Rob Westcott delights the crowd at the Rohoic Library during the 2010 Summer Reading Program.

How does he do it?!? Don’t miss magician Rob Westcott with his amazing bag of tricks. Join us Monday, July 18th at 11:00am at the Hopewell Library and 3:30pm at the McKenney Library.  Fun for the young and the young at heart alike. Note: There will be no story time at Hopewell Library morning because of the magic show.

Don’t miss the next stop in our Novel Destinationstrip around the world! Australia will be featured July 18th-22nd.

Keep reading all summer  to win prizes for reading and be entered to win one of our amazing grand prizes including gift certificates to Swaders, Play N Trade, the Playroom, and the Southpark Mall as well as tickets to area attractions like the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Science Museum of Virginia, King’s Dominion and much, much more! See below for more information about this week’s programs!

Week 5

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Jane Crouse shared spooky stories with us last fall, don't miss her sharing amazing tales from around the world!

Join us at the Hopewell Library Thursday, July 14th at 2:30pm to hear amazing tales from around the world.  Universal storyteller Jane Crouse weaves tales from the Story Vine brining stories to life through audience participation, props, and dramatic imagery.

Don’t miss the next stop in our Novel Destinations trip around the world! Asia will be featured July 11th-15th.

Keep reading all summer  to win prizes for reading and be entered to win one of our amazing grand prizes including gift certificates to Swaders, Play N Trade, the Playroom, and the Southpark Mall as well as tickets to area attractions like the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Science Museum of Virginia, King’s Dominion and much, much more! See below for more information about this week’s programs!

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Stop by the Dinwiddie and Hopewell Libraries on Thursday, July 7th to learn about Amazing Civil War History right here in Dinwiddie and Hopewell.  Sit back and enjoy a program about submarines and aircraft carriers floating along the James, as well as ironclads and gunboats anchored off City Point.  Its 1861 and the War Between the States has come to Dinwiddie and Hopewell. Listen to the stories of what happens to homes when war reaches Southside.  Look at soldier’s “traps” and civilian “wraps”and lots more.  You will also hear how “Beefsteak” became a favorite dinner in Prince George!

Don’t miss the next stop in our Novel Destinations trip around the world! Africa will be featured July 4th -8th.

Keep reading all summer  to win prizes for reading and be entered to win one of our amazing grand prizes including gift certificates to Swaders, Play N Trade, the Playroom, and the Southpark Mall as well as tickets to area attractions like the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Science Museum of Virginia, King’s Dominion and much, much more! See below for more information about this week’s programs!

Week 3

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Get your toes a tappin’!

ARLS welcomes the Ft. Lee Dixieland Band at two of our locations Tuesday, June 28th! Stop by the Dinwiddie Library at 2:30pm and the Hopewell Library at 4:30pm to enjoy a performance of great music in the New Orleans Dixieland style. The performance at the Dinwiddie Library will be held inside the Historic Dinwiddie County Courthouse adjacent to the library. ARLS would like to thank the Dinwiddie Historical Society for their generosity in hosting this event.

Don’t miss the next stop in our Novel Destinations trip around the world! North America will be featured June 27th-July 1st.

Keep reading all summer  to win prizes for reading and be entered to win one of our amazing grand prizes including gift certificates to Swaders, Play N Trade, the Playroom, and the Southpark Mall as well as tickets to area attractions like the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the Science Museum of Virginia, King’s Dominion and much, much more! See below for more information about this week’s programs!

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