Kids who participated in our summer reading program walked away with coupons to local businesses, free books and lasting memories. And even though summer's over and kids are back in school, the memories of the library's SummerFest reading program still live on. Find out how.

A joint project by the Technical Services and Youth Services staff at the library will improve the way children's entertainment DVDs are organized. Library staff who work closely with children and their parents report that most customers are looking for media materials based on the age of the viewer.

The new list of genres will be:

• Infant / Toddler - Includes titles like Baby Einstein
• Preschool - Includes titles like Arthur
• Lower Elementary - Includes titles like Pokemon
• Upper Elementary - Inlcudes titles like Star Wars: Clone Wars
• Disney
• Feature
• Holiday
• Music

Fall reading is underway, but it's not to late to participate. Several lucky readers will earn our grand prize, tickets to Disney on Ice. Find out what other prizes the library will be giving away to readers. Plus, a librarian-recommended booklist for kids.

The Be Creative Summer Reading Bookmark Contest winners were all smiles as they displayed their winning creations. The bookmarks were on display in the Youth Services department for the summer.

La Taya F., 9-11 yr. category winner

 

Zoe B., 7-8 yr. category winner 

Garrison J., 5-6 yr. category winner

 

Alysa L., Birth-4 yr. category winner

 

Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean
By Justin Somper

If you like vampires or pirates, you will love this book. Twins Conner and Grace are left with nothing when their father died. They ran away in a boat, but it capsized. Grace ended up on the Vampirate ship and Conner on a pirate ship. This book...