August 2011 Events

Summer Reading Club ends Saturday, August 6

Check in your logs before August 6 to collect your prize dollars. You must spend them before August 13, which will be our last Customs Shop day!

LEGO Club – Mondays, August 1 and 8 at 1:30 p.m.

Kids! Join us for the last two LEGO Club meetings for the summer. Build anything you can imagine and display it in the children's area for everyone to see.

Dino the Snake Guy – Wednesday, August 3 at 10:00 a.m.

Dino of Nature's Niche will be presenting his “Remnants of the Rainforest” program, bringing live animals such as arthropods, amphibians, birds, lizards, turtles and more to the library. This is our big end-of-summer-reading program, so come out and check out these wild animals up close and personal.

Digital Photography Series - canceled.

LEGO Mania for Teens Only (11 and older) – Thursday, August 4 at 3 p.m.
LEGOs aren't just for little kids. They're for teens, too. We'll dump out our LEGOs and leave it to you to make anything your mind can come up with. We'll even display your creations in the teen area for all to enjoy.

Very Veggie: Eating More Fruits & Vegetables – Tuesday, August 9 at 4 p.m.

Join Jenny Wehmeier from the UW Extension for this program that explores how a diet without meat or animal products can be healthy, filling, and a sustainable way of life. Learn about incorporating more fruits and vegetables into your diet while ensuring you're still getting enough essential nutrients. You need not be a vegetarian to come – we all need more veggies in our diets! Free samples included. Please pre-register.

Delavan Daze Book Sale – August 12 and 13

It's time for the big summer book sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Aram Public Library. A Friends members-only preview will be held Friday, August 12 from 12 to 4 p.m. in the library meeting room. You can buy a Friends membership at the door for $5 and take advantage of the opportunity to have first pick of the titles available. Then on Saturday, the sale opens to the public under the tent at 8 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m. Look for special deals on everything – hard and soft cover books, movies, music, audiobooks and more. You name it, we've got it!

Book Discussion – Wednesday, August 17 at 7 p.m.

Join us for a discussion of Peter Allison's Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide. This is a collection of true tales from top ¬safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong behavior could get you eaten, Allison has survived face-to-face encounters with big cats, angry ¬elephants, and the world’s most unpredictable animals—herds of untamed tourists and foolhardy guides whose outrageous antics sometimes make them even more dangerous than a pride of hungry lions! Books are available at the library.

Teen Book Club – Thursday, August 18 at 3:30 p.m.

We're back to our school year meeting time, and this week, we'll talk about Cris Beam's I Am J. Copies are available at the upstairs desk for check out.

Cuentos en Español/Spanish Story Time – Wednesday, August 24 at 5 p.m.

A family story time in Spanish and English.

The library will be closed September 5 for Labor Day.

School year library hours will begin September 6.

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