Cap Kid's Fair

Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Council of Livingston County will be hosting it's annual Cap Kid's Fair on Saturday, June 3, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m on the grounds of the Village Education Center on Putnam St. in Pinckney. There will be free entertainment with Kids' Karaoke from 12:00-3:00 plus a Magic Show and other fun entertainment! There will be great safety information available for parents and caregivers as well as a petting farm, pony rides and a moonwalk for the kids! Free Ice-Cream! Don't forget to stop by and say hello to your local children's librarian. This event takes place during the annual Pinckney Art In The Park event.
Hope to see you there! ~ Sara

Friends of the PCPL Book Sale

Our long awaited annual book sale is almost here so mark your calanders! The Friends of the PCPL Book Sale is :

Friday, June 2, 2006 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 3, 2006 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 4, 2006 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Non-Profit Organizations are welcome Sunday, June 4, 2006

3:00-5:00 p.m.

The Friends charge $5.00 a bag - they will provide the bags! This year the sale will be at the Putnam Township Annex on Howell St. in the heart of downtown Pinckney. If you want more information please call 734-878-3888.

"So Many Books, So Little Time"

Book Sale Teen Volunteers

If you have (or you are) a teenage who would like to spend some time volunteering, but not LOTS of time volunteering, I would like to suggest the annual Friends of the Pinckney Community Public Library Book Sale. We are happy to have some young strong muscle to help move boxes and boxes of books from the storage sheds at the library into cars and then unloaded at the Putnam Township Annex, and then for those books that do not sell in the book sale back to storage at the end of the sale. If moving boxes is not really your style then consider helping us sort the books into categories for the sale or actually helping out during the sale. The dates of these events are as follows:

• Tuesday, May 30 @ 6:00 p.m. we will move the books out of storage to the Annex.
• Wednesday and Thursday, May 31 and June 1 we will be sorting the books in the Annex for the sale starting at 10:00 a.m. and running throughout the day, please call for times.
• Friday, June 2 the sale is 10:00-7:00.
• Saturday, June 3 the sale is 10:00-7:00.
• Sunday, June 4 the sale is 10:00-3:00 and we will start boxing books that have not sold.
• Monday, June 5 we will be moving the not sold books from the Annex back to storage at the Library at 6:00 p.m.

Please call the Library at 734-878-3888 to sign up for time slots! We appreciate all the help we can get. And if you need the volunteer time to count as community service for school please let us know and we have a form we can provide you so that you get the credit. ~Sara

May Bed Time Story Time

Children are invited to the Pinckney Public Library tonight, Thursday, May 11 at 7:00 pm to get ready for bed. Everyone, children and caregivers, are invited to wear their pj's and bring a favorite stuffed animal to cuddle. We will share stories, snacks, music and fun!

New Youth Books

Looking for something new to read? Here is the listing of new books for 0-18 arrived at the Library in May 2006.

Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer (a new series by the author of Artemis Fowl)
An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub (Teen Historical Fiction)
Houndsley and Catina by James Howe (Picture Book about friendship)
Miss Bindergarten celebrates the last day of kindergarten by Joseph Slate (Picture Book)
Where did Daddy's hair go? by Joe O'Connor (Picture Book)
On the way to kindergarten by Virginia Kroll (Picture Book)
Hit the ball duck by Jez Alborough (Baseball Picture Book)
Listen! by Stephanie S. Tolan (Juvenile Fiction)
''Fire! fire!'' Said Mrs. McGuire by Bill Martin Jr (Picture Book)
Mommy hugs by Karen Katz (Picture Book just in time for Mother's Day)
Chew on this : everything you don't want to know about fast food by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
Play, Mozart, play! by Peter Sís (Picture Book Biography of Mozart)
Specials by Scott Westerfeld (The final volume in the highly acclaimed Uglies trilogy for Teens)
Just listen : a novel by Sarah Dessen (Teen Fiction)
Where's Waldo? : The Great Picture Hunt! by Martin Handford (Picture Book)
Singing hands by Delia Ray (Juvenile Historica Fiction)
On top of spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson (Picture Book)
Swim, Little Wombat, swim! by Charles Fuge (Board Book)
Only in your dreams : a Gossip Girl novel by Cecily von Ziegesar (Teen Fiction)
Strange happenings : five tales of transformation by Avi (Juvenile Story Collection)
Two hot dogs with everything by Paul Haven (Juvenile Baseball Fiction)
Stay with me by Garret Freymann-Weyr (Teen Fiction)
How to speak Dragonese by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Juvenile Fiction)
The love curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos (Juvenile Fiction)

I hope there is something new there for everyone! ~Sara

The Secrets Out!

In case you have not heard yet this year's summer reading program for ages 0-9 at the PCPL is Paw, Claws, Scales & Tales, yep, lots and lots of animal programs! I am very excited about this years program as there is no better combination then animals, kids and reading to make for a fun summer at the Library. The summer reading theme for ages 10 and older is Creature Feature, more and more animals!

Summer reading will kick off for all ages Monday June 26, 2006! New this year is no registration cards. Just fill out the information on any of our reading time logs, raffle tickes, or other games that you turn in to get prizes and we will track your information using that paperwork. One less thing for everyone to worry about. You can start tracking your reading any time after June 26th and before our final parties at the beginning of August.

Keep watching for more information on all of our upcomming exciting animal (and other) programs this summer! Flyers will soon be going home with students from schools and they will soon be available at the library and on our web page.

~Sara