Winter Story Time Session coming up!

Reminder: our Winter Story Time Session starts the first week of January. If your child is signed up, mark it down! If not, we have a couple spots left in the Monday 4 pm Preschool Story Time (ages 3-1/2 to 6) and in the Thursday 10:30am Parents & Twos Story Time. Call or email if you are interested. Hurry though, going. . .going. . .

We also have our book groups starting up again in January. Check the right sidebar for dates and details.

FYI, we have a special Story Time Snow Day Policy : Story Time will be canceled when the East Longmeadow Public Schools are closed.

Happy New Year!

What are you doing this week?

Come see us at the library!

This Wednesday, December 30, you can make a New Year's Eve crown to ring in the New Year! And then stick around for an author visit at 6:30 pm--Erik Kraft, a native of East Longmeadow, will talk about being a successful author.

Trivia alert! Erik Kraft's book, Miracle Wimp, was inspired by his days growing up in East Longmeadow!

Hoping to see you before next year!

Christmas is coming!

Are YOU ready?

Here's the Children's Department scoop for the next two weeks.

HOURS:
The library will be closed on:
Thursday, 12/24 (Christmas Eve)
Friday, 12/25 (Christmas Day)
Saturday, 12/26 (Boxing Day-the first day of Kwanzaa-the day after Christmas)

The library will also be closed on:
Thursday, 12/31 (New Year's Eve)
Friday, 1/1/2010 (New Year's Day)

The library will be open on Saturday, 1/2/2010.

FUN STUFF:
Wednesday, December 30, All Day, Open Studio! Come in and make a crown to celebrate the New Year!

Wednesday, December 30, 6:30pm, Special Author Visit with Erik Kraft! This East Longmeadow native-now-famous- author will talk about the inspiration for his books, Chocolatina and Miracle Wimp.


The Children's Department staff wishes you a wonderful holiday!

Breaking news. . .Story Time sign up!

Today's the day for East Longmeadow residents to sign up for our Winter Story Time sessions, starting the first week of January. You may call 525-5400, ext. 1506, or email us @ libraryleroy@gmail.com to sign up. Non-residents may register starting tomorrow, Thursday, 12/17.

At this time, the options are:

For 2 to 3-1/2 year olds:
Parents & Twos, Wednesdays, 10:30am, taking waiting list names
Parents & Twos, Thursdays, 10:30am, a few spots left. . .

For 3-1/2 to 6 year olds:
Preschool Story Time, Mondays, 1pm, a few spots left. . .
Preschool Story Time, Tuesdays, 10am, a few spots left. . .

Also starting the first week of January:

-Crawl Talk time, for children younger than 2 years, Friday mornings at 10am. Children crawl and parents talk! No need to sign up, just drop in for this social time.

-Pajama Story time, Wednesdays at 6:30pm, for children ages 3 to 6. No need to sign up; just drop in.

And if your children are older than 6, we have a book group that may fit your needs! Stay tuned for the upcoming dates!

Do you have a favorite holiday book?

Please share your favorites with us! Go to our Winter Holidays web page and add a review of your favorite holiday story to our collection!

(Go to www.readsinma.org/eastlongmeadow and click on the Winter Holidays tab.)

We're open today. . .

but no Yugioh tournament. We have postponed this event until sometime after the holidays. Watch this space for the new date!

Happy snow day!

The Giving Tree is up!

We are continuing our tradition of hosting a Giving Tree in the Children's Department; our tree is filled with gift tags that suggest a type of gift for a needy child. Simply take a tag, come to the Ask Me Desk and have us check it off, then purchase your gift and return it unwrapped by Monday, December 14.

Our Giving Tree benefits the children at The Family Place Shelter, which provides support for over 90 homeless children. Thank you for your generous help with this endeavor.