Ossining Public Library Holiday Hours

       

December:
OPEN Saturday, December 24, 9am-1pm
CLOSED Sunday, December 25 & Monday, December 26
OPEN Saturday, December 31, 9am-1pm

January:
CLOSED Sunday, January 1
CLOSED Monday, January 2

Happy holidays!!

The Bookworms’ Crazy Fountain Ideas

Inspired by the book they read this month, Regarding the Fountain, by Kate Klise, the Bookworms Book Club has come up with a long list of things they’d like to see installed in a fountain in the library. The ideas included tropical fish, waterproof books, an ice skating rink, time travel, characters and scenery from various books, money that spouts out of the fountain, a statue of one of the club members with water spouting out of her mouth, and much, much more! 

As exciting as all this sounds, we probably won’t be replacing our drinking fountains with any of these ideas any time soon!

For more information about our book club, click on the tab above, Book Club News.

OPLbery Mock Newbery Short List for 2011

In a few weeks, the members of the Ossining Public Library’s OPLbery Club (our mock Newbery club), will make their choice for the best book of 2011. At our meeting today, we narrowed the books down to our last six contenders.

Close to Famous, by Joan Bauer
Darth Paper Strikes Back, by Tom Angleberger
Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman, by Meg Wolitzer
Floors, by Patrick Carman 
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, by Jeanne Birdsall 
War & Watermelon, by Rich Wallace

The club will choose the second annual OPLbery Award winner on January 11, 2012. For more information, read our blog, OPLbery Club: YOU be the judge!

Best Books Lists for 2011

It’s that time of year again. The “Best” lists are here. Let’s take a look at some of them.

School Library Journal has Best Lists for Picture Books, Fiction, and Nonfiction. A few of our favorites that you can see here in the library are on their list:

The New York Times has Notable Lists for Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books. Check these books out:
   

Kirkus Reviews has a Best Children’s Books list, which lists the books alphabetically rather than by age or genre. Here are some that we like:
     

Horn Book Fanfare is their list of the best of 2011. They list Picture Books, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
   

Last but not least is Publisher’s Weekly. They have a list for Children’s Picture Books, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
   

Stop by the library for these and many more great books.

Take a Look at our Winter Programs

Our program flyer for Winter 2012 is now available in the Children’s Room.

You can also see what’s going on in the Children’s Room this winter on our calendar: http://ossininglibrary.org/pages/calendar/kidCalendar.html