This Week at the Library: April Fools!

April Fool’s Day. I don’t typically try to prank people, nor do I like to be pranked… however, I came up with a really good idea to prank my best friend this year and make her think that my fiancé and I eloped. I’ll try that tonight, and hopefully it doesn’t lose me my matron of honor! ;) Otherwise, I’m pretty tame with April Fools. I look forward to seeing what Google comes up with every year… my personal favorite (and what I was wishing they’d actually make happen) from a couple of years ago was a “take back” button for emails. If you were a little trigger-happy and sent your email too quickly and rethought it, you had 6 seconds or so during which you could “pull it back”. Some smart Google person should get on that for real! They’re always entertaining, so if you haven’t checked out their April Fool’s joke, you should! It smells great ;)

As for the library, no April Fools, but we do have April programs. This week begins the last of regular school year programming. This month is the last for the elementary school age monthly classes, and also this month will be the last of the regular school year storytimes before we transition to drop-bys. But there’s more than children’s programs going on…

This week at the library:

Monday: Star Trek: Rockets; 6:30pm. This is our regular school year program for kids in Kindergarten and 1^st grade, happening the first Monday night of every month. This school year, we’re doing a space theme. Advanced registration is required.

Bedtime Booktime; 7:30pm, ages 2-7 years. Our monthly bedtime storytime. Kids can come out and hear a few bedtime stories. Come dressed in your PJs… Miss Erin will be! No signup required.

Tuesdays: 4 year old storytimes, 10:30am and 12:30pm. Advanced registration is required for storytimes, as there’s a limit to how many kids I can fit into the program room, plus advanced registration helps me prepare for the right number of kids… not ending up “short” or wasting craft supplies when people don’t show, and there’s an age cutoff date of 9/12 based on the East Penn School District

Malawi—The Warm Heart of Africa, 6:30pm. Ron Nelson spent 11 months in Malawi, Africa as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer. He is a retired school teacher who re-volunteered to teach mathematics in Malawi. He will share his experiences living without refrigeration, electricity and using a very unusual cooking fuel. Please contact the library for registration information and details about the program.

Wednesday: 3 year old storytimes, 10:30am and 12:30pm. Again, advanced registration is required for storytimes, for the same reasons as above.

Intro to Computer Basics, Level 1; 11am-1pm. Learn the basics of using a computer, both its external and internal parts, using a mouse, and basic windows operation.  Advanced registration and a $5 class fee are required.

Thursday: 2 year old storytimes, 10:30am and 12:30pm. Again, advanced registration is required for storytimes, for the same reasons as above.

Ancestry—Library Edition, Part 2, Fine Tuning Information Retrieval. Learn genealogy basis while researching your tree history using these international databases and other online resources. Part 1 (or previously titled Genealogy Basics) is a prerequisite to take the Part 2 class. Advanced registration and a $5 class fee are required.

AARP Tax-Aide, 1pm-5pm. First-come, first serve. Free tax help! For taxpayers with low and moderate-income, with special attention to those age 60 and older.  For more information, call AARP at 1-888-227-7669.

Friday: Baby Lapsit, 9:30am, a “beginner storytime”/introduction to the library for children who were 11 months old or younger as of 9/12/12; advanced registration required.

Ones Storytime, 10:30am; a “beginner storytime”/introduction to the library for children who were between 12-23 months as of 9/12/12; advanced registration required.

Intro to Computer Basics, Level 2; 10am-12pm. Topics will include how to cut and paste, file management, webpage toolbar functions, control panel functions, and simple web searches. Advanced registration and a $5 class fee are required.

In addition to library programs, this week we will start selling raffle tickets leading up to National Library Week the week of April 14^th. During the entire month of April, we will be raffling off some great prizes:

GRAND PRIZE – 42" Vizio HDTV– Courtesy of QNB

1st PRIZE – Kindle Fire-- Courtesy of Lafayette Ambassador Bank

2nd PRIZE – $50.00 Walmart Gift Card

3rd PRIZE –Dinner for 2 at Texas Roadhouse

4th PRIZE – $25.00 Gift Card—Wegman’s

Tickets Cost 1 ticket for $2.00 or 3 tickets for $5.00—Drawing is May 1st. Good luck!!  

And as always, if you have any questions on programs or the library in general, please stop in, call or visit our website!