Board Members Needed

The Davidson Library Board is looking for NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

If you would be interested in serving on the Library Board, or have questions, please contact the Library at 567-2022 or Chairperson Dianne Murfitt at 567-1155.

Saskatchewan Library Week

We will be celebrating Saskatchewan Library Week from

October 18–22, 2011

Coffee, muffins and cookies – all week!

Displays of local talent: quilting, painting, jewelry, photography, writing, and more. Open for viewing from 2:00 – 4:00 each day.

Showing of the National Film Board documentary

“Grace, Milly, Lucy… Child Soldiers”

Wednesday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

How to Get Your Child to be a Fanatic Reader

This is a very good article written by author James Patterson about helping your child to become a reader. Check it out!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/patterson-kids-reading/index.html

I mentioned it in a previous post, but I'll post it again -- James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead is a great resource for finding books that kids will love.

Return of Baby Rhyme Time

After taking a break for the summer, we are starting our Baby Rhyme Time again this week!

Friday, September 30
11:00 a.m.

We are looking for a volunteer to lead a Preschool Story Time at the same time as our baby program. If you are interested, please give us a call! 567-2022

Family Game Night

Turn off that video game, cell phone, smartphone, or computer and join us at the Library for "Unplug & Play" Family Game Night!

Drop in Wednesday evenings between 6:00 & 8:00 to play board games or card games. Everyone welcome -- 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult or teenager.

Some games will be provided; please feel free to bring your own or to donate new or good-condition games (must have all pieces and rules).

Participants are permitted to bring their own snacks, and drinks in closed containers (no cans).

DATE CHANGE for final SRC activity

There has been a change of date this week for the final Summer Reading Club activity. We need to move it to THURSDAY, August 25 at 1:00 p.m.

Our apologies for the short notice!

Final Week of Summer Reading Club!

Summer is coming to close, and we have one final Summer Reading Club activity. We hope to see you on Wednesday, August 24 at 1:00 p.m.!

Kids' SRC Activities in August

Today was the first of our kids' summer reading activities in August. Join us next Wednesday, August 10 @ 1:00 p.m. for more fun! Bring your friends!

Lulu & the TomCat

Reminder!!!

Lulu & the TomCat
Wednesday, July 27 @ 10:30 a.m.
at the Library

Painting Window Murals

Teen Summer Activities

Tuesday, July 19 @ 1:00 p.m. ~ Painting Window Murals at the Library (ages 12+)
Tuesday, August 9 @ 1:00 p.m. ~ Birdhouse Creations (ages 12+)

Pick up a Summer Reading Challenge sheet and complete tasks to be entered for prize draws. Prizes include an iPod Nano and a Kobo Ereader! There are tons of other great prizes as well. (ages 13+ only)

STC Youth Bus Pass Contest: Write a short 1-2 page story about a future adventure traveling on STC, and you could win a Youth Bus Pass to anywhere STC travels in Saskatchewan. Contest closes August 15, so get your entries in! Email entries to lambert.jessicalynn@gmail.com (ages 13-18 only)

For more information about the Teen Summer Program, visit the Teen Blog at: www.palliserlibrary.ca/teens/

Children's Summer Reading Club Activities

Weekly activities for kids up to age 12 will take place during the month of August -- Wednesday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. at the Library.

Borrow books, read, and play our game board all summer long. Prizes for every 5 books read (or for every 5 chapters for older readers).

Register and pick up an activity book, stickers and a poster.

Lulu & the TomCat

Entertainers Lulu & the TomCat will be performing at the Davidson Library on Wednesday, July 27 @ 10:30 a.m. All ages are welcome!

www.luluandthetomcat.com/

Teen Summer Reading Club

Teen Summer Reading Club -- take part in the Great Summer Challenge and you could win prizes! Interested in attending a creative activity (eg. window painting, creating comic characters, video production, etc.)? We can arrange that! Be sure to visit the Palliser Teen Blog for more information on the Teen Summer Reading Club: http://www.palliserlibrary.ca/teens/

Summer Reading Club -- need a student leader!

We are looking for an energetic and capable high school student, age 15 or over, to lead our Summer Reading Club for one afternoon a week for 4 weeks this summer -- dates are flexible. Theme and manual will be provided.

See poster at the School, the Library and the Co-op grocery store, or stop by the library and chat with us for more details. Applications in writing. May be dropped off, faxed or emailed. Deadline is June 21st.

Phone: 567-2022
Fax: 567-2081
Email: davidson@palliser.lib.sk.ca

Read, Kiddo, Read!

Are you looking for books that your kids will love? There is a new website that is "dedicated to making kids readers for life". It has book lists for various ages, and if you click on a book cover, you will get a review and also a "If you loved this book, try this..." listing of other titles.

Have a look through the Table of Contents to find some great resources!

Read, Kiddo, Read

Grow with Stories

Visit the "Grow with Stories" website to check out the information on reading to your child, including "Staff Picks" book lists and craft ideas. We have some of the Grow Charts at the library, so drop in and pick one up!

Baby Rhyme Time AND Preschool Story Time!

We started our new program, Baby Rhyme Time, (see post below) on April 15, and we're excited to tell you that we will also have a Story Time for the bigger kids (over 18 months) running at the same time. Many thanks to some moms who are willing to run the preschool program so that all ages can come at the same time!

Trade & Hobby Show

Stop by and visit our booth at the Davidson Trade & Hobby Show this weekend - Friday, April 8 & Saturday, April 9.

Purchase a ticket on our Kobo eReader raffle, enter your name in our free prize draw, and find out what's new at the library.

How to Use OverDrive With Your iPhone or iPad

This is a very good video explaining how to use OverDrive to download and read ebooks from the library on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad:

Baby Rhyme Time

Starting: Friday, April 15 @ 11:00 a.m.

Babies and their caregivers are invited to gather at the library to explore language and books in a fun setting. This program is for ages from birth to 18 months.

We will participate in activities that support language acquisition and bonding between adult and child. This weekly program includes bounce, tickle, finger rhymes, nursery rhymes, and a time for book-sharing between adult and child with our collection of baby board books.

We hope that you will join us, and please pass the word!