After-School Special: PERCUSSION!

Drummer Mark Seymour

and his entourage of instruments

present an After-School Special:

Be-At Your Best!

Bring your dancing shoes

and come enjoy the show

at 3:30 this afternoon.

Ages 3 and up

Berenstain Bears Family Night

Kick off your school year

with a
Berenstain Bears Family Night!

Meet the Berenstain Bears,

check out some bike safety tips

from the MB Police,

then ride in a bike parade!

A picnic dinner is on us,

and we'll provide all the

bike decorations.

All you need to bring is

a bike and your family.

Roger Day at 6 pm Tuesday

It's almost time for the

SUMMER READING FINALE!

Wrap up your summer right

on Tuesday, July 29,

at Emmet O'Neal Library.

Pizza picnic starts at 6pm

Roger Day at 6:30

Atsmagic with Arthur Atsma

It's the last Tuesday morning program

of the summer!

Join us for Arthur Atsma's

Magic Science Circus

at 10:30.

Stick around for a movie and popcorn

at 3:30. We'll be showing Rio.

3rd - 6th graders!

Today's stuff for kids

going into 3rd - 6th grade:

10:30 am

Movie and popcorn

3:30 pm

Paper airplanes with the

Southern Museum of Flight

Geoffrey Glaub Camp rocket launch

We made our own rockets, then launched them ourselves.

Check it out!

Tues, June 17: Ventriloquist

All ages summer fun

for Tuesday, June 17:

10:30 am

Ventriloquist Cliff Patton

3:30 pm

Movie and Popcorn

Summer Programs

Coming next week...

The clue game!

Lap-sit storytimes!

Tuesday programs for all ages!

Thursday SNaP!

Movies and popcorn!

Don't miss out on summer reading -

click here to see a full calendar.

Summer Reading Kickoff: May 18

Only 3 more weeks!

The annual

Summer Reading Kickoff Carnival

is almost here!

Sunday, May 18

Thomas Hughes Brinkley Memorial Fun Run: 3:00

JWC of 100 Carnival: 3:30 - 5:30

Amelia Bedelia Brings Down the House, Apr. 16

After-School Special

TODAY!

Amelia Bedelia visits the library

to celebrate her birthday.

Come see her in action,

play games,

and eat snacks with

everybody's favorite

silly goose!

3:30 pm

Hi! (Ku.)

Just three days left to write your haiku

and send it to eolchildrens@gmail.com

or bring it to the children's desk

by the end of March 31.

Check out this haiku about reading,

submitted by 8-year old Caileigh Moose:

Warm lamp, squishy couch,

Transport to another world.

In a pleasant trance.

AWESOME, isn't it?

And that's not the only awesome haiku we've received so far.

Now's your chance to write

the best seventeen syllables ever!

After-School Magic!

The Emmet O'Neal Library

presents

a Magical March

After-School Special

with magician

Arthur Atsma!

3:30 pm

Wednesday, March 19

Poetry Contest guidelines

April is National Poetry Month,

and we need YOU to help us celebrate!

Just enter our haiku contest.

The winning poem and poet will be

on display in the

Children's Department

during National Poetry Month.

Here are the contest rules:

1. Write an original haiku.

A haiku is a poem with three lines.

The first line has 5 syllables.

The second line has 7 syllables.

The third line has 5 syllables.

The lines don't usually rhyme.

Visit this page for some help

and some great examples.

Feel free to illustrate it!

2. Turn in your haiku to

the Children's Department.

You can write it down and

bring it to the Children's Desk,

or

you can type it up and e-mail it to

eolchildrens@gmail.com.

Make sure you include your name,

age, and phone number with the poem.

We will be posting entries on this blog

before we choose a winner.

3. The deadline is March 28.

We will select a winner on April 1,

the first day of

National Poetry Month.

You must be in 6th grade or younger to enter.
You can enter as many poems as you want.

Now, go get creative...
and good luck!

Treasure Hunters!

If you haven't signed up for Bookmania,

now's the time!

Click here to sign up.

This Thursday @ 6pm

Pizza and book chat

LEGO Winner!

Congratulations to

Jack Chapman,

whose guess of 

457 LEGOs in the jar

was the closest to the

actual number:

437.

Way to go, Jack!

LIBRARY CLOSING

The library will be

CLOSED

at 3:00 pm today

due to the threat

of severe weather.

SNaP CANCELLED

Today's 3rd-6th grade program,

SNaP,

is cancelled due to weather.

2014 Newbery and Caldecotts

Did you predict a winner?

Stop by the Children's Department

to pick up one of the best children's books of the year.

2014 Newbery Medal

Newbery Honors

2014 Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Honors

Trout Fishing in America - LIVE!

Emmet O'Neal Library

Children's Department

presents

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA!

Fans and folks who aren't yet fans,

you're in for a treat!

On Wednesday, January 22,

at 3:30 in the afternoon,

come to the library for

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA!

All ages are welcome.

Wear your singin' shoes

and your dancin' pants -

it's TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA!