Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Holiday Hairdo Hullabaloo



Emmet O'Neal Elves!

Do you recognize these North Pole nuts?

Hint: You may have seen one or two of them
the last time you came to a program at the library...

December Chess Tourmanent Winners

Congratulations to the winners

of last Saturday's chess tournament!

Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Division Winners:

1st - Christopher Cheng

2nd - Om Tamhane

3rd - Nicholas Blaylock

4th - Jordan De Los Santos

5th - Cory Fan

6th - Harper Hall

Kindergarten - 6th Grade Division Winners:

1st - Sameer Sultan

2nd - Matthew Blaylock

3rd - Gilbert Amason

4th - Luke Cai

5th - Matthias Rathbun

6th - David Evans

Kindergarten - 12th Grade Division Winners

1st - James Diaz

2nd - David Fox

Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Holiday Hairdo Hullabaloo



December Family Night pictures

Scully Stackpole tells Mrs. Claus and Santa's elves
what he wants for Christmas.



Naughty or nice?
Definitely nice!



"And what would you like for Christmas?"



A kiss for Mrs. Claus





December After-School Special coming soon!



December Family Night coming soon!



Family Night: Cinderella

Last night at the library,

zillions of you enjoyed

Birmingham Children's Theater's

production of Cinderella.

See?



Meet Cinderella.




Prince Charming cuts a rug
with a library visitor.




Cinderella and Prince Charming
at the ball.





Patty Cake Time Halloween Party



Patty Cake Time

Halloween Party!



Rrrrooooaaaarr!




Puppy on the loose!




Kiss me - I'm a prince!




How a-peeling!





Monster Mania 2011

Check out these pictures from

last Tuesday's Monster Mania!



Who are this round's winners on the Monster Walk?




Do you dare visit the Dragon's Lair in the Monster Maze?




Beware of uncommonly large arachnids around the corner...

October 12 After-School Special

 

David Stephens' All Hands Productions

presents a puppet retelling of

Jack and the Beanstalk.

 

3:30 pm

Ages 3 and up

Pumpkin Decorating Contest and Trick-or-Treating

It's time for the annual

Pumpkin Decorating Contest!



One preschooler and one elementary schooler

will win a prize basket for their entries.

Paint it, use stickers, glue things to it -

but please don't cut it!

We cannot display cut pumpkins because

they will attract all kinds of creepy crawlers.

Click on the entry form below,

print it out, and fill in your information.

Return it to the Children's Department

with your decorated pumpkin

between October 24 and 29.

Don't forget to wear your costume

and trick-or-treat at the library

October 29 - 31!

Elephant and Piggie Party

Mo Willems'

Gerald and Piggie visited Emmet O'Neal

for a few stories, activities,

and ice cream.




Piggie tries to teach Gerald to dance...

  


...but Gerald has a hard time getting the hang of it.



Party-goers play "Watch Me Throw the Ball."



Elephant and Piggie pose for a picture
with Harrison and Bryson before signing autographs.

 


Everybody's favorite duo!

 

Family Night: Bama Air Dogs

Gary Shockley's Bama Air Dogs

perform the over-the-back Frisbee catch

at the first Family Night

of the school year.

Elephant and Piggie Party!

Do you love these two as much as we do?

Well, you're invited to party

with life-size Elephant and Piggie!

Dance, play games, see stories...

...and did someone mention ICE CREAM?

It's all happening after school

on Wednesday, September 28, at 3:30.

Summer Reading Finale!

Roger Day and the Mosquito Burrito Band
entertain the crowd at the Summer Reading Finale Block Party.



Potions Class

Hogwarts students prepare to brew their own Butterbeer.



A successful potions student pauses to be photographed
with Professor McGonagall and Madame Trelawney.





WORLD of Magic!

Magician Arthur Atsma wowed and amazed us

with stories and magic tricks!



Arthur Atsma, the boy who cried, "WOOOLLLF!"




And the coin disappears!




The audience tries to tell Arthur
that the wolf is in the henhouse!




Now how did that dollar get inside that lemon?




"And the evil magician waved his magic toothbrush
and laughed maniacally!"





Harry Potter Lock-In

Harry Potter addicts make Scrabble tile necklaces.



The second movie of the night
has our champions riveted
as they try to pick up tips
on how to win the Goblet of Fire.




The final Tri-Wizard Challenge:
Pack up your giant sleeping bag
into its tiny sack
after staying awake all night long.





The Tri-Wizard Winners:
These gals stayed up THE WHOLE NIGHT!

Quidditch Practice



Ready....set....



...release the snitch!



The Fairy Tales Grimm

Our Tuesday programs are a world-class hit --

look and see why!

Rapunzel is serenaded by the prince.

Volunteers from the audience become

the Brementown Musicians.