Featured Upcoming Events

May 2013

MOTHER MOOSE

Friday, May 3rd, 10:30 AM
Saturday, May 11th, 10:30 AM
Wednesday, May 15th, 10:30 AM
Tuesday, May 21st at 6:00 PM and repeat at 7:00 PM
Berry Room Story Area

A short rhyme, story, and activity time for the under two set (infants and toddlers from birth to 23 months) and a parent or caregiver.

No registration is required.

PAJAMA STORYTIME

Tuesday, May 14th, 7:00 PM
Noel Wien Public Library Berry Room

Wear your pajamas and slippers, and bring your favorite bedtime stuffed animal for an evening storytime for 3 to 10 year olds. No registration is required for this fun way for the whole family to enjoy stories before bedtime.

DIG INTO READING! SUMMER READING FUN

for children from 2 years old to 6th graders

and

BENEATH THE SURFACE
YOUNG ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM

for 7th to 12th graders.

Sign-up for both programs begins on Tuesday, May 28th, and is ongoing through Saturday, July 27th.

Public Library Summer Reading Program Fun for Children

Public Library Summer Reading Program Fun for Teens

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What’s New in the Berry Room

May 2013

NEW BOOK RELEASES

Watch for the following recently released or soon to be released titles to be added to the catalog:

• Garfield Caution Wide Load: His 56th Book
• Case of the Prowling Bear (Hank the Cowdog series) by John Erickson
• Dogs in the Dead of Night (Magic Tree House series) by Mary Pope Osborne
• Interrupted Tale (Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series) by Maryrose Wood
• Activist (Theodore Boone series) by John Grisham
• Sink or Swim (Whatever After series) by Sarah Mlynowski

When these titles are listed in the public library’s online catalog, you may place a hold for them by using the Place A Hold feature, along with your library card and PIN.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

DIG INTO READING! SUMMER READING FUN

for children from 2 years old to 6th graders

BENEATH THE SURFACE
YOUNG ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM

for 7th to 12th graders.

Sign-up for both programs begins on Tuesday, May 28th, and is ongoing through Saturday, July 27th.

Public Library Summer Reading Program Fun for Children

Public Library Summer Reading Program Fun for Teens

MONTHLY BERRY ROOM CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Would you like to receive this calendar each month via email? Stop by the Berry Room Youth Services Desk to add your email address to our monthly distribution list (the calendar is emailed in pdf color version near the end of each month for the following month’s calendar).

Youth Services Department

AT THE NOEL WIEN LIBRARY
(WILLIAM D. BERRY ROOM)

The Noel Wien Library’s Youth Services Department provides a place for children from birth to 18 years old to learn, explore, and enjoy literature through a wide variety of materials and programs.

YOUTH MATERIALS AND COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE TO BORROW

Youth collections are housed in three locations at the Noel Wien Library. Fictional materials for children from birth to upper elementary/middle school, as well as some children’s poetry, are located in the William D. Berry Room, immediately to your right as you enter the library and walk past the checkout station. Fictional materials for young adults are located in the Young Adult area at the rear of the library. Non-fiction materials for youth are interfiled with adult materials in the non-fiction area of the library, according to Library of Congress call number.

The youth collections include, but are not limited to:

• Board books for very young children
• Picture books, including award-winning Caldecott books
• Books for beginning readers
• Chapter books in a variety of genres, including award-winning Newbery books
• Young adult literature, including award-winning Printz books
• Large print books for youth
• Poetry
• Books in foreign languages (located in the non-fiction section)
• Audio books (books on tape or CD, “Playaways,” and downloadable books from ListenAlaska)
• Bookbags with picture books and an audio cassette
• Videos and DVDs
• CD-ROM educational software
• Music audio cassettes and CDs
• Non-fiction books
• Paperback browsing collection