Children's Book Awards ...

  2010 Caldecott Winner!

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

And just in time for March .... "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb!"

Our first storytime session for March will be all about Lions! (and yes, you guessed it~ March 25th's theme will be Lambs!)

In between, we'll celebrate SPRING with the color GREEN!

Spring 2010 - updates!

Wow, it's been a while since I've had a chance to update this blog! Things have certainly been busy and we have been short-staffed at the library! I will try to update this page more often, but to help w/the StoryTime theme updates, I have created a Facebook group specifically for this purpose, which is super-easy and quick to update!

If you're already on Facebook, you can join the group here:

If you haven't yet set up a Facebook profile, I encourage you to do so, and I'll be happy to help you with that if you're not sure how; just let me know!

Story Time ... all about Fall!

Nearing the end of October already and it's been a busy Fall so far! During September and October our Storytime sessions haven't been very crowded, as everyone is still settling into new school schedules and routines. Our Thursday storytimes, for ages 3-6, have been focusing on Fall themes like Back-to-School, Apples, Leaves, Changing Seasons and Pumpkins.


We will be sharing some Halloween stories this week, and then moving on to Thanksgiving and Hibernation in November!

Friday mornings have been getting more and more popular as people tell their friends about all the fun we have at TinyTots LapSit StoryTime! This week, I expect to see lots of little pumpkins, black cats and who-knows-what else as the babies like to get dressed up!

Click here for some pictures from last year's Halloween session of TinyTots!

Starship Adventure with Start-U-Reading Program!

UFund's Start-U-Reading program came to the Upton Town Library today for a very special Early Literacy Event, which included a visit from BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!

News Flash!

Just added to our Summer Reading Special Events lineup . . .

We will have a very special guest at our 10:30 storytime on Thursday, August 6th!

Buzz Lightyear will be here, as part of a special literacy program!

Don't forget to bring your camera!

Spanish Storytime a Success!

This year's Spanish Storytime program is off to a great start!

We had 2 wonderful readers today, Dominique and Tony, who read Say Hola to Spanish and Si Llevas un Raton a la Escuela, then led the children in a cute mouse craft activity.

¡Un programa de cuentos en español!

Spanish Storytime begins this week!

We have HS students from the Mendon-Upton Spanish Immersion program coming to the library to conduct this storytime for the next 4 weeks!

Wednesdays: July 8, 15, 22, 29 @ 10:30

The program is designed with students of the Spanish Immersion Program in mind, but is open to all children, ages 5-8, who would like to attend.

Come Meet the Cow Lady!

This Thursday, in place of our regularly-scheduled afternoon stortytime, a special guest will be visiting the Town Hall. Carol Weis aka The Cow Lady, an author from Western MA, will be here to share her picture book with us at 1:30!

Carol will have copies of her book available for purchase and signing, at the event, and will lead the kids in a related activity after reading the story.

This event is being paid for by a grant from the Circle of Friends Community Partnership for Children. Admission is FREE!

Mark your calendar now ...

Come meet Tillie on May 14th!

Who is Tillie, you ask?

Tillie is a real live hen who stars in her very own picture book, Tillie Lays an Egg. Tillie, along with her owner, Terry Golson, the author of the book, will be visiting the Upton Town Hall on Thursday, May 14th at 2:30. (This special author appearance will be held, instead of our regularly-scheduled afternoon storytime session.)

Copies of Tillie Lays an Egg are currently available for purchase at Kaleidoscope Books, Cards & Gifts and can be brought to this event for Terry to sign. Copies will also be availble to purchase at the event. Following the storytime and booksigning, Terry has offered to stay a while longer to meet with members of the Upton 4-H Club, along with anyone else who may be interested in learning more about keeping backyard chickens!

This event is sponsored by a grant from the Circle of Friends Community Partnership for Children. Admission is Free!

Reminder/Update: School Vacation Week!

Hello Everyone!
Just wanted to remind you about our special event on Wednesday:

The Creature Teachers
Upton Town Hall
11am. Click here for more info!

• Thursday's preschool storytime sessions WILL both still be held, and we will be planting seeds to celebrate Earth Day!
  
  

• Friday's TinyTots LapSit StoryTime will NOT be held this week ~ See you in May!
  

March StoryTime Themes

In like a Lion and out like a Lamb .... well, once again, March certainly did arrive like a Lion, with a big storm canceling school on Monday, March 2nd! That was Read Across America Day, so along with Memorial School in Upton, we celebrated on Thursday, March 5, making our theme The Cat in the Hat! Check out some pictures by clicking here!

In anticipation of Spring, upcoming themes this month will include:

The Color Green

Spring has Sprung!

and baby farm animals, beginning with PIGS!

We'll continue our farm animals theme into April, first with Bunnies, followed by Lambs!

Read Across America Day!

Read Across America Day, in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, was last week, so we celebrated at StoryTime by reading The Cat in the Hat and making hats!