Upcycling

Upcycling is the process of using useless products to make products of better quality. It's recycling with a twist!

- Junk Drawer Jewelry
- Green Crafts
- Cool Crafts With Old Jeans

Spring Chickens

Learn more about these interesting birds at the library. Here are some great stories:

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
The Secret Chicken Society by Judy Cox
Prairie Evers by Ellen Airgood

Explore America!

 

National parks were established to conserve parts of nature. They are a symbol of national pride. Explore them:

• National Parks by Alfred Runte
• The National Parks (DVD) by Ken Burns
• Discover America: the Smithsonian Book of the National Parks

Jazz Appreciation Month

 

April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Check out these books on Jazz or pick up a CD to listen:

- Why Jazz Happened
- What a Wonderful World
- I Walked With Giants
- CDs by John Coltrane, Miles Davis & Central PA's own Jazz Me

Raising a Life-long Reader

 

Get some great help from the library and these books for helping to develop a love of reading in your kids:

- The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
- The Between the Lions Book for Parents
- Read with Me : Best Books for Preschoolers

Get Cooking!

Are you a fan of Emeril or Rachel Ray? Try your hand at preparing dishes at home:

- Teen Cuisine
- Real Food Real Fast
- Fun Food
- Teens cook: how to make what you want to eat

Spring Brings Change

In the United States and Canada, more than 750 species of butterflies and 11,000 species of moths have been recorded. Check out these great books about butterflies and moths.

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Don't Worry Bear by Greg Foley
Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison

Never Again

Holocaust Remembrance Day is April 8th. Use these materials to learn about this devastating event:

• A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• The Diary of Anne Frank

Youth Art Month

 

March is Youth Art Month. Express your creative side with inspiration from these great artists and get technique ideas too.
- Painting Techniques
- Mary Cassatt
- Pablo Picasso
- Jackson Pollock
- Georgia O'Keeffe   

Laugh it Up!

 

Tickle your funny bone, tease your brain and solve some puzzles this month at the library.

- Riddles and brain teasers
- Knock-knock jokes
- Puzzles  

March is Women's History Month

Learn about the contributions made to history by various women. Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Herstory : Women Who Changed the World edited by Ruth Ashby A Few Good Women: America's Military Women by Evelyn M. Monahan Women Pirates : Eight Stories of Adventure by Myra Weatherly

Celebrate Irish Authors in March!

 

Ireland has been the birth place of many great authors:

- James Joyce - Dubliners
- Oscar Wilde - The picture of Dorian Gray
- C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia (Book) (DVD)
- Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
- Cecelia Ahern - P.S. I Love You (Book) (DVD)
- Emma Donoghue - Room

Teen Driving

What is a fun and adventurous time for your teen can be a a nerve-wracking time for you. Get some useful information at the library:

- Crashproof your kids by Timothy C. Smith
- Safe road home by Karen Goodman
- Books for teen drivers

Teen Tech Week March 10-16th

 

This year's theme is "Check in @ your Library" and showcases all the digital resources your library has to offer you:
- Homework Help
- Research Databases
- eBooks, Music and Video Games
- Books about Online Safety and Cyberbullying

Up, Up and Away!

Ever wonder what it takes to leave the Earth? Learn all about rockets this month at the library.

- Books about Rockets
- Build a Rocket Model
- Films about Rockets

Celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday!

March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday. Celebrate this much beloved author by reading and watching his work:

• Books by Dr. Seuss
• Dr. Seuss DVDs
• Books about Dr. Theodor Geisel
• Play online at Seussville

Pi Day - March 14th

 

Pi is the symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — or 3.14 Visit the Pi Day Website or read about Sir Cumference and the dragon of Pi

Origami

 

Ori meaning "folding" and gami meaning "paper" is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century. Learn more about it at the library:
- Books on origami
- Technique books
- Russian origami by Sergei Afonkin
- Origami videos on YouTube

Healthy Teeth Month

 

February is National Healthy Teeth Month. Learn more about caring for your teeth or read funny stories about teeth.

- Books about taking care of your teeth
- Throw your tooth on the roof by Selby B. Beeler
- Tooth Fairy stories
- Activity sheets from the American Dental Association  

Health & Wellness @ the Library

If one of your resolutions for this year is to get healthy, let the library help you find what you are looking for:

• Books on nutrition
• Books on sleep
• Books on physical fitness

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Gale Health & Wellness This is a comprehensive resource that provides up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.

Mardi Gras

Laissez les bons temps rouler!  (Let the good times roll in Cajun French)

Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday and is the culmination of the Carnival celebration.  This year it is on February 12th.  Popular celebrations include wearing masks and costumes, dancing, sport competitions and parades, although traditions vary by location.

See what you can learn at your library with these books:

Mardi Gras  by Ann Heinrichs
Mardi Gras : parades, costumes, and parties by Elaine Landau
Gaston goes to Mardi Gras written and illustrated by James Rice
Mardi Gras by Dianne M. MacMillan
Mardi Gras : a Cajun country celebration by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith