🥇 Library Champion Newsletter #103 | 👀 September library news
Library Champion,
👋 Welcome to our new subscribers! I am SO GLAD to have you aboard!
What's inside this issue ⤵️
🚫 Banned Book Reading Challenge
🍁 Fall storytimes
👪 Saturday family program
🦎 Homeschool Hangout programs this fall
✈️ Time to Travel: Apply for a Passport at the Library
📚 October book sale
🚫 Banned Books Reading Challenge
Back by popular demand is our banned books reading challenge! Read 6 books from our banned book list and get a free gift card for a pizza at the Gridiron in Mifflintown!
Here is how it works:
1) Register to participate by Monday, September 30. After that day, registration will be closed. One entry per person.
Register here: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookregistration
2) The challenge begins the same day, Monday, September 30 and runs until Monday, November 25.
3) Read any 6 books from our banned book list. Only books checked out from the library count. You can also choose from our books on CD and digital collection by using the Libby app. For a book series, you do not have to read all of the books in the series for it to count; each book you read in the series counts as 1 book.
The books in the list are some of the most commonly banned books at other libraries across the country. None of these books are banned at our library.
Get the banned book reading list: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookchallengelist
Search our catalog: https://juniata.chilipac.com/r1s/eg/opac/home
4) Record your books on the reading log and once complete, return it to the library. You will be contacted after November 25 with details on how to get your gift card for the Gridiron Pizza.
Get the banned book reading log: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookchallengelog
Be on the lookout for our banned books display in the library!
➡️ Download all of the reading challenge documents on our website: https://bit.ly/2024JCLbannedbooks
📌 LINKS
↪️ Official banned books reading challenge page: https://bit.ly/2024JCLbannedbooks
↪️ Register for the reading challenge: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookregistration
↪️ Get the banned book reading list: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookchallengelist
↪️ Get the banned book reading log: https://bit.ly/2024bannedbookchallengelog
🔍 Search our catalog: https://juniata.chilipac.com/r1s/eg/opac/home
ℹ️ Learn about book banning: https://www.ala.org/bbooks
📚 Learn about intellectual freedom: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom
🍁 Fall storytimes
Preschool Story Time
For children ages 3 - 5.
Mondays at 10:00 am
Stories, songs, rhymes, flannel-board activities, crafts, and fun!
Toddler Story Time and Playgroup
For children ages 18 mos. through 2 yrs.
Fridays at 10:00 am
20-30 minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, flannel-board activities, and movement, followed by 30 minutes of playtime!
Register for 2024 fall story time programs here:
https://forms.gle/fw62PoL5FYi1KA1GA
*As always, parents or guardians are encouraged to stay and participate in our story time programs. Siblings, younger or older, are also welcome to attend if they do not distract from the program.
*To ensure that we provide enough craft supplies, please register your child. But don't worry, this doesn't commit you to attend every week and drop-ins are always welcome!
👪 Saturday family program
Join us one Saturday per month for a fun drop-in family program!
September 28 | 10 am - 12 pm
Youth ages 5 and up are welcome to stop by and try out some fun little beginner coding robots! This is a drop-in program and preregistration is not required.
🦎 Homeschool Hangout programs this fall
Homeschooling families can join us on the first Thursday of the month for fun and educational programs hosted by the library!
October 3 - Critter Connections Reptiles
Learn about a variety of snakes, skinks, and other reptiles. Learn about their eating habits, defense mechanisms, and their habitats.
✈️ Time to Travel: Apply for a Passport at the Library
Thinking of taking a trip this winter or next summer? Get a passport so that you can travel easily!
Apply for a passport at the library so that you can easily travel between countries and states.
Learn about the application process: juniatalibrary.org/programs-services/passport-services
Book an appointment: https://bit.ly/JCLPassportAppointment
📚 Upcoming book sale
📆 Mark your calendars!
📢 Upcoming book sale in October
🟢 Monday, October 21 from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
🟢 Tuesday, October 22 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
🟢 Wednesday, October 23 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
🛍️ Fill a bag for $7 (bags provided at the door.) Choose from books for all ages, DVDs, music CDs, magazines and puzzles.
💵 Only cash or check is accepted.
📚 The book sale is located in the book sale room (lower level of the library,) which is handicap accessible. Access is available from the main entrance of the library via steps or lower level parking (no steps.)
Learn more about the Friends of the Library booksales.
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--Vince Giordano
Librarian and Director of the Juniata County Library.
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