Tonight!!!! Tonight!!!!! Tonight!!!!!
The neo bionic woman will be on tv tonight!!!
but will Rudy be there?

ATTENTION ALL AUDIOPHILES!

Coming soon to the Rockville Centre Public Library is OverDrive - a system that allows our library cardholders to download popular digital audio books from the library's web site. You'll be able to browse and select from a variety of great titles and download them to your computer, transfer them to a portable device (ex. MP3 player), or burn them to CD's (when allowed by the publisher) for your listening pleasure anywhere, anytime.

Check in at the library for more details about this exciting new program.

Registration for the Parent/Child Workshop and Mother Goose is on Wednesday, October 3. The Parent/Child Workshop, Thursdays 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., is for children between 14 & 35 months old with a parent or caregiver, and is for first time attendees only. Mother Goose, Thursdays 11 a.m. - noon, is for children between 15 & 35 months old also with a parent or caregiver. Siblings up to age 5 are welcome in both programs. Please bring your library card and proof of your child's age at the time of registration.

Graphic novels have arrived in the Children's Department! Look for our new collection on the red shelves near the reference desk. The graphic novel format first received widespread recognition in 1992 when Maus by Art Spiegelman won a Pulitzer Prize, and in 2007 the graphic novel American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature.

Look for the following titles in the Children's Department:
Babymouse, The Baby-sitters Club, The Hardy Boys, Superman Adventures, and many more!

Do you know what your child's most important school supply is? Their RVC library card of course!

September is the month when libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is an essential component to a successful school year. And, this year the library has something special to share with you ~ a newly designed library key-card. If you live in the RVC school district, just bring in your current library card, free of fines, to receive your new key-card. If you don't have a card and live within the school district, please bring some proof of residency to the circulation desk to receive your new card.

"I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card." ~ First Lady and former librarian, Laura Bush

Just a reminder that our Fall Storytimes start next week on Monday, September 24:
Tot Time - 2 year olds (with a parent of caregiver): Mondays @ 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. and Fridays @ 9:30 a.m.
Terrific Threes - 3 year olds (ready to seperate): Tuesdays @ 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays @ 1:30 p.m.
Picture Book Parade - 4 year olds: Mondays @ 1:30 p.m. and Tuesdays @ 1:30 p.m.
Kinder Kids - kindergarteners: Thursdays @ 4 p.m.
Books Before Bedtime - 3-5 year olds: Tuesdays @ 7 p.m.
Fall Storytimes last for eight weeks, ending the week of November 12.

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Sunday, September 16 at 2:00 p.m. with a presentation by the Arts Flamenco group, Pasion Flamenco! This team of musicians and dancers will present the history of flamenco, its rhythms and forms, and engage the audience in an exciting lesson in palmas, flamenco hand clapping. Look for a display of literature and Latino Cultural Crafts as well. Families and adults are invited to join us for this fun-filled afternoon! Los esperamos!

Can you feel the chill in the air? With autumn fast approaching, why not check out some of our cookbooks that feature fall favorites like slow cooked meals, soups and stews. Some of our favorites include:

The Taste of the Season: inspired recipes fall and winter by Diane Roseen Worthington
Comfort Food: Rachel Ray top 30 30-minute meals by Rachel Ray
The big book of soups and stews: 262 recipes for serious comfort food by Maryana Vollstedt
400 best comfort food recipes by Johanna Burkhard

There is a new movie coming out about dragons. The title is Dragon Wars and has cgi dragons destroying everything in sight. Lets hope it doesn't look too fake!!!!

If you remember where you were when the ball rolled through Bill Buckner's legs; if the word "Yankees" is not part of your vocabulary; and if "Ya gotta believe!" qualifies as your mantra, make a point to join author Dana Brand as he presents excerpts from his book Mets Fan on Monday evening September 10 @ 7:30 pm! A Mets fan of thirty years, this Hofstra professor of English will share all that is special in Mets Fandom, as he chronicles the joy and agony of cheering on those Amazing Mets!

Well, summer is unofficially over and it's time to look ahead to fall. Put down those 'lighter' beach/pool reads of summer and curl up with an interesting 'meater' book on a cool, crisp autumn day. I found this literary fiction blog that has some good suggestions from some big-name authors - The Most Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2007