Banned Books Week.
"Read & Release" is part book club, part treasure hunt.
Beginning the last week in September, books from a special "Read
& Release" collection will be left in various locations throughout
the North Hills for readers to find, read and track. The books
will be in plastic bags to protect them from the elements, and
will have distinctive notes on the outside that direct the finder
to the BookCrossing website.
Each book has an ID number inside the front cover. When you enter
the number on the BookCrossing
website, information about where the book has traveled will appear.
Readers can leave a journal entry about the book, if they choose.
Then the book is left somewhere for another reader to find. The
"Read & Release" books do not need to be returned to the Library.
To see what books Northland is setting free, or for clues to their
whereabouts, visit BookCrossing.
Click on "People". Under "Search Members" enter the screenname
"NorthlandPL", then select "Bookshelf".
For more information about this program, contact Susan Claus in
the Children's and Young Adult Services Department: 412-366-8100
ext.123