Make a Valentine!

Attention kids of all ages: Drop by the library anytime between February 1st – February 9th to make a valentine that we will send to the patients at Children's Hospital!

Questions or comments? Call us at 951-1415 or email us (irondalelibrary@gmail.com).

Oscar Nominations

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced this week. Here is a list of titles we have at the library available for check-out:

Social Network
Winter's Bone
Kid's are alright
Inception
Toy Story 3
How to Train your Dragon
The Town
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Alice in Wonderland
Iron Man 2
Salt

Search the library's catalog for a copy of any of these DVDs. Or look for books about the history of the Academy Awards. Go to the Oscars' official website for the complete list of nominees. The Awards ceremony will be broadcast on February 27th, 2011.

Newbery & Caldecott Awards for 2011

2011 Newbery Award Winner



Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Jumping off a train in Kansas to learn more about her father's exciting past, Abilene Tucker is initially disappointed by the run-down Depression town she encounters before finding a hidden box of mementos and letters that mention a spy who played an important role in the town's secret history.

Newbery Honor Books

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

2011 Caldecott Award Winner



A Sick Day for Amos McGee, by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Amos McGee, a friendly zoo keeper, always makes time to visit his animal friends, but when he becomes sick and cannot come in to work, the animals pay him a visit instead.

Caldecott Honor Books

Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

Request any of these books from the library by clicking on the title. To find more information about past Newbery and Caldecott winners visit the Association for Library Service for Children's website.

MLK Day Closing

The library will be closed Monday, January 17th, 2011

in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

We will reopen Tuesday morning at 9:30am.

Fancy Nancy Program

Fancy Nancy Beauty Day

Saturday, January 8th

2:00pm

We will read a story about Fancy Nancy’s Ooh La La Beauty Spa, enjoy fancy snacks and learn how to make ourselves glamorous (that is a fancy word for stylish and beautiful!)

Come dressed in your fanciest clothes!

Children ages 8 and under are welcome.

Questions? Call (951-1415) or email (irondalelibrary@gmail.com) us!