N O V EM BER 2 0 1 8GREAT D ISCO VERIES

South Charleston Public Library | 312 4th Avenue, South Charleston, WV 25303

Monday, Nov. 26 @ 6:00 p.m.

Join Joanne Jacobs and learn how

to make a fest ive watercolor

paint ing! *Registrat ion is required.

Ages 18 and up.

CREATE @ YOUR LIBRARY

CORNER BOOKSTORECORNER BOOKSTORE

Fridays at 1:00 p.m. in the library auditorium. Stop by to play cards, dominoes, and meet new people!

SENIOR GAMES

The Corner Bookstore has a large

collect ion of wonderful cookbooks for

inspirat ion; from chefs like James Beard,

Paula Deen, Julia Child, and more. These

items will be on display throughout

November, but come early for the best

select ion.

Our Christmas collect ion will be

available beginning the week after

Thanksgiving. So save some t ime for

Christmas shopping in the Corner

Bookstore!

HOLIDAY HOURS

VETERANS HOME

We are collect ing items, for the West Virginia Veterans home, throughout November. These are most ly toiletry and clothing items. Please call or stop by for a full list of items.

RELAX AND COLOR!

Bring a covered dish, a thankful heart , and chance to win a prize

or two! *Ages 18 and up.

Sat urday, Nov. 17

@ 2:00 p.m .

Nat ional Bullying Prevent ion Awareness

The South Charleston Public Library Youth Services team wore our blue shirts and actively facilitated focused programs during October for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.

With thanks to all who helped with programs, we watched movies about overcoming bullying, had Middle School Meetup programs and discussions about how bullying negatively impacts both the bullied and the bully, and displayed special collections of books and information about bullying prevention throughout the month.

Our goal is to provide relevant information and support potential solutions that will help eliminate bullying in our community. New library resources (both in the library and online) are available year-round, and a focus on bullying prevention is ongoing in our work with the young people who visit our library. Please contact Youth Services if you have ideas or would like to partner with us for programs.

CHESS CLUB

The Youth Services Chess Club

meets Wednesdays from 4:30 -

5:30 pm (check our calendar for

dates and except ions). We have

a great t ime and encourage

youth of all ages to join us and

learn/teach about the game of

chess!

YOUTH SERVICES

HAPPY HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS

YOUTH SERVICES

1000BBK Program

Youth Services now offers another program specifically for our youngest readers - 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. A national program designed to benchmark 1000 books read to or by a child before kindergarten, the goal of the program is to provide a simple, innovative, and fun approach to establishing strong early literacy skills.

SCPL?s 1000BBK program works as follows:

Sign up for a library card with SCPL

Register your preschooler (birth to preschool) for the program

Record books read to, with, and by your reader using program booklogs

Visit the library each time 100 books have been read

Attend library programs and events as able to promote a love of reading

Show your reader?s completed logbook for certificate of completion and recognition

To register, stop by the library and see a member of the Youth Services team Monday - Friday between 10 am and 6 pm. We hope to see you and your litt le readers soon!

Ear ly Readers Going St rong

At least one of our first enrollees in the 1000BBK program have already reached 500 books (Yay, Will!!!), and we already have almost 90 readers progressing through this fun reading program. Visit YOUR library today to register your young readers!

Our Youth Services Family Fun

Fest "Test Drive Your

Costumes" event was big fun!

We had 121 (!!!) people join us

to hear Halloween stories and

songs, and make pumpkin

crafts. Thanks to all the families

who choose to come to our

event, and for being so

understanding about the size of

the crowd and logist ics. Having

so many people attend our

events means we need to start

considering an expansion of our

library spaces -- what a

wonderful "problem" to have!

Yout h Services Calendar

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