Send a Card - Give a Book!

Help celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Cat in the Hat!

How, you may ask? Why, with this simple task!

Send a card to the Cat! Random House will donate one new book for each card received up to May 1, 2007 to First Book, a non-profit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read their own first new books. Visit Seussville.com to send an e-card.


Send a card today and help support this literacy-promoting organization!

Magical March Family Night

Abracadabra!
Kalamazoo!
Come to the library,
and have some fun too!
If you don't, you'll be missin'
a world-famous magician!
Archie Wade's sure to delight,
So come to Family Night!

Tuesday, March 13th
All ages welcome!

Dinner will MAGICALLY APPEAR at 5:30pm
and VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE before the show begins at 6:00pm

Join Us for a Fantastical Quest in Middle-Earth!

Hey, all you 4th, 5th, and 6th graders! The next fabulous title for Dis-a-Book is that beloved and classic tale, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. For those of you new to Middle-Earth, The Hobbit is the prequel to the groundbreaking Lord of the Rings trilogy, memorably made into three completely awesome movies in recent years. Tolkien is credited by many as the father of modern fantasy fiction, so join us March 6th or 27th for what is certain to be a thrilling discussion! Call 879-0497 to sign up today!

Gruesome but True!

The next Dis-a-Book title is a first for our book discussion group--a nonfiction book! On February 13th and 20th we will be gathering to eat pizza and discuss Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman. So if you're in 4th-6th grade and want to discuss this fascinating book with us, call today (879-0497) and sign up! Space is still available, and you can collect the latest badge for your Dis-a-Book backpack, provided by the Friends of the Emmet O'Neal Library.

DIG-IT Schedule Change

Attention, 3rd-6th graders! The movie for tomorrow's DIG-IT program has been changed. We are now showing a flick about ants who fight back against a human bully . . . can you guess what it is? Come join us for the movie and popcorn from 3:30 until 5 PM tomorrow afternoon!

Final Potter Release Date!

Stop the presses! J.K. Rowling has announced that the seventh and final volume in her record-breaking Harry Potter series will be released July 21, 2007! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be available for the legions of obsessed fans at 12:01 AM Saturday morning, one week after the release of the fifth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This means, of course, that the month of July will be a maelstrom of Potter-mania here at the library! No Death Eaters allowed!

If you're one of the 4 people in the western hemisphere who hasn't read Harry Potter, it's not too late! You've still got 24 weeks to catch up! The library has each of the six volumes so far available in book as well as audio formats. Find out what all the fuss is about and set your imagination free!

For more info or to whet your appetite, visit Mugglenet or the Harry Potter Lexicon.