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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-08 LibraryBeacon Oak Brook Public Library, 60o Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IC 63o-ggo-2222 Volume 2, Issue 8 www.oak-brook.Cib.iCus :<4 )1,1Vss FaH MO r ROI-)ks f' ' ( 't;o Winter Reading Club We are embracing the many different winter holidays celebrated by Oak Brook Stop by the Library beginning residents this month through exhibits throughout your Library. Diwali(a November on January 2"a to register for - 7.4c holiday)is a festival of lights and we have decorated with flowers, a poster,and sari I the Winter Reading Club. The -}t , a cloth.There are poems and books to celebrate Ramadan(also a November holiday).We have program continues through our usual big and beautiful Christmas tree,decorated through the efforts of Village Clerk Linda February 286 = Gonnella and others who have given us ornaments. Dreidels(loaned for the occasion),a menorah, and candles remind us of Chanukah. Kwanzaa is celebrated with baskets,cloth, Children's Storytimes pictures and candles. A crèche and wise men mark Epiphany(January holiday). j Beginning on Tuesday,January 11th and continuing through Thursday, February We also have an exhibit of baskets in the Lobby,offered by our Technical Services Manager 17th,we invite you to hear the call of Eileen Nolan,to remind us of the practical and the beautiful in all celebrations. Please come books. Warm Woo/en Mittens,our pre- and tour our exhibits and let us know what you think. school story time, is presented on Wednes- We have added a hot coffee and cocoa machine in our Lobby. With coffee ground fresh for days at 11 a.m.and 2 p.m.and repeated on each cup and very reasonable prices($.50-$.75 a cup)it is sure to be popular. Our sales of Thursdays at 11 a.m. Winter Wonders, snacks have been averaging$5-$6 a day. designed for kindergartners, First and sec- ond graders, meets on Tuesday afternoons at 4:15. Third, fourth and filth graders are Note-able Port-able "Books" ! invited to/dita-read on Thursdays at 4:15. Reading Clubs aren't just for kids!! Adults can Registration is required for all programs. stopbythe Reference Desk to sign-up for g p Jacqueline Kennedy: Please stop by the Youth Services desk or Note-able Port-able "Books"beginning on call 990-2222,ext.23. January 10 thru March 5, 2005. Participants The Aesthetics of Style must be 15 years or older and be a resident of Wednesday, December 8th at the Oak Brook. 7 p.m. moo° a Canterbury Carollers ,ye, p aSaturday, December 11th • kikticipl:\t kitt� p`� ! at 2 .m. tics .,• 0 u. ' fi : t ..' . " °ID = Fiction: Agatha Raisen&the Case of the Curious Curate by M. C. Beaton: A fun book about a modern day "Miss Marple." Lots of humor.-Review by Dorothy Landgren December zr.004 Nighttime is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark. Very well woven tale of suspense—keeps you spell Computer Seminars ( bound.-Review by Lou Smeja A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva Third in a trilogy of the Holocaust. Each book can be read Intro to the 1 independently. Lots of detail about WWII.-Review by Barbara Easter Monday, December 6 Non-Fiction: 10 - 1 1 a.m. 921 O'Hara Tis Herself by Maureen O'Hara Wonderful autobiography of"herself'. She tells so Intro to Microsoft Word much about her life and those in it. Loved every minute!-Review by Cindy Groh Thursday, December 9 688.7 Goo The Ultimate Doll Book by Caroline Goodfellow. Very Educational&informative book 1 0 - 1 1 a.m. about the history of dolls from 1600's to present.-Review by Celeste Donner rt 303.482 Kha Resurrecting Empire by Rashid Khalidi. Excellent—Great background on Middle East with our involvement up to current times. Very informative.-Review by Kathleen Carson co OAK BROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY . w DECEMBER 2004 ,:iii„.„4,-: ,_,,, N SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Adult programs in green 1 2 3 4 ®Children's in blue o Gingerbread o Gingerbread ega Young Adults in red Goodies 2 pm Goodies 11 am m'-All ages in black o Brown Paper o'Tis the Season Packages 4:30 pm 4:30 pm 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 o Holiday Jacqueline Kennedy o Whiskers on Kittens Canterbury Carollers Happenings 4:30 pm 7 pm 11 am 2 p m z o Whiskers on Kittens 2 pm ° o Holiday Happenings o Ivy, Laurel and W 4:30 pm Rosemary 4:30 pm cc cc 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ©Door Bells and o Silver Bells 2 pm o Silver Bells 11 am Sleigh Bells 4:30 pm o Door Bells and o Winter Solstice 4:30 Sleigh Bells 4:30 pm pm 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 N W Q