Celebrate National Library Week @ MCCPL April 8-14

Celebrate National Library Week at the Montgomery City-County Public Library, April 8-14

Theme: You Belong @ Your Library

National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in public libraries, school libraries, and academic libraries nationwide – and the perfect time to discover how you belong @ your library.

The Montgomery City-County Public Library is celebrating National Library Week through a myriad of programs.  “Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities,” says Jaunita Owes, Library Director.  “At our library, people of all backgrounds come together for community meetings, lectures, book signings and a host of other programs, to do research with the assistance of trained professionals, and to get help finding a job or to find homework help through homeworkalabama.com.”

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the Montgomery City-County Public Library at one of its ten locations, call 240-4300 or see the library’s Web site at www.mccpl.lib.al.us for a list of activities.

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National Library Week Activities

Ramer Branch Library
Monday, April 9 @ 2:00 p.m.

“Celebrate Reading” with Montgomery County Commissioner Reed Ingram.

Tuesday, April 10 @ 10:00 a.m.

“The Importance of Reading” Celebrate National Library Week with us!!

Wednesday, April 11 @ 11:00 a.m.

“Celebrate National Library Week by Learning About Archaeology in Montgomery County” featuring Stacy Hawthorne, Alabama Historical Commission. See where the most important sites in Montgomery County are!!

 Rosa L. Parks Avenue Branch Library

Tuesday, April 10 @ 10 a.m.

We will have local Magician Extraordinaire, Gary Ledbetter!

Thursday, April 12 @ 4 p.m.

Join us for “Art in the Afternoon” with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, open to grades 2nd-6th. Supplies will be provided.


Governor’s Square Branch Library

Tuesday,   April 10 @ 10:00 a.m.

Special guest Cindy Sankey, Media Specialist for Floyd  Elementary School, will read Book! Book! Book and Curious George Visits the Library, followed by a bookmark craft.

 

Rufus A. Lewis Regional Library
Wednesday, April 11
  @ 10 00 a.m.

Come and enjoy the prestidigitation prowess of Gary Ledbetter for the Rufus A. Lewis Library 2012 National Library Week     Celebration.

Hampstead Branch Library

Scavenger Hunt

April  9 through 13

Kids K-Grade 12 can pick up a Scavenger Hunt sheet, fill it out and turn it in for a treat during National Library Week.

Friday, April 13 @ 10:00 a.m.

Story Time with Katy Sulhoff of WAKA Channel 8

 

Morgan Library Circulation and Media Departments

Present:

 National Library Week Program 2012

“You Belong @ Your Library”

Wednesday, April 11 @10:00 a.m.

Morgan Auditorium

Featuring Authors: Angela Rogers and Lexi George also  Featuring: Fredriatta Greene & Stepper’s Choice: Helping to promote a healthier lifestyle while learning all the new line dances.

Pike Road Branch Library

Tuesday, April 10 @ 10:00 a.m.

Gin Phillips, author of The Well and The Mine, discusses her new book, Come In and Cover Me.

 

Morgan Memorial Library

Young Adult Department

Theatre AUM Tour Troupe

April 13 @  10:00 a.m.

The Theatre AUM Tour Troupe will present a live variety performance.  This showcase act will feature the actors’ best talents through a collection of scenes of dramatic interest from their repertoire, which includes tragedy, comedy, and song and dance.

 

Morgan Memorial Library

Reference Department

Crossing the Faith Barrier: Understanding the Beliefs of Your Montgomery Neighbors

Tuesday, April 10@ 6:00 p.m. (Auditorium)

Montgomery, Alabama is a vibrant Interfaith community with congregations across the spectrum of Christian denominations and the Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Bahai, and other faiths blending and contributing to build a richer and wiser culture. However, understanding, tolerance, and cooperation are often undermined by lack of knowledge and misconception. Few of us have had the opportunity to learn about the faiths of our neighbors firsthand. Come to hear your neighbors share about their faiths and answer your questions.  Sponsored by Montgomery City-County Public Library and Interfaith Montgomery.

 

FOOD FOR FINES

April 8 – May 19, 2012

For a limited time only:

Bring us the minimum equivalent of one 13-oz. can of food with each overdue book — we will then clear your overdue record.  (You must return the overdue book at the same time.)

Help yourself while you help the community!

Co-sponsored by the Montgomery City-County Public Library and

Montgomery Area Food Bank

April Storytimes & National Library Week Activities

Pike Road Branch Library Children’s Story Times

Story Time for ages 3 and up –

Mondays @ 4:15 p.m.

April 9 – It’s National Library Week and this year’s theme is “You Belong @ Your Library.” Well, we already knew that all of the story time kids and grown-ups belong at the library, but what about the Big Bad Wolf? Find out if he does when he is invited to the library’s annual storybook tea in Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra and J. Otto Seibold. I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but the Three Little Pigs and Red Riding Hood look awfully nervous.

April 16 – Spring is here and lots of folks visit their families around this time of year. See what happens when Patrick visits his Granny in What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum and Adrian Johnson.

April 23 – We’ll spend the last two story times of April getting to know the whimsical characters of author Olivier Dunrea. First up, we’ll meet Gossie, a small yellow gosling who likes to wear bright red boots every day in Gossie. Then, we’ll get to know Gertie, an even smaller yellow gosling in Gossie & Gertie.

April 30 – We’ll wrap up our visit to the world of Olivier Dunrea when Gossie and Gertie meet Ollie, a little brown gosling, in Ollie and Ollie the Stomper.

Family Movie Time

Thursday, April 19 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Hey, kids and grown-ups, come on over to enjoy a movie and some popcorn. The best part is the admission cost: FREE!

 

Governors’ Square Library Preschool Storytime

Tuesdays @ 10:00 a.m.

April 3:   Happy Easter

Read:  The Easter Egg and Clifford’s Happy Easter, then they will enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt.

April 10: National Library Week

Special guest will Read: Book! Book! Book and Curious George Visits the Library, followed by a bookmark craft.

April 17: Clucking Chickens Day

Read Chicken Little and The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, followed by a maze activity page.

April 24: Curious George Day

Cynthia Sankey, Media Specialist from Floyd Elementary School, will return to delight the children with Curious George stories. Afterward, the children will enjoy a coloring page activity.

Rosa Parks Branch Library

Tuesdays @ 10:00 a.m.

STORYTIME

April 3  – It’s Easter at Story Time!

April 10  – Go to a South African wedding with Jafta at Story Time!

April 17 – Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! at Story Time!

April 24   – What happens when the Snake asks Can I Play Too? at Story Time!

FUN FOR ALL AGES!

Thursday, April 12th @ 10:30 a.m. – Learn all about the Farmer’s Market and the fresh fruits and vegetables that are available in your community!

Friday, April 12, 19 & 26 @ 4:00 p.m. – Get Creative @ Your Library. Join us and create something!

 

Ramer Branch Library

Tuesdays @ 10:00 a.m.

April 3Clifford Keeps Cool by Norman Bridwell. The big red dog tries to beat the summer heat!

April 17Clifford’s Busy Week by Norman Bridwell. Clifford finds ways to stay busy.

April 24Clifford Grows Up by Norman Bridwell. Watch Clifford get bigger and bigger!

Hampstead Branch

Story Time

Tuesdays @ 10:30 a.m.

April 3 – Spring

A Flock of Shoes by Sarah Tsiang

Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons by Il Sung Na

Activity: Flower Craft

April 10 Animals

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

Earnest, the Moose Who Doesn’t Fit by Catherine Rayner

Activity: Coloring Sheets

April 17 – Imagination

Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn

King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bentley & Helen Oxenbury

Activity: Draw a Story

April 24 –  Frogs (National Frog Month)

The Frogs and the Toads All Sang by Arnold Lobel

Froggy Goes to Camp by Jonathan London

Activity: Leap Frog & Coloring Sheets

Hampstead Baby & Toddler Time

An early learning & literacy program designed for children ages 6 months to 3 years
Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m.

Each week we’ll read nursery rhymes together, learn a new sign (ASL), practice previous signs and sing baby & toddler friendly songs. Parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to interact with children using board books, puzzles, stuffed animals and learning toys.

April 4: Nursery Rhymes: Little Robin Redbreast          & Ring Around the Rosie

Signing “cookie”

April 11: Nursery Rhymes: Pussycat, Pussycat & There Was a Little Girl

Signing “bread”

April 18: Nursery Rhymes: This Is the House That Jack Built

Signing “monkey”

April 25: Nursery Rhymes: Wee Willie Winkie & Little Boy Blue

Signing “again”

Rufus A. Lewis Regional Library

Wednesdays @ 10:00 a.m.

April 4 The Color Monster by Ron Fontes

Easter Egg Hunt following Storytime

April 11           Come and enjoy the prestidigitation prowess of Gary Ledbetter for the Rufus A. Lewis Library 2012 National Library Week Celebration

April 18           Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes & Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric LitwinLet’s Color Your School Shoes

April 25           Bumble-ardy by Maurice Sendak /Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan A. Shea. Letter P Alphabet Worksheet

Coliseum Branch Library

840 Coliseum Blvd.

271-7005

Thursday @ 10:00 a.m.

April 5     Easter is near!

Splat the Cat:  Where’s the Easter Bunny by Rob ScottonSplat is worried about letting the Easter bunny know what he wants for Easter.

Where Are Baby’s Easter Eggs? by Karen Katz – Baby is trying to find the hidden Easter eggs.

Craft – Easter Bunny masks

April 12   What is a twin?

The Twins Blanket by Hyewon Yum - These twins share everything until they get a little older.

The Barker Twins:  The Big Sleepover by Tomie de Paola – Morgie gets to go to a sleepover

while Moffie has to stay at home.

Craft – Morgie masks

April 19   I admire awesome people!

The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon

Awesome Man shares a secret after he destroys evil doers.

Baby Angels by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Baby is surrounded by angels who keep her out of trouble and from wondering off.

Craft – Awesome smiling face masks

April 26   Dogs have interesting lives!

A Dog’s Tale by Seymour Reit

Ruff finally finds a good home with Wendy.

Marley, Farm Dog by John Grogan

Marley is not the kind of farm dog Uncle Bob wished for.

Craft – Dog masks

Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library

245 High Street

Montgomery, AL  36104

334-240-4991

Story Times are each Thursday at 10:30 in the Auditorium

April 5th

Happy Easter

The Night before Easter by Natasha Wing

Easter with Max & Ruby (Movie)

We will have an Easter egg hunt in the Children’s Department.

April 12th

National Library Week

Welcome to the Library by Alyse Sweeney

Mr. Wiggle’s by Paula Craig and Carol

We will have a treat.

April19th

Deputy Dave (Robotic)

We will have a visit from Deputy Dave (Robotic) who loves talking to the children about:  strangers, proper Use of 911, saying NO to DRUGS.

 

April 26th

The very hungry caterpillar

The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle

The very hungry caterpillar (Movie)

We will have a craft.

E L Lowder Regional Library

2590 Bell Road, Montgomery, AL  36117 www.mccpl.lib.al.us

Fridays  @ 10:15 a.m.

April 6     

Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing

Max’s Easter Surprise by Rosemary Wells

Activity: Easter Craft

April 13

Let’s Eat Pancakes!!!

Runaway Pancake by Mari Mackinnon

Activity: Pancake Coloring Sheet

April 20

Tom’s Tail

Activity: Muddy Pig Craft

April 27

Let’s Party With Ms. Stacie

As she celebrates her Birthday!!!!!

Shawn and Keeper and the Birthday Party by Jonathan London

Activity: Coloring Sheet

Pintlala Branch Library

STORY TIME

255 Federal Road

Hope Hull, AL. 36043

(334) 281-8069

Wednesday, April 4 @ 11:20 a.m. K

Book: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick  by Lucille Colandro

Craft: Easter Baskets

Thursday, April 5 @ 11:20 a.m. Pre-K

Book: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick  by Lucille Colandro

Craft: Easter Baskets

Tuesday, April 10  @ 11:10 a.m.  K

Book: Three by the Sea  by Mini Grey

Craft: Make Stingray Fish

Wednesday, April 11, From 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Life South Blood Drive

Thursday, April 12 @ 1:30 p.m.   2nd Grade

Book: Ant and Grasshopper  by Luli Gray

Craft: Name Mobiles

Wednesday, April 18 @ 11:20 a.m.  K

Book: Three by the Sea  by Mini Grey

Craft: Make Stingray Fish

Thursday, April 19 @ 11:20 a.m. Pre-K

Book: Pajama Day Parade  by Lynn Plourde

         Snack: Popcorn

Tuesday, April 24 @ 11:10 a.m.  K

Book: No Sleep for the Sheep  by Karen Beaumont

         Craft: Tissue Flowers

Morgan Young Adult Department

April 2 @ 4:00 p.m.

Morgan Teen Advisory Board - Help us plan teen programs, displays, and activities.  Members will enjoy snacks and receives volunteer hours for their participation.

 

Storytime with Ms. Stringer

Rufus A. Lewis Library

Mondays (Southlawn Special Ed.) 10:00 a.m.

& Thursdays (Rosa Parks Cultural Arts Center) 9:30 a.m.

 

April 2 & 5

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble

Tiny Goes to the Library by Cari Meister

 April 9 & 12

The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing

Splat the Cat, Where’s the Easter Bunny by Rob Scotton                                                         

April 16 & 19

I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel

Fire Up With Reading by Toni Buzzeo

Read All About It by Laura Bush

April 23 & 26

Fun Day at the Library

National Library Week

April  8-14, 2012

Theme: You Belong @ Your Library

 

Ramer  NLW  programs:

Monday, April 9 @ 2:00 – “Celebrate Reading” with Montgomery County Commissioner Reed Ingram.

Tuesday, April 10 @ 10:00 a.m. – “The Importance of Reading” Celebrate National Library Week with us!!

Wednesday, April 11 @ 11:00 a.m. – “Celebrate National Library Week by Learning About Archaeology in Montgomery County” featuring Stacy Hawthorne, Alabama Historical Commission. See where the most important sites in Montgomery County are!!

National Library Week at Hampstead

April  9 through 13  – Scavenger Hunt

Kids K-Grade 12 can pick up a Scavenger Hunt sheet, fill it out and turn it in for a treat during National Library Week.

Friday, April 13 @ 10:00 a.m. – Story Time with Katy Sulhoff of WAKA Channel 8

 

Morgan YA National Library Week Program

April 13 @  10:00 a.m. – Theatre AUM Tour Troupe

The Theatre AUM Tour Troupe will present a live variety performance.  This showcase act will feature the actors’ best talents through a collection of scenes of dramatic interest from their repertoire, which includes tragedy, comedy, and song and dance.

Celebrating National Library Week w/Ms. Stringer

Rufus A. Lewis Library

April 4 @ 4:00 p.m.

Teen  Book Club

 “Reading With A Trooper” Trooper  Charles J. Dysart (Alabama State Trooper)

Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library

Reference Department

Crossing the Faith Barrier: Understanding the Beliefs of Your Montgomery Neighbors

Tuesday, April 10@ 6:00 p.m. (Auditorium)

Montgomery, Alabama is a vibrant Interfaith community with congregations across the spectrum of Christian denominations and the Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Bahai, and other faiths blending and contributing to build a richer and wiser culture. However, understanding, tolerance, and cooperation are often undermined by lack of knowledge and misconception. Few of us have had the opportunity to learn about the faiths of our neighbors firsthand. Come to hear your neighbors share about their faiths and answer your questions.  Sponsored by Montgomery City-County Public Library and Interfaith Montgomery.

 

After  School Homework Tutoring at the Library

Monday: 6-7:30 at Rufus A. Lewis Library

Tuesday: 6-7:30 Coliseum Branch & Morgan Library

Wednesday: 6-7:30 E L Lowder Library

Thursday: 6-7:30 Governor’s Square Branch Library

Commemorating the life of a Montgomery Librarian and Civil Rights Pioneer

A historic marker commemorating the life of Montgomery Librarian and Civil Rights Pioneer Juliette Hampton Morgan will be unveiled at Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library (The old ‘Main Library’) at 245 High Street, Montgomery, Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.       

The public is invited to attend. 

Juliette Hampton Morgan Biography

 

“Juliette Hampton Morgan, a native of Montgomery, was the daughter of Frank Perryman Morgan, a traveling dry goods salesman with political ambitions, and Lila Bess Olin, a liberated Southern belle whose circle of friends included Zelda Fitzgerald, Sara Powell Haardt and Tallulah Bankhead.

“Morgan attended Montgomery’s finest schools and graduated from Sidney Lanier High School. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Alabama in 1934. She worked as a librarian in Montgomery’s Carnegie Library and became director of research at the Montgomery Public Library in 1952.

“Morgan used the public forum of the local newspaper to write many articles about the rise of totalitarianism in Europe in the late 1930s and about her fear that a segregated America was as guilty in denying the rights of many of her citizens. She courageously opposed the White Citizens Council, which had been set up to resist Brown vs. Board of Education. She was the first, and for a time the only, Caucasian woman to oppose the Council, though she was a third generation Alabamian and a seventh generation Southerner.

“With no thought to her own safety, she expressed outrage at injustice during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and during the integration of her alma mater, the University of Alabama. On January 14, 1957, the editor of The Tuscaloosa News published a letter written by Morgan in which she praised him for his criticism of the WCC. She wrote: “There are many Southerners … who know the Southern Way of Life must inevitably change. Many of them are eager for change, but they are afraid to express themselves — so afraid to stand alone … Everyone who speaks as you do, who has the faith to do what he believes is right in scorn of the consequences, does great good in preparing the way for a happier and more equitable future for all Americans.”“Within six months, Morgan had lost friends and resigned her job after the mayor withheld municipal funding for the library, though the superintendent and trustees refused to fire her.

“Morgan’s courage and bravery against the evils of her day and her persistence in speaking out serve as a worthy model for men and women today.”
Source: Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame