Volunteers Needed!

Hi friends!

Due to a great event suggestion from an anonymous blog commenter, we are going to go ahead with a special Heritage Night event. The event will be a celebration of the diverse community we live in, all run by teens and 'tweens from Shrewsbury. Here's what I need now though:

*I need between 5-10 volunteers to help organize the event. I put together the basic rules and so forth so we could get the information in our next newsletter. I need people to help make more concrete plans. Volunteers would be expected to meet a few times prior to the event to help get things in line for a successful Heritage Night.

I think this event has HUGE potential, but it will require the help of a small team of you guys and gals. Ask your friends if they can help out, because this is YOUR event. I enjoy putting things together - it's my job - but I also want you to enjoy it!! So contact me at dbarbour@cwmars.org as soon as you can with the best days and times you could meet, and we will work on scheduling our first session.

Peace!
Dan

E-mail from the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

Hi guys and gals! I just wanted to thank everyone for coming out to the launch party last week for the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, and as I said I would do, I sent the picture that is in the previous post to the author of the books, Jeff Kinney. He managed to take time out of his crazy schedule to send us a brief e-mail message back, and I thought I would post it here for you to read! Totally cool!!

Thank you so much for having a Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 launch party! It was so gratifying to see the picture of the kids holding books. I put a lot of work into the kit and am so glad that it was well received!

Jeff

'Wimpy' Event Super Cool

Thank you to Dunkin Donuts, Fidelity Investments, and Amulet Books for sponsoring this great event!
If you're visiting the blog for the first time, WELCOME!! This is the place to get the first notice of events for grades 5-12, and sometimes younger ages for our scavenger hunt events. Bookmark this site and check back often, and be sure to vote in our polls.....they sometimes help shape different events we have!!

Peace,
Dan Barbour
Young Adult Librarian

Program Ideas!

Hey there! So I just wanted to seek out some program ideas from you guys and gals. We're going to be doing more video game nights and cooking competitions as those have been quite successful.

What other types of events do you all think would be good to have in the library?

I've received a couple of good suggestions, but am always looking for more ideas to enhance the programming here at the SPL. It's your area - make it your own! Post a comment or e-mail me (dbarbour@cwmars.org) and we can work something out around your idea. Whether it be another or more specific type of game night, or having someone come to the library to teach you some skill, or a competition of some sort, let me know what you think would attract a lot of people!

Peace!
Dan Barbour
Young Adult Librarian

The Search for Atlantis is on....ALL MONTH

Drop in ANYTIME during the month of January to make your way through a maze in hopes of finding the lost city of Atlantis....right here in the library!! Here is the first part of the adventure:

The following is fiction:

Welcome library visitors! You are about to embark on a unique adventure right here
in the library. If you are “in-the-know” on the topic of Greek history, you are well
aware of who Eratosthenes was. For those of you who may not know him, he is the
guy who theorized about many things, including the lost city of Atlantis. A lot of
historians have had ideas about where this ancient city is located - or whether or not it
even exists. Eratothenes however had a team of investigators who thought they discovered the whereabouts of this mythological land. When they unveiled their findings at a “press release” type of event, they concluded the city was located in the Strait of Sicily. There was very little evidence to conclude this though, and the team became the laughing stock of the entire community. What many people didn’t know however is the person doing the talking at the “press release” was Oopsithenes, a philosopher who made many mistakes (this is where the English word “oops” is derived from.) Instead of saying the lost city of Atlantis was in the “Straight of Sicily”, he should have said the city was located in a “Street in Shrewsbury.” The library has compiled a lot of evidence and theories about these findings, and if you choose to continue on we must warn you: There are some evil people hunting for the information that you will seek. Make your decisions wisely along the way, or risk falling into a treacherous trap! So, want to continue on?

Look under the YA Fireplace to make your next move.....