Los Alamos Library January Newsletter

January Newsletter – Mesa Public Library and White Rock Branch Library Science Fair Project Ideas – Our Youth Services Staff and our tutors welcome students to come to our libraries to get ideas for your science fair project. We also have a wonderful online database Curriculum Resource Center Junior’s Edition that has just added over 200 new experiments. This online database is available in the library or on your home computer with your library card, at http://library.losalamosnm.us.

Winter Reading Program – Our winter reading program will begin January 7th. This year you can read two poetry books from the Youth Services Department or have them read to you. You can also earn prizes by writing a poem of your own and read it to our staff (you can also submit it to the Pajarito Literary Review), you can choose two poems and read them to our staff or you can draw a picture (ages 6 and under please) and explain how your picture tells about the poem.

1000 Acts of Kindness – We challenge you to perform an act of kindness. Between January 14th and February 14th, come into the library and share your act of kindness on a paper heart and get a candy heart. Our goal is to reach 1000 Acts of Kindness. This is a campaign in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sponsored by the National Do Something Campaign. We want to keep Dr. King’s dream of kindness and justice alive.

Call for Young Authors – Our libraries will again publish your written work (poetry, musical lyrics, short stories, chapters from your novel, etc.) for inclusion in either the 2008 Pajarito Literary Review (through 8th grade) or Moebius (grade 9 and up). Your typed or printed entry (2 typed pages or less) must be received by February 15, 2008. Only one entry per person, please. If more are submitted, one will be chosen. This is not a contest, it’s an opportunity to have your work published and read by hundreds of people. Email submissions are encouraged. Send to ysweb@lacnm.us and include the title of work, first and last name of author, age, grade, teacher, school, phone number and address of the author (personal information will remain private).

Reading Rainbow Writers & Illustrators Workshop – KNME and the Mesa Public Library will again sponsor this workshop on Saturday, January 26th. The workshop will be from 10:30 until noon in the meeting rooms on the 3rd floor of Mesa Public Library. Registration is required; please pick up a form at the Youth Services desk or at the White Rock Branch Library. The workshop will feature Children’s Book author/illustrator Neecy Twinem. Both libraries also have entry forms for the KNME Young Writers & Illustrators Contest.

Third Floor Art Gallery – Through January 30th the gallery will feature paintings by Frank Harlow with an opening reception on January 9th.

Family Friendly Film Series – Underdog will be the featured film this month. The movie will be shown in the White Rock Town Hall and begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 17th.

WaL – We have programs for 6-11 year olds every Wednesday at the library. On January 9th we will have crafts in the 1st floor program room from 2:00–3: 30, on January 16th we will have MarioKart Double Dare in the 3rd floor meeting rooms from 2:00-4:00, on January 23rd we will have a paper craft in the 1st floor program room from 2:00-3:30, and on January 30th we will have Dance Dance Revolution in the 3rd floor meeting rooms from 2:00-4:00.

Battle of the Books – Cookie chats will be held at Mesa Public Library on Mondays, January 14th and January 28th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. and at the White Rock Branch Library on Tuesdays, January 15th and January 29th from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in preparation for our battle on Friday, March 21st.

Club Anime – Ages 14+ can come to the watch and review new anime offerings on Thursday, January 10th from 4:00-6:00 and on Saturday, January 19th from 1:00-3:00 in the 3rd floor meeting rooms. You must have a signed permission form on file in Youth Services prior to attending these films.