National Library Week & Library Workers Day ....

to be celebrated the week of April 13-19!

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Music & Movement Program: Schedule Change for APRIL only!

Our very-popular Music & Movement Program, held each Wednesday in the Town Hall at 1:00, will NOT be held on APRIL 9th. The program will resume the following week, but will not be held on the 23rd, during School Vacation Week. Music & Movement will continue until the end of May.

Lots of NEW books, just in time for Spring ...

Here are just a *FEW* of the many new books to hit the shelves in our Children's Area ....

April StoryTime Themes

"April Showers Bring May Flowers"

We'll be starting off the month with a RAIN theme, and moving on to DUCKS, FROGS and other things-SPRINGY ... so join us each Thursday to see what's happening at the Library!

March StoryTime Themes

Wow! I just can't believe how quickly the time flies by! It's St. Patrick's Day already and I am just finally posting about our March StoryTimes!

Well, in case you've missed the past couple of weeks, we started off the month talking about the old saying: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." We discussed what that means, in terms of weather, and sure enough there had been a big storm on March 1st!

Our Story Time on March 6th was all about LIONS!
We read ROAR! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards, and Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, and then made some very cute Lion masks out of paper plates and orange, brown and yellow construction paper.

Roar!!

On March 13, we started looking forward to a new season, and read stories having to do with Spring and the color GREEN, including Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson, Little Green by Keith Baker , and Camping in Green by Christianne C. Jones.

Then we decorated shamrock shapes with green collage materials for a festive decoration.

This week's theme will be Rabbits & Bunnies .... so hop on over to the Library this Thursday to find out which books we'll be reading , and participate in making a fun bunny craft.

Since we started the month with the Lion theme, we'll finish up March next week with stories and a craft about ... Lambs!

I've got some great books picked out for this one!



Join the flock and have some fun!

Hope to see you soon @ the Library!!
Looking forward to SPRING,
Lisa
:)

Intergenerational Music Program

It is time once again to register for the next session of "3 Generations Sing" ~ an intergenerational music program, collaboratively organized by the Upton Town Library, The Upton Senior Center and Apple Tree Arts.

Our current session will end on March 11, and then we will start right up again the following week. This will be a 6-week-session,
held on Tuesday mornings from 9:15 - 10am,
beginning on March 18, running until the end of April.

The cost to participate in this program is $37.50 per child, for the six weeks. The ideal age for the youngest of the '3 generations' is between 2-6yrs old.
THERE IS NO MAXIMUM AGE LIMIT TO ATTEND!!!
There is also no cost for adults to attend, so please encourage your 'Life-experienced' friends, neighbors & relatives, to come along and join the fun!

Registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis, and there is a limit of 12 children for the program. Please contact Lisa at the Library with any questions, or to sign-up!

This Week's StoryTime...

Once again, we will have PENGUINS as our theme!

Wear something Black & White to storytime on Thursday,
and get ready to waddle like a penguin!

We will make a cute penguin craft, after listening to some stories
and learning a little something about these very interesting birds!

Library Closing Early today ...

The Upton Town Library
will be closing at 12noon today, due to the snowstorm,
but will be open tomorrow, Saturday, February 23rd.

School Vacation Week...

Some quick reminders about next week, school vacation week ....

There will be NO Music next week:
--> No Tuesday session of 3-Generations-Sing (Intergenerational Music Program w/Apple Tree Arts) at the Senior Center,
and
--> No Music & Movement w/Deb Hudgins on Wednesday in Town Hall.


-->YES, Storytime sessions will still be held at regular times;

-->Don't miss the Wild West Magic Show!

-->Check out our Museum Passes!

Wild West Magic Show!

Don't miss the
Wild West Magic Show
next week!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
10:30 am
(School Vacation week!)
Nipmuc HS Auditorium - 90 Pleasant St; Upton
FREE!

Sponsored by the
Friends of the
Upton Town Library!

"Saddle up, pardner, and hit the trail with Steve Rudolph, as he takes you to the land of
sagebrush and tumbleweeds and pays a magical tribute to the American Cowboy. It's
an exciting, adventure-filled excursion to the Wild West you'll never forget - if you can
steer clear of those outlaws!
Lots of laughs, surprises and audience participation - and, of course, Steve's great
magic.
Ideal for ages 5-10"

School Projects / Homework Assignments

Local teachers are encouraged to send me copies of upcoming assignments, so that I can put a collection of books together, to help students and parents find what they need when they come to the library.

StoryTime this month ...

Hello All,

and Happy -belated- New Year! Sorry I haven't had a chance to post much lately - New Year's Resolution: Keep *Story*Time* Blog Updated!!! wish me luck...!

Anyhow, so far in February our Thursday themes have included Groundhog's Day/Superbowl Sunday (this was actually on Jan 31st) and included making a groundhog, who pops up to look for his shadow ... and he was also wearing a NE Patriot's helmet to be ready for the Big Game ... but we all know how THAT ended...
then last week we learned about Chinese New Year, since last Thursday was the first day of the Year of the Rat.

We made paper lanterns and discovered which animal year we were born in (I'm a Monkey!) and colored the animals on the lunar calendar.

This week we will celebrate Valentine's Day, since the 14th is on Thursday;

we'll have some festive stories and make cards for family & friends!

Next week, the day after our Wild West Magic Show, we'll continue with the Cowboy theme with some silly stories like
Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard : a short and tall tale.

Hope to see you soon @ the Library!
Stay warm!!!
~Lisa
:)