Go Green at Your Library

Looking for something to do this summer?  We’re having a lot of great programs as part of our summer reading program.

Explore the Ocean Floor with naturalist Ellen Goethel!  Live ocean creatures, ocean artifacts and fish printing! Sign up for Tuesday, July 6, 10:00 am for preschool aged children, or 11:00 or 12:00 for grades K-6

Hey Frog! What Planet Are You From? with Creature Teachers.  Explore the world of live frogs!  Sign up for Monday, August 1 at 4:oo pm

Lego Club: Create a theme-based Lego construction with our Legos!  If you are in grade 1 – 4, sign up for any of the Monday sessions –July 12, 26, August 9, 23 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Call the library at 781-320-1042 to register.

It’s Time for Summer Reading 2010!!

Now that school’s over, come to the library and sign up for the summer reading program!  The theme this year is Go Green at Your Library.  First you pick a frog to put up on our beautifully decorated walls, then you keep track of how much time you spend reading.  Each time you come to the library, tell us how much you’ve read since your last visit. For each hour you get a sticker; when you get 5 stickers you get a prize and a Reader to the Rescue dollar.  This year the dollars go towards the Sponsor-a-Critter Program at the South Shore Natural Science Center.  Guess what critters we’re going to sponsor?  Frogs!  The last day for stickers and prizes is September 7.  We’ll also be having lots of special programs, so check the blog for updates.

Islington Library Book Share

Here are the books suggested by the kids who attended the April 29 book share:

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Alvin: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Jessica: It’s Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder, The Viper’s Nest by Peter Lerangis

Anna: Spelling B and the Missing Magic by Lexi Connor

Maria: The Puppy Place: Patches by Ellen Miles

Claire: Finally by Wendy Mass

Maddi: Bobby vs. Girls by Lisa Yee

Islington Branch Grades 3 – 5 Book Share

In search of a good book?  Bring a favorite book to recommend and see what everyone is reading!  Eat  snacks!  Leave with a list of recommendations --we will order a copy of any book you would like!

Wednesday, April 28^th 7:00-7:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED, Call (781)326-5914 or stop by the Islington Branch Library.

Mythlopedia: All in the Family by Steven Otfinoski

A Look-It-Up Guide to the In-laws, Outlaws, and Offspring of Mythology

This is one of four books in the Mythlopedia series. You think you know Greek mythology?  Family life around Mount Olympus was a real odyssey.  Heroes went to war and got lost coming home, a king traded his golden touch for a pair of donkey ears, and everybody wanted to be a star.  It was enough to give a mortal a complex!  Here’s an excerpt from the book:

Cybele’s Revenge: Atalanta and Melanion offend a goddess.  Atalanta and Melanion were very much in love.  Maybe a little too much in love.  When the goddess Cybele caught the pair cuddling in her temple, she blew a fuse!  To punish the couple, she turned them into lions.  Then, to add insult to injury, she yoked the pair of lions to her chariot.”

Do you like scary books?

Take a look at Robert D. San Souci’s latest --Dare To Be Scared 4: Thirteen More Tales of  Terror. In this new addition to the series, author Robert D. San Souci and illustrator David Ouimet join forces to present 13 deliciously frightening tales. Elements of urban legend and folklore are utilized to weave powerful and suspenseful (yet age-appropriate) stories that young readers are sure to revisit, finding new meaning — and shivers — with each reading. In Dare to Be Scared 4, the stories range from "Fairy Godmother" to "A Really Scary Story" that should bear a label warning: Books can be dangerous! In "Snow Day," Connor soon discovers that you can't make big magic without paying for it big time. It's best to have a flashlight for under-the-covers story-reading that reveals what's really behind the closed doors of the "Principal's Office," on the railroad tracks at dusk in "Heading Home," and the eerie fate of 13-year-old Peter in "Moonrise." David Ouimet's unique scratchboard illustrations and Robert San D. Souci's compelling prose make this a welcome jaunt through the world of ghosts and ghouls along with the children trying to escape their clutches!

Poetry Writing Workshops with Tom Daley

Tom Daley returns to the Westwood Library!  On April 29, Tom will host 2 poetry writing workshops as part of the library’s Positively Poetry series. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will meet from 2:45 – 4:00, and students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will meet from 4:15 – 5:30. Registration is required. To register, email us at westwoodpoetry@yahoo.com, or call 781-320-1042.  The poems produced at the workshops will be included in the library’s 2010 Poetry Anthology.

Tom Daley teaches poetry writing at the Boston Center for Adult Education, and poetry and memoir writing at Lexington Community Education. In addition, he is a member of the faculty of the Online School of Poetry, serves on the tutorial faculty of the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, and has been a guest instructor at Brown University, Stonehill College and SUNY Cobleskill. He has also been served as visiting poets at several schools.

Tom Daley’s own work has been published in numerous journals, including Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, Barrow Street, Vox, Diagram, and Hacks: The Grub Street Anthology.