FALL STORY TIME SCHEDULE:

Monday: Hopewell @ 10:30 am

Wednesday: Dinwiddie @10:30 am

Thursday: Hopewell @ 10:30 am

Friday: Carson @ 10:30 am

We look forward to seeing you there!

We’d also like to congratulate  grand-prize and runner-up winners for the Summer Reading Program:

Amy Riddle won a family fun-pack to see the Richmond Flying Squirrels as our runner-up and Dillon Cave won a Dell Laptop as the grand-prize.  Great Job, Readers!!

We’ve had a lot of fun and look forward to more exciting events in the fall of 2010 and into 2011 – keep checking our website for future events, including:
Storytime beginning the week of September 13th
Pirate Week September 18th-25th
Teen Read Week October 17th-23rd
Clever Canines Book Buddies 2nd Wednesday of the month @ 4:30 beginning in October
We the People Multicultural Day November 20th
Tree Lighting Activities December 2nd
Winter Reading Program beginning in January

We also want to thank all of our sponsors who made our Summer Reading Program a success:

Forty-five works of art were submitted  into our contest, and it was a tough choice for the judges!

If you missed the show, you can stop by the Hopewell Library to see some of the art on display.

Preschool – Grade Three:

First Prize:

• Brennan Chapman, Dinwiddie Library

Runners Up:

• Isaiah Shaw, Rohoic Library
• Mallory Davis, Hopewell Library

Honorable Mention:

• Abigail Hohmann, Hopewell Library
• Emily Daniel, Hopewell Library

Grades 4-8:

First Prize:

• Trevor Bedner, Hopewell Library

Runners Up:

• Nicole Peters, Disputanta Library
• Morgan Pettis, Hopewell Library

Honorable Mention:

• Andrea Johnson, Hopewell Library

Grades 9-12:

First Prize:

• Elizabeth Chappell, Carson Library

Runners Up:

• Patrichea Puentes, CarsonLibrary
• Chelsea Pemberton, McKenney Library

Stop in to see the creative entries on display in the HMA Room and find out who our winners are! Also enjoy light refreshments.

Throughout our Summer Reading Program, all branches of the ARLS have been taking entries for the Sea Creatures art contest and the art that has been submitted has been outstanding. This contest was a way for youth to express themselves by creating art to go along with our “Hook a Book” and “Make Waves” themes and we are pleased to be able to showcase these talented artists on August 12^th.

Local artists will be judging the submitted art and will name winners in three age categories. Artists need not be present to win. For more information on this and other programming at the library, please call 804-861-0322.

Youth and families are invited to stop by and play a variety of games to win prizes and enjoy refreshments as we congratulate all of our participants for a great summer!

Families enjoyed a variety of games at the ARLS.

Mark your calendars for one of the following carnival dates:

• Hopewell: Monday, August 9^th from 1:00 – 4:00
• Dinwiddie: Wednesday, August 11^th from 1:00 – 4:00
• Carson: Friday, August, 13^th from 2:00-5:00*
  
  • *Please note the time change!

Thursday, August 5th: The library has gone to the dogs… AGAIN! Join us at the Hopewell Library Thursday, August 5th @ 3:30 pm as the Clever Canines present: “The Dog Days of Summer”. Representatives from Clever Canines (including therapy dogs) will demonstrate dog training tips, talk about therapy dogs and share safety tips. Stick around after the program to meet the dogs!

Friday, August 6th: Come to the Hopewell Library at 2:30 pm for the LAST craft of our Summer Reading Program. We’ll be making wooden fish magnets in the HMA room so stop by and let your creativity shine.

Get crafty with the Appomattox Regional Library System!

Wednesday, July 28th: Drop by the Dinwiddie Library to make a wooden fish magnet at 2:30 pm.

Thursday, July 29th: Make a pirate-inspired bracelet with your initials on it at 2:30 pm at the Disputanta Library.

Also: don’t forget to stop by the Hopewell Library Thursday night at 7:00 pm to hear author Michelle Young-Stone talk about her book The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors.

Friday, July 30th: Create your own pinwheel at the McKenney Library at 2:30 pm.

There are 4 weeks left of the Youth Summer Reading Program and there’s still plenty of time to be entered for the grand prize (a Dell Inspiron Mini Laptop) and of course there are still A LOT of programs for you to enjoy…

Wednesday, July 21st: Youth are invited to to make a pirate-inspired bracelet with your initials on it at 3:30 pm at the Rohoic Library.

Thursday, July 22nd: Join ARLS at 11:30 am at the Burrowsville Library for a children’s movie. We invite kids, teens and grown-ups to cool off and enjoy a water-themed movie at the library.

*Friday, July 23rd: End your week at the Hopewell Library by cooling off in the HMA Room with a movie, popcorn, and lemonade. Those who arrive first will get to choose which movie we will show: will it be the adventures of a clownfish, rats on the run or something else? YOU decide!!

*Also FRIDAY: submit your Sea Creature Art to any ARLS Library by 6:00 pm to have your art showcased at the August 12th Art Show and to be entered for a chance to win a $15 Books-a-million Gift Card. Read the “Sea Creature Art Contest” information on the Summer Reading Program page for more details.

*Don’t forget to enter your Sea Life art by next Friday, July 23rd!*

(read “Sea Creature Art Contest” on the Summer Reading page for more details)

The Ocean in Motion truck (photo by the Virginia Aquarium) will be at the McKenney Library Friday, July 16th from 3:00 - 7:00pm and is free to the public.

Friday, July 16th: Come to the McKenney Library at 2:00pm to hear experts from the Virginia Aquarium talk about sea life. When you’re done hearing about sea creatures stick around to actually see some of these creatures with the Ocean in Motion truck that will be parked outside the library from 3:00 – 7:00pm.

For more information on this and other programming at the library, please call 804-861-0322. Groups of 5 or more please call in advance as seating may be limited for the 2pm Virginia Aquarium program.

Friday, July 9th: Come to the Hopewell Library at 1:00 pm to hear experts from the Virginia Aquarium talk about sea life. When you’re done hearing about sea creatures stick around to actually see some of these creatures with the Ocean in Motion truck that will be parked outside the library from 3:00 – 6:00 pm.