ARLS would like to congratulate the following winners of the 2011 grand prizes baskets!

Hayley W. receives her Virginia Travel Prize from Miss Jewel at our Carson Branch. The prize included tickets to Lucky Lake Mine in McKenney, the Playroom in Chester, the Science Museum in Richmond, and King's Dominion.

Hayley W. of the Carson Library; Chrisitan W. of the Dinwiddie Library; Laquisha J. of the McKenney Library; Aidan G. and Shelby M. from the Prince George Library; Jospeh Z. and Kelly H. of the Rohoic Library.

Also, Congratulations to our Short Story Contest Winners!

Kelsey M. of the McKenney Library, Amy C. of the Rohoic Library, and DeLaney C. of the Carson Library. Each winner will receive a $20 Books-a-million Gift Card. Click on more to read their stories!

Congraulations to all the winners! ARLS wishes you a great start to the school year! Don’t forget to stop back for lots of great programs like Pirate Week, Game Day, and more!

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Thank You participants and sponsors of the 2011 Summer Reading Program!  Check out our Gaming Finales at the Hopewell Library from 2-5pm Monday, August 8th  or the McKenney Library 2-5pm Friday, August 12th for video games, board games, popcorn and lemonade!

Join us for our Gaming Extravaganza Thursday, August 11th at the newly opened Prince George Library from 2-6pm for gaming, refreshments and special guests!

Love animals? The Clever Canines Therapy Dogs are excited to meet and greet people starting at 4:30pm!
Looking for some excitement? Don’t miss magician, juggler, and comedian Jonathan Austin at 5:00pm!

Grand Prize drawings will be held August 18th! All winners will be notified that day.

Thanks again for joining us this summer, have a great time back in school this fall!  Don’t forget to join us for storytime, crafts, movies, gaming, and more throughout the school year! Check out some of the great events coming in September!

September Youth Events

9/10-Game Day 3-5pm @ Hopewell Library

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Rainbow Company makes you a part of the show!

Have some fun and test your acting skills as the Appomattox Regional Library System welcomes back the Rainbow Company, an interactive children’s theatre group. The Virginia-based group returns Tuesday, August 2nd with performances in Hopewell at 11:30 am, Prince George at 1:30 pm and Rohoic at 4:00 pm.

The Rainbow Company has been providing exceptional and unique experiences in children’s theatre since 1991. This experience will help lead to healthy modes of self-expression and increase self-esteem. Interactive theatre takes a well-known story and allows performers of all skill levels to act it out spontaneously. Children voluntarily participate in award-winning tales using costumes, props and scenery.

Children performing in Rainbow Company productions don’t need to audition or memorize lines, all they need to do is bring their imagination! The Rainbow Company’s professional Storyteller and Actor help the children produce a one-of-a kind presentation that is original, spontaneous, and exciting from beginning to end. This year, the group will be performing the amazing fairy tale classic, “Snow White.”

Don’t miss the next stop in our Novel Destinations summer reading program for adults! Antarctica will be featured August 1st-6th.

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 7

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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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