Upcoming Book Club

Plan ahead: get your copy of the book now! On June 18 at 7:30 PM we will be discussing Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

This week @ the Library!!

Here are the happenings this week at the Lovettsville Library.

Monday

Toddler Storytime @ 10:30 am - Ages 2-3. No registration required.
Preschool Storytime @ 1:30 pm - Ages 3-5. No registration required.

Tuesday

Mysterious Animals with Animal Ambassadors @ 7 pm - All ages. Tickets will be passed out 30 minutes prior to program.

Wednesday

Born to Read Storytime @ 10:30 am - Ages 0-24 mos. No registration required.

Thursday

Adult Book Club @ 9:30 am - this month is a book swap, so bring in your favorite book to discuss. No registration required.

Friday

Independance Day - Loudoun County Public Libraries will be closed.

This week @ your library!!

Here are the events and open registrations for this week. Hope to see you there!!

EVENTS

Monday, June 2nd @ 10:30 a.m. - Storytime, ages 2-3. No registration required.

Monday, June 2nd @ 1:30 p.m. - Storytime, ages 4-5. No registration required.

Wednesday, June 4th @ 10:30 a.m. - Born to Read Storytime, ages 0-24 mos. No registration required.

Wednesday, June 4th @ 1:30 p.m. - Babygarten, ages 0-18 mos. Click here to register.

Thursday, June 5th @ 9:30 a.m. - Adult Book Discussion of In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. No registration required.

Saturday, June 7th @ 11:00 a.m. - Lovettsville History Alive! Presented by Eugene Scheel. Ages 12 & up. No registration required.

Saturday, June 7th @ 2:00 p.m. - Teen Summer Reading Program Volunteer Orientation. Ages 12-18. Click here to register.

OPEN REGISTRATIONS - Click on links to register.

Father's Day Storytime & Craft, Wednesday, June 11th @ 3:00 p.m. Ages 2-6

Teen Summer Reading Program Volunteer Orientation, Thursday, June 12th @ 7:00 p.m. Ages 12-18.

Virginia Readers' Choice

We held our last meeting of the Middle School Virginia Readers' Choice book club where we voted on our favorite book. Here were the choices: (Click on the title to go to the LCPL catalog where you can request the book)

Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester (click here for a podcast review of this book)
Free Baseball by Sue Corbett
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time by Lisa Yee

The winner for our book club was Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester, with two votes, and The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble, with one vote. We'll let you know what the statewide results are when they come in. Check out their site HERE.

DC_Kidlit

Joined a Yahoo book group today, called DC_Kidlit. It is a book club for adults who enjoy discussing children's literature. The book club meets once a month in the Washington D.C. area.

The book club is open to librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, parents, and anyone who would like to discuss children's books. The club's selections will feature a variety of book genres.

This Yahoo group is for planning, organizing and communicating about upcoming meetings and books.

Visit this LINK to get an invitation to the group.