Summer Reading sign ups for Readers and Pre-readers ages 2-14 going on NOW until August 4th at the Idaho Falls and Iona libraries.

If you have arrived at the end of your first log sheet, here is an additional log sheet to take you to prize #50.

Click Here!

Rememeber to check our Events Calander linked above for all Children's Summer Events.

Call For Volunteers

The Children's Department is looking for adult summer volunteers who enjoy talking to children.

Volunteers would be:

• Helping children sign up for the Summer ReadingProgram
• Giving out summer reading prizes
• Answering questions about Summer Events
• and Suggesting Great Children's Books.

We need volunteers every day of the week, in the evenings, and on Saturdays.

If you have free time this Summer and would like to help childen enjoy reading,

please contact LaDawn Fiacco @ 612-8457 for more details.

Come Get a Libary Card!!!

You don't have to wait for our Summer Reading Program to start on June 1st! You can get a library card and check out a book today.

To get a library card you need to:

1.Bring your picture ID or your legal gardian,

2. Bring a bill with your address on it,

3. Live in Bonneville County, or have a library card at one of our LilI Express Participating Libraries.

Spring Storytime Ends April 30th

Thank you for joining us in storytime this Spring. We look forward to seeing you at some of our Summer Events!

Check back here for more details or pick up a Summer Events Calender after June 1st.

Vote!

Young Reader's Choice Award

It's time to vote for your favorite Young Reader's Choice book.

Who can vote?

Anyone in grades four through twelve in the Pacific Northwest who has read (or has heard read) at least two titles from the list.

Where to Vote?

Ask your school librarian or in our children's department for a ballot. Or go to http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm and print a 2009 ballot of your own then drop it off at your school library or in our children's department.

When can I vote?

You can vote any time between March 15 and April 15. After April 2009 watch for the new 2010 Nominees in our Children's Library so you'll be ready to vote next year.

Our Junior Division Nominees for 2009:
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

The Winners Are Here!

2009 John Newbery Medal Winner:

Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

(Illustrated by Dave McKean and Published by HarperCollins Chidren's Books)

Reserve the book or CDbook at our library today.

Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner:

Beth Krommess' work on The House in the Night

(Written by Susan Marie Swanson and published by Houghton Mifflin Coumpany)

Reserve the book today at our library.

For more information on other awards and Newbery and Caldecott Honor books visit ALA.org

SOLD OUT!!!

Our Book N' Movie Program has been sold out.

Congratulations to the families who came early and got a book. We're excited to read the book with you and hear about your family reading experience as you pick up your tickets.

Remember, our Library viewing of The Tale of Despereaux only plays Tuesday, February 24, 2008 @ 6:45. Please be sure to come to the Paramount Theater early.