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Celebrate Irish-American Heritage Love is in the air during the month of February and that
Month at the Library. Preschoolers includes your library. Be sure to celebrate Library Lovers , A
can attend Irish Stew on either Month with us. Stopbythe Library, check out a book or a fa
Wednesday, March 17th at 2 p.m. or rar y
Thursday, March 18th at 11 a.m. for movie, attend aprogram,join the reading group or just
a half-hour of green fun with song, sit in the cozy chairs and get caught up on current events.
stories and a craft. Leprechauns 'here's no time like the present to Cove your Cibrary.
and Fairies is designed for kinder-
gartners through second graders and
meets on either Tuesday, March 16th
or Wednesday, March 17th at 4:15 The Library is pleased to welcome back art historian and professor Jeff Mishur
p.m. We will investigate the wee on Wednesday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. to present Rembrandt: An
folk of Irish lore and think green. Exhibit Preview. The Rembrandt exhibit will be on display at the Art
Third through fifth graders are in- Institute of Chicago from February 14 to May 9, 2004.
vited to Colcannon and Coddle on
Monday, March 15th at 4:15 p.m. Get out of the cold and listen to classical pianist Anitoliy Torchinskiy perform
This program stresses information on Sunday, February 29th at 2:00 p.m. at the Bath &Tennis Clubhouse.
and creativity. Children will work on
a project as well as be exposed to a Stop by the Library on Saturday, March 20th at 2:00 to catch Guitar Duo
bit of Irish literature during this half- Eclectrico perform.
hour program.
Peggy Pelkonen, a landscape architect at Morton Arboretum, will present Trees
& Shrubs For Your Landscaping on Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00 p.m.
Computer Classes Register at the Reference Desk or by calling 990-2222, ext. 26.
OBPL is
°@ 14irLter Reading Clubs Amazing Flea Circus
offering the
following computer ' There is still time to register for The Library is pleased to present
classes in the upcoming either the adult or children's winter Professor Marvel's Amazing Flea
months: reading clubs. The clubs will Circus on Thursday, March 18th at
continue through March 6th.
Intro to Computers - 4:30 p.m. Trained fleas walk the
°The children's reading club, Join tightrope, et shot out of cannon,
Feb. 21st at 10 -11 a.m. g
the Winners Circle...Read!will perform a flying trapeze act and per-
Searching the Internet - present a global Olympic theme.
form stunts of unbelievable strength.
Feb. 20th at 10 - 11 a.m. °Adults looking to stay warm with
*NEW* Intro to Word - winter can participate in It's Warm Registration is required.
Between the Covers and earn
Feb. 1 9th at 1 O - 11 a.m. Please stop by the Youth Services ,1
Intro to Windows - great incentives. desk or call 990-2222,ext.23.
Mar. 1st at 10 - 11 a.m. —I
LocaCArtwork Displayed at the Library
More classes coming soon! i Twenty paintings are on display on the east wall of the Library featuring the
Reservations are made at the artwork of students taught by Oak Brook portrait artist Christine Sobol. The
Reference Desk. grades of the students range from kindergarten through high school.
Students must have Jerry Doruska of LaGrange Park is sharing four of his models of local historic
an OBPL photo ID buildings. The Western Springs Water Tower, Hofmann Tower in Lyons, River-
card with Internet side Water Tower and Graue Mill were all designed and constructed since 2001.
Theyare on exhibit in the lobbythrough March
privileges to � 9 15th.
register. Bob Barnes will display his watercolors on the north wall in the Reference area
during March and April.
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Book discussions are in full swing at the Library. Pick up your New Hours:
copy of Shrink Rap by Robert Parker at the Library and attend il
one of the discussion groups held on Wednesday, February Monday - Thursday
18th at 1 p.m. or Thursday, February 19th at 7 p.m. in the 9:30 a.m. • 9:00 p.m.
Library Meeting Room. The books for March through June have been Friday & Saturday
chosen and are as follows: Waiting by Ha Jin in March, for April's 9:30 a•m. - 5:00 p.m.
meeting each participant should select a poem to share with the group, Sunday
Empire Falls by Richard Russo is May's read, and Secret Lives of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd was chosen for June. Please call ext. 26 or stop by 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
the Reference Desk to register for this exciting opportunity for all OBPL is now opening at 9:30 a.m.
those book lovers out there! Monday through Saturday
World Music Friends Book Sale i Library Closings:
When you're reading a good book or Looking to start your spring April 6th - Close at 1:00 p.m.
entertaining friends enjoy some music cleaning early this year? April I l th - Closed
from around the world. It's a great The Friends of OBPL is
way to create an entrancing and in-
looking for book donations
vigorating mood, while introducing you g 2004 Award 'Winners
scene. for their annual book sale
to some artists on the
globalThe Newbery Medal is
this April. Bring your tax given in honor of out
KIr�r'°> World Lounge deductible donation to the _®, standing writing in works
t'. Brazilian Groove Circulation Desk during for children published in
+ Euro Lounge regular Library hours. the United States during the previ-
l� Latin Groove ous year. The award winner is The
r.‘,. / Congo Cuba Tale of Despea Being the
9 Story of a Mouse, a a Princess,
Asian Groove Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
French Café by Kate DiCamillo. The honor
Music from the Coffee Lands books are Olive's Ocean by Kevin
Henkes and An American Plague
by Jim Murphy.
' The Caldecott Medal is given in
This Just 1h ... honor of outstanding illustration in
works for children published in the
Fiction: Nonfiction: United States during the previous
The Usual Rule-Joyce Maynard Monster of Cod - David Quammen year. The winner is The Man Who
Walkedy
Wendy, 13 years old,was living in Brook- This book explores the lives and fate of Modic i Gerstein.e the Towersehor
Mordicai The honor
lyn with her mom and following the rules lions in India's Gir forest,of saltwater croco- books are Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
as usual when 9/11 changed her life for- diles in northern Australia, of brown bears in by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, What
ever. With the death of her mother the mountains of Romania, and of Siberian Do You Do with a Tail Like This by
Wendy must move to California and live tigers in the Russian Far East. It has been Steve Jenkins and Robin
with her father where she fines the usual described as"a travel narrative that focuses Page and Don't Let the M
rules no longer apply. on the people and wildlife." Pigeon Drive the Bus by \
Mo Wilems. 0.-.
The Blessing Stone- Barbara Wood Deadlines Past -Walter R Mears
A mysterious blue stone is the thread that Mears, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with The Michael Printz
draws the reader across five continents Associated Press,writes about reporting on Award is given for excellence in
the political figures and policies that have young adult literature. The award
from the Jordan River Valley to the Amen-
shaped America in the past 40 years. This winner is The First Part Last by
can West. Read this sweeping epic that is an excellent eyewitness account of Angela Johnson. The honor books
chronicles the history of humanity. presidential politics. are A Northern Light by Jennifer
Donnelly, Keesha's House by
Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman- How to Dunk A Doughnut -Len Fisher Helen Frost, Fat Kid Rules the
Elizabeth Buchan Fisher, an English physical chemist and World by K.L. Going and The
For 25 years Rose Lloyd has had this Nobel Prize winner,shows how science Earth, My Butt and Other Big
remarkably successful life as wife, mother influences all aspects of our lives. Some of Round Things by Carolyn Macler.
and career woman. And then along came the topics included are the art and science Visit OBPL's Youth Services
Hal, Rose's old college boyfriend, and of dunking, how to boil an egg,catching a department to check out these and
Rose's life starts to fall apart in this funny ball,the secrets of haute cuisine, bath (or other great children's and
and heartfelt tale. beer)foam,and the physics of sex. young adult books.
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