Ninety years ago today, the children’s book The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon received the first ever Newbery Medal for Children’s Literature. The award itself was the idea of Frederic G. Melcher, a former bookseller and editor for Publisher’s Weekly, who proposed the award at the June 1921 meeting for the Children’s …
Category Archive: Childrens
Jun 12
More New Books
Check out these new items that came in today. Biography Off Balance by Dominique Moceanu Nonfiction Cowards by Glenn Beck Mystery A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith XO by Jeffery Deaver The Third Gate by Lincoln Child Romance Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank Fiction Blood …
Jun 11
New Items
The library just got in some new items across all genres. Take a look and see if you want to check them out. Nonfiction Beginning Lua Programming by Kurt Jung and Aaron Brown John F. Kennedy by Alan Brinkley Some Day You’ll Thank Me For This by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays Kentucky Arab and …
Jun 08
Movies in the Park
Movies in the Park are starting back up for the summer. The movies will be shown on the following dates, weather permitting: Friday, June 15th Friday, June 29th Friday, July 13th The movies will take place in Bill Woods Park, downtown across from the library. There is no charge for admission and free popcorn and …
Jun 08
June Love and Learn Evening Craft Madness
Nighttime Adventures Monday Evenings 5-7 pm Ages 4-Adult NO registration Required June 4: Things that Go Bump in the Night June 11: Daddy Duct Dollars Dad will appreciate the thriftiness behind this Father’s Day gift, a wallet crafted out of duct tape. June: Hoot-Hoot When we thing of night time creatures owls are one of …
Jun 08
Ms. Betty’s Toddler Storytime for June
Come join the fun for parents and toddlers Every Friday at 10:00 am Ages 1-4 NO registration necessary Themes are: June 1: Ten Little Caterpillars June 8: The Pout-Pout Fish June 15: A Father’s Day Thank You June 22:The Grouchy Ladybug June 29: Ten Little racing Cars
May 11
May Love and Learn Evening Craft Madness
Monday Evenings 5-7 pm Ages 4- adult NO Registration Required May 7: Mother’s Day Crafts May14: Dough Beads May 21: Yarn Art May 28: LIBRARY CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
May 11
Ms. Betty’s Toddler Storytime for May
Come join the fun for parents and toddlers Every Friday at 10:00 am Ages 1-4 NO registration necessary Themes are: May 4 Four Friends In The garden May 11 Mommy, Where Are You? May 18 Buzz-Buzz, Busy Bees May 25 Snappy Little Bugs
Mar 29
MS. Betty’s Toddler Storytime for April
Come join the fun for parents and toddlers Every Friday at 10:00 am Age’s 1-4 No registration necessary THEMES ARE: April 6 Easter Parade April 13 Let’s Go To The Circus April 20 Splish, Splash, Spring April 27 Butterfly House
Mar 29
April Love and Learn Evening Craft Madness
Monday evenings 5-7 pm Age’s 4- Adult NO Registration Required April 2: Here Comes Pepter Cotton Tail Bunny eggs and other Easter crafts to delight everyone April 9: Spring in Bloom Lovely and lasting paper lilies and butterflies. April 16: Found Object Printmaking Something new that you’ll have fun learning to do. We’ll take items …
WCPL Tweets
Be advised. There may be outages in our online services from 8:00 pm to Midnight tonight, February 19. Sorry for the inconvenience. - posted on 19/02/2013 12:39:02- With road conditions and weather conditions not improving, we have decided to remain closed for today, January 25, 2013. Please stay safe. - posted on 25/01/2013 11:25:30
- Due to the weather and dangerous road conditions, the Library will be opening at noon today, January 25, 2013. Please stay safe out there. - posted on 25/01/2013 09:23:37
- The Library will be closing at 6:00pm today and will be closed tomorrow. http://t.co/skxAXWbZ - posted on 31/12/2012 11:07:33
- The Last Winter Movie Matinee is this Saturday. Hope you can stop on by. http://t.co/4ZxGKDW5 - posted on 28/12/2012 12:51:06