Alex Ramon, Magician, “Sold” out!

Thank you for your patience! Both of today’s shows were “sold” out.  We’ve only got space for 120 audience members for each show, so the way to get your free ticket is to arrive one half hour before the start of the show, and get in line to receive your ticket.   If the event starts at 1:30, we start giving out those tickets at 1:00 p.m.   If you want the second show at 3:00, staff will start handing out those tickets at 2:30.    We want everyone to have a good time, and everyone to have a fair shot at getting a ticket, so you and your child must actually be on site and in line to get that ticket.   

Today’s event was great fun so our hats off to Alex Ramon for a fabulous show! 

These folks enjoy a good book while waiting in line for their ticket to the 3:00 show today.

 

Summer @ the Dublin Library

The first day of summer arrived and I for one just love the idea of slower, warmer days, filled with thoughts of gardening, farmer’s market fruits and vegetables, sunshine, swimming, lazing around the patio with the family, watching the cat bliss out in a pot of catmint in the sun,  and just having more free time.  And if the economy and the price of gas are putting a dent in your vacation plans this year, the Library can offer at least some perks for a stay-at-home vacation.  The best perk of course, is that everything we offer is FREE.  The pick of our collection from dvds to summer beach reads is all available with your library card.  For all you readers out there we have reading programs for children, teens and adults. 

The kids are playing “Catch the Reading Bug” a bingo style board game.  For every 30 minutes a child clocks reading, he/she can get a spin of the dial, block out a character on their bingo board, and win prizes such as stickers, pizza coupons and the ultimate prize a free book!  Kids can earn bonus spins by doing some of the activitities on the kids summer reading blog at http://summereadingame.wordpress.com/

For teens the theme is Freak Encounters, Explore the Unexplained.  Teens can pick up a reading log at the Reference Desk, keep track of their reading and get a prize for each level they reach.  Read a total of 50 hours over the course of the summer and you also win a free book. 

Adults, we do not leave you out.  The adult program is Timeless Reads.  This is so easy and so fun.  Just read a book that you think has stood the test of time.  Enter the weekly drawing and win a $15.00 gift card.   We have a great display going in the library with some suggestions for timeless reads, but you can certainly offer your own.  When I think of timeless reads, what pops into my head are things like To Kill a Mockingbird, Prodigal Summer, Prince of Tides, Lord of the Rings,  Corelli’s Mandolin.  Share your timeless reads on the adult summer reading blog at http://summerreading4adults.wordpress.com/.  At the end of the summer we will put all the weekly winners in a hat and draw a grand prize winner for a gift card to a bookstore. 

Don’t forget to look to us for some special free programs.  This Wednesday is the start of Wild Wednesdays at the Dublin Library with programs for children scheduled for June 25, July 9, July 30 and August 6.  This Wednesday it’s Alex Ramon, the magician.  Alex is known as the “San Francisco Bay Area’s Best Stage Magician,” and is just returning from Mickey’s Magic Show tour with Disney Live. The first show is at 1:30 with a repeat performance at 3:00 p.m.  We start giving out free tickets one half hour before the program.  Looking ahead, on July 9th Python Ron will be here. Python Ron will bring bugs and spiders for a creepy crawling good time.

We will post more on events coming up in July very soon!

 

 

 

Exercise Your Kid Power!

Students going into sixth, seventh and eighth grades in September are needed as volunteers this summer at the Dublin Library. Volunteers help children play the summer reading game and assist with other library tasks.

One last training for Kid Power has been scheduled for Monday, June 23, at 1:00pm. The orientation takes about half an hour.

This is an opportunity to meet new friends, gain some valuable work experience, help your community and just plain have some fun.

 

 

Family Story Night!

Celebrate Children’s Book Week!

Family Story Night is the traditional way to celebrate Children’s Book Week at the Dublin Library. Come listen and participate as librarians and community members read stories, do fingerplays and sing songs for your family’s delight. We’ll gather in the Picture Book Area of the library, Wednesday, May 14th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Pajamas are always appropriate for this evening activity.

 

Celebrate National Building Safety Week!

During May 5th - 11th, the City of Dublin’s Building and Safety Division will observe National Building Safety Week. This year’s theme is Building Safety: Where You Live, Work and Play.  This event’s purpose is to raise public awareness of building safety by promoting the use, enforcement and understanding of building safety codes designed to protect lives and property. 

 

Drop by the Dublin Library’s Children’s Department to see the display of library materials related to safety issues and to get a free coloring book and stickers.

 

Here are some titles that may be of interest to you!

 

Fire Safety, Boy Scouts of America, c2004.  J369.43 FIRE

 

Stop, Drop and Roll, by Margery Cuyler, Simon & Schuster Books for Young    Readers, c2001.   JPB CUYLER,M

 

California earthquakes : science, risk & the politics of hazard mitigation, by Carl-Henry Geschwind, Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.  

363.3495 Geschwind

 

No Dragons for Tea : Fire Safety for Kids (and dragons), by Jean Pendziwol, Kids Can Press, c1999.   JPB Pendziwol

 

 

 

Celebrate National Library Weeks’ Golden Anniversary

Celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries, librarians and library workers during the 50th anniversary of National Library Week,  April 13th - 19th.  This year’s theme is Join the Circle of Knowledge @ your library.  Entertainer and author Julie Andrews (Edwards) is this year’s honorary chair.  Ms. Andrews is known for her movies Sound of Music and The Princess Diaries.   Some of her books include Thanks to You: Wisdom from Mother and Child and The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles.   Her autobiography, Home:  A Memoir of My Early Years, was recently released and added to the Dublin Library’s collection.

 The Dublin Library has a display of children’s books about libraries and librarians next to the Information Desk.  You can also share some of the reasons why you love to use the Dublin Library by writing on the display table’s cover.

Please stop by and celebrate National Library Week at the Dublin Library!

 

 

 

Welcome Dublin Elementary!

It’s that time of year again when Dublin Elementary has its annual read-a-thon.  Every year the kids from Dub El come to the library for a library night of stories, while our Children’s Librarian, Monica TenEyck goes to the school to be a guest reader during the school’s read-in day.  It’s a great cross pollination since we’re both in the business of encouraging the love of reading.  The *star* of the evening is Dub El Principal, Kara Holthe.  The kids just love her and it’s a real joy to watch how patiently they wait for her and then their response as she reads them favorite stories and poems. Here in this picture little Sierra and Rowan occupy themselves while they wait for the stories to start.

 

 

I don’t often get to be a reader for storytimes, but tonight I  read a brand new picture book suggested by Monica, called The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers.  This book is just the ticket to tickle a funny bone and it sure amused the children tonight. It’s about a boy who aims to get smarter by eating books.  “He wasn’t sure at first,” the story goes “and he tried eating a single word, just to test.  Next he tried a whole sentence and then the whole page.”  The artwork of this book is charmingly evocative of collage mixed media with pages of old books forming a backdrop behind the delightful illustrations.  We closed out the evening feeling that quiet satisfaction that comes from knowing the stories we read connected with the kids and they will remember their visit to the public library warmly while looking forward to more books like the ones they heard tonight.  All for the love of reading….

 

music in the library

Adam Miller, folksinger and storyteller, will be here today starting at 2 p.m.  Adam has a repertoire of over 2,000 traditional and contemporary folk songs. Inspired as a child by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, among others, Adam accompanies himself with acoustic guitar and autoharp.  He is, in fact, known as one of the premier autoharpists in the world.

Adam has recorded three CDs of American folksongs, The Orphan Train and Other Reminiscences, Wild Birds and Along Came a Giant – Traditional American Folk Songs for Young Folks. Dublin has a copy of Along Came a Giant so be sure and check it out.

Adam is focusing today on songs of the California Gold Rush and the westward movement. This program is part of a series of Chautauqua events to coincide with Dublin Reads Snow Mountain Passage. Come for a relaxing and fun hour of music and entertainment!  Funds for this program have been provided by the Dublin Friends of the Library.

 

Heart & Flowers

Hearts and flowers are the order of the day as the children prepare Valentine cards for their favorite folks. On Wednesday, February 13th, between 2:30 and 4:30pm, children are welcome to glitter glue, sticker and color loving sentiments for their families or friends. Let’s encourage their creativity and appreciation for their loved ones.

This program is intended for school-aged children, but younger children are welcome if they have an adult to assist them with their creations.

 

Thanksgiving Thank You Trees

Fall is such a lovely time of the year with colorful seasonal changes and Thanksgiving is  the perfect occassion to recognize the abundance in our lives. At the Dublin Library we have a bulletin board dedicated to saying thank you.

 Don’t you want to say thank you too?