Oskaloosa Public Library A Big Resource in a Small Town

The next book club will be January 30th -
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

February 27th’s book is “The Day After Night”

Developing literacy skills begins at birth and continues throughout the toddler and preschool years.  The best way to ensure a child has the skills necessary to learn to read is having someone read aloud to them.  The Library has a new program to encourage this called 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.  Any child, 0-5,  or until they begin Kindergarten, is eligible to participate.  After filling out a registration card, you(the adult) will receive a folder with directions and the first book log, 1-100.  When the first log is filled, bring it to the Library for a sticker and receive the second log.  At teh 500 book mark, children earn a book.  At the 1000 book mark, children earn a t-shirt!

Every book your child listens to read by anyone counts, as long as they listen to the entire story.  Children learn by repetition.  Count that special book as many times as you read it.

Books read in daycare/preschool/story time count.  No need to know the title, just write ‘preschool’ on the book log.

Siblings can share a book log as long as they read the same books.  Register each child separately but write both names on the ready log.

How long does it take to read 1000 books?  3 books per day x 1 year= 1,095 books!

Due to the popularity of  The Help and inability to get copies,  the November Book Club choice is The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

The upcoming selections and meetings of Book Club are:
August 29th, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”;
September 26th, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”;
October 24th,”Memoirs of a Geisha”; and November 21st, “The Help”. All meetings are at 6:30.

“How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent” bu Julie Alvarez, will be discussed at the next book club meeting, August 29th at 6:30 in the Library.

Summer has officially started. Upcoming childrens programs are:6/30 Playgroup, “Adventures in the Far East!”; 7/7 Story time, “On Safari in Africa!; 7/21 Playgroup, “Exploring the Jungles of South America!”;

Reading logs will be collected 7/30. Thursday, 8/4 will be a party with Magician Eric Vaughn. Prizes will be given to children who meet summer reading goals.

ALL programs begin at 10 a.m.

The year’s summer reading program, ONE WORLD, MANY STORIES, sign-up begins May 25th!

The Friends of the Library annual book sale begins March 30th with a pre-sale from 2-5pm. There is a $5.00 admission fee. The sale continues March 31st from 10-5pm, April 1st is 1/2 price day, and Saturday is buck a bag sale from 9-noon(use the back door entrance).

An organizational meeting will be held March 21st at 6:30 in the Library meeting room for those who would enjoy participating in a fiction book club.  Tracee Davis,  children’s programmer, will be the facilitator.

The Library spruced it’s entry this past fall with new paint on the front door.  In an effort to make the meeting room darker for screen presentations and to save energy, blinds were purchased for the sky lights and back door and window.  The Friends stepped up and purchased a new copy machine that prints in color and is networked to the computers for scanning and printing.