April Vacation Week

Did you miss our April Fool 's Program? Join us for our "Reading can be Fun(ny) !" program during the April vacation week. Pick up your book log and calendar of events on April 1st to find out about the funny happenings.

April Fool's Day

Want to learn some tricks for April Fool's Day? Special program on March 27th for kids in Grades 2 and up. Call or come in to sign up.

Do you feel lucky?

Join us for a day of St. Patrick's Day Fun.
Drop in any time between 10 and 4 on Friday, March 16th.
We have things for you to create, board games to play, books to read and chances to win prizes.

New Books!

Check out some of the new books we bought in February 2007!

Grandma drove the garbage truck by Clark, Katie. Because her three sons are sick, Grandma drives the garbage truck on the Fourth of July, ending up with an award in the big parade.

Valentine friends by Prince, April Jones. A group of animal friends work together to make valentines.

17 Things I'm not allowed to do anymore by Offill, Jenny. A young girl lists the sixteen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.

Ants by Green, Emily K. "Simple text accompanied by full-color photographs give an up-close look at ants"

Aram's choice by Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Arf and the three dogs by Wooderson, Philip. Graphic novelArf decides to use his mother's camera to make money as a reporter and photographer. When he takes pictures of the neighborhood dogs, Arf realizes that something strange is happening at the animal shelter.

Backhoes / by Ray McClellanBanjo granny by Busse, Sarah Martin. Baby Owen's grandmother learns that he is wiggly, jiggly, and all-around giggly for bluegrass music, so with her banjo, she travels by curious means to visit and play for him.

Behind the mask by Choi, Yangsook. Kimin, a young Korean-American boy, has trouble deciding on a Halloween costume, but as he looks through an old trunk of his grandfather's things, he suddenly unlocks a childhood mystery.

The Black Sox scandal of 1919 by Elish, Dan.

Cam Jansen the Valentine baby mystery by Adler, David A. It's Valentine's Day, and Cam is at school when she learns her mother is about to give birth.

A Crazy mixed-up Spanglish day by Montes, Marisa. In Northern California, Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado struggles to deal with the third grade bully, to control her temper, and to remember to speak Spanish at home and English at school.

Curse of the mummy's tomb by Stine, R. L.

The Daddy Goose treasury by French, Vivian.

Daniel's story by Matas, Carol, 1949-New York : Scholastic, 1993. Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.


Demons of the ocean by Somper, Justin. When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor is rescued by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard the mythical Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.




Disney out of this world cartoon tales (Graphic novel)Peterson, Scott.New York : Disney Press, c2005. Retellings of Lilo & Stitch, Peter Pan, and Treasure planet that are part storybook, part comic book.

You wouldn't want to be an 18th-century convict! : a trip to Australia you'd rather not take by Costain, Meredith. A humorous account of how a British thief would have been punished in the eighteenth century by being sent to Australia in 1785.

You wouldnt' want to work on the Great Wall of China! : defenses you'd rather not build by Morley, Jacqueline.

Zachary Zormer : shape transformer : a math adventure by Reisberg, Joanne A. When Zachary forgets his homework assignment, readers will be amazed at what he is able to accomplish with what he finds in his pocket. Each week he takes on a different math concept (length, width, area, perimeter) with projects that include a mobius strip, a paper frame, and a light show. Instructions for doing Zach's projects are included at the end.