New from the Library
by Margaret Woodruff, Youth Services Librarian

Happy New Year from the Charlotte Library

We are looking forward to a new year of great books, engaging programs and fun. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. We have new e-mail addresses. You can contact Cheryl or Margaret in Youth Services at: youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org. In the meantime, here’s what’s happening in January:

Story Time Update
Pre-K Story Time has moved from Monday afternoons to Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m. Join us on Thursdays beginning January 15 for stories, songs and crafts. Registration is required, so please call the library (425-3864) to sign up.
• Preschool Story Time on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. is FULL.
• Playgroup Story Time begins Thursday, January 15. Meet up with the Charlotte Playgroup gang at 10 a.m. for an informal gathering of stories and fun; no registration necessary.

Move and Groove into the New Year
Ellen Bosworth continues her morning time song and dance on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., beginning January 7.

Drop-in Craft
Stop by the library through January to create your own CD snowman mobile. An earth-friendly project using recycled discs and your creativity!

Teen Advisory Board Launch
January 12 at 5:30 p.m. Teen readers, writers and friends: bring your ideas for books, programs and possibilities to our start-up meeting. We’ll provide the pizza! RSVP: youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org or 425-3864 by January 9.

From a Library to the White House
After learning that there were no children’s books on the shelves of the White House library, a school in upstate New York has prepared a box of books using suggestions from kids and grown-ups at the Milton Terrace South Elementary School. The idea is to offer the new president’s daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama, some new reading material in their new home. Here is the list of winners from each grade:
Kindergarten: The Napping House by Audrey Wood and The Alphabet Rescue by Audrey Wood.
First Grade: Polar Express by Chris van Allsburg and Yoko’s World of Kindness by Rosemary Wells.
Second Grade: Duck for President by Doreen Cronin and Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathman.
Third Grade: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeffrey Kinney and Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide Book 1 by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
Fourth Grade: Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan and The Witches by Roald Dahl.
Fifth Grade: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo and Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.
(Information about the project is from School Library Journal, November 10, 2008.)

What books would you send to the White House for the new first family? You can send your ideas to Margaret or Cheryl at our new e-mail address: youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org.
Coming Up
Fourth Annual January Bake-Off and a Family Friendly media meeting…as well as a host of new books, including the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, a whole new Rainbow Fairy series and news from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: Three Willows by Ann Brashares.