Deadline to sign up is January 27th.
Book Club Ladies
The book for January is at the library. You will be reading One False Move by Alex Kava. Stop by the library and pick up your copy.
When Santa Wrote Back
In December, we visited the first grade room at Elgin Public and Pope John. The story this month was “When Santa Wrote Back” by Nathan Christopher. It is about a boy named Jake who wrote letters to Santa in hopes that Santa would write back to him. He wanted to have the best Christmas, which meant lots of presents! His letters to Santa included pages of presents he wanted and a reminder for him to reply. Will Santa reply and will Jake get all that he asked for? Stop by the library and check out When Santa Wrote Back.
Story Time with the Preschool
On Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 23, we visited Pope John’s and Elgin Public’s preschool to read a Halloween story and do a craft. Boo! The Scaredy Ghost by Minta Speller was the story we read to the kids. It is about Boo who is scared of rustling leaves, creepy shadows and even his own reflection. Boo sets out on an adventure determined to be brave. Stop by the library and check out this book to see what happens on his adventure. Afterwards we made ghosts.
‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
This past week we visited the Kindergarten classes at Pope John and Elgin Public Schools. We read the book called ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey. Right before Thanksgiving, a group of children take a field trip to a turkey farm. They meet Farmer Mack Nuggett and the turkeys. The children and turkeys have lots of giggles and gobbles until they find out their fate. Fortunately for the turkeys there is a happy ending. Stop by and check it out. We are reminded that there is much to be thankful for.
Lego League
Lego League will be on Monday, October 20, from 4:00 to 4:45. Grades Kindergarten through fifth are welcome to come build with Legos. Hope to see you at the library on Monday.
Lego League Starts in September
Starting September 15, we will have Lego League for Kindergarten through 5th grades. We are going to try having everyone together this year. Lego League will be held on the 3rd Monday of each month from 4:00 to 4:45. If the date changes for any reason, we will post it on our Facebook page and the Elgin Youth Activities & Events page. Here is a tentative schedule of dates for Lego League:
September 15 October 20 November 17 December 15 January 19 February 16 March 16 April 20 May 18
We will see you Monday, September 15.
Foam Cannon – A Blast
Puzzle Contest
On Wednesday during Vetch Days, Elgin Public Library hosted a Puzzle Contest for Junior High and High School students. Unfortunately, we had only one team sign up. That was not going to stop us from having the contest. So we decided we would ask two of the winners from last year’s adult contest to compete against the Junior High team. They agreed, so we had the Battle of the Ages. It was a close competition and the Junior High team won the contest by about 3 minutes.
