http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/ en Copyright 2009 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17:48 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Aliens in the Attic Food Inc. I Love You Beth Cooper GI Joe the Rise of Cobra Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Up Star Trek Bruno Angels and Demons Four Christmases Funny People DECEMBER Night at the Museum 2 Terminator Salvation Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Public Enemies The Hangover Taking Woodstock 500 Days of Summer District 9 ]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/new_arrivals_on_dvd_1.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/new_arrivals_on_dvd_1.html New Releases Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17:48 +0000 Mineola Library Book Discussion Group! I've started this blog to provide news and encourage discussion for book club members: past, present and future. It's easy to join the book club. The only requirement is that you love reading. We meet on a selected Wednesday evening every month at 7 pm. If you can't make a meeting but would like to share your opinion of the selected book, please email me at midirector@nassaulibrary.org. Thanks, Charles Sleefe Director- Mineola Library WINTER 2009/2010 MEETINGS Here are our meeting dates and books for WINTER 2009/2010. All meetings start at 7 pm. December 16 Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman January 20 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck February 17 City of Thieves by David Benioff ]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/mineola_library_book_discussio_1.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/mineola_library_book_discussio_1.html Programs Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:14:00 +0000 The Mineola Library will be a drop off location for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's "Toys for Tots" campaign, a program to collect toys and distribute to needy children in the community during the holiday season. From November 2 - December 19, you may drop off a new and unwrapped toy in a "Toys for Tots" box located at the Circulation Desk or in the Children's Room. Also, the Mineola Library will be a drop off spot for knitting yarn to be used by the charity "We Care Blankets." Their project is to knit blankets for children undergoing chemotherapy. They supply colorful blankets to 23 oncology units on Long Island. The drop off box will be in the Children's Room. Please donate toys or spare some yarn for needy children at the Mineola Library! http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/toys_for_tots_and_we_care_blan.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/11/toys_for_tots_and_we_care_blan.html Announcements Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:44:25 +0000 Tweens and teens in grades 5-12 are invited to the grand opening party of the Mineola Library's new Tween/Teen Room, which will be available in our Community Room after school, from 3-5pm, for doing homework, reading, Wii gaming, watching movies, and listening to CDs! Stop by for snacks, prizes, and raffles in our new room! Please RSVP in person, by telephone at 746-8488 ext. 1 (Children's Room), or by e-mail (childrensmineola@nassaulibrary.org). TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM MINEOLA LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/10/new_tweenteen_room_grand_openi.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/10/new_tweenteen_room_grand_openi.html Announcements Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:40:23 +0000 Looking for ways to keep your child safe? New York Life will be offering a free child ID program in our Mineola Library Community Room that provides parents with child identification materials they may need in an emergency. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009, AT 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS (NOT ONLY MINEOLA RESIDENTS) CHILD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN To sign-up for this program, please contact the Children's Room in-person, by telephone (746-8488 ext. 1), or by e-mail (childrensmineola@nassaulibrary.org). http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/09/free_child_safety_id.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/09/free_child_safety_id.html Programs Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:37:56 +0000 Twitter and Facebook!]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/09/mineola_library_joins_twitter.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/09/mineola_library_joins_twitter.html Announcements Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:17:35 +0000 For everyone who joined the Mineola Library's 2009 Summer Reading Club: Monday, August 31, 2009, is the last day to hand in your Summer Reading BINGO cards for prizes! http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/08/end_of_summer_reading_2009.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/08/end_of_summer_reading_2009.html Announcements Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:16:15 +0000 Jill and the Beanstalk Hansel and Gretel Floppy Flash Bang Lima's Red Hot Chili Not Again Red Riding Hood Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Ellie's Secret Diary (Don't Bully Me) Lion Fables Handa's Surprise Alfie's Angels Farmer Duck Augustus and his Smile Goldilocks and the Three Bears I Took the Moon for a Walk My Daddy is a Giant Don't Cry Sly! Floppy in the Dark Pandora's Box Keeping Up with Cheetah Children of Lir Nita Goes to Hospital Sam's First Day Fox Fables Ploppy's Friends Animais Da Fazenda Opostos Grandma's Saturday Soup Dragon's Tears Splash ]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/07/new_portuguese_language_books.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/07/new_portuguese_language_books.html New Releases Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:19:14 +0000 Our Summer Reading raffle giveaways run weekly starting the week of July 6! Be sure to visit the Children's Room this summer for a chance to win great prizes! We will be raffling off prizes, donated by our Summer Reading partners, to fun places such as Adventureland, Dave & Buster's, and the Cradle of Aviation Museum! To enter and win, children must be signed up for our Summer Reading program. http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/05/summer_reading_raffle_giveaway.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/05/summer_reading_raffle_giveaway.html Announcements Fri, 22 May 2009 17:49:35 +0000 Wee Reader Summer Reading Club - Children from birth to age 2 can pick up summer reading materials designed to meet their literacy needs. Earn age-appropriate prizes as families complete simple activities. Sign up starting on Monday, June 22! Be Creative @ Your Library Summer Reading Club - Children ages 3 through entering grade 5 are urged to show their creativity this summer by being a part of Summer Reading starting on Monday, June 22! Express Yourself @ Your Library Summer Reading Club - Tweens and teens entering grades 6 through 12 are invited to participate in Summer Reading and earn prizes by signing up starting on Monday, June 22! ]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/05/summer_reading_2009_1.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2009/05/summer_reading_2009_1.html Programs Fri, 22 May 2009 15:56:09 +0000 Starting June 2 The Mineola Library is happy to announce the start of the Museum Pass Program. Through this program , Mineola residents can visit some of the area's great museums and gardens for free. Here is how it works: 1) The Library will purchase family memberships at several museums and gardens on Long Island and in Manhattan. This membership becomes the Mineola Library's Museum Pass for each particular instituition. 2) Mineola Library cardholders over the age of 18 can reserve the pass for the institution of their choice up to two months in advance. Reservations must be made in person at the Reference Desk. 3) The Mineola Library cardholder checks out the museum pass from the library, just as they would a book or video. Passes circulate for 4 days: a Weekday pass is for Monday checkout, Thursday return; a Weekend pass is for Thursday checkout, Monday return. There is a $10.00 per day late charge for passes not returned on time. 4) The number of free admissions for each pass varies, check below for details. Our continued and generous partnership with the Friends of the Mineola Library has resulted in the purchase of our first two Museum Passes. These are available for reservation and circulation now: 1) The New York Botanical Garden: The Garden is alive with opportunities for discovery, from an ecotour of the world of Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to an innovative indoor/outdoor science museum for kids to 50 exquisite gardens and plant collections, all on a 250 acre National Historic Landmark site in New York City's Bronx borough. This summer, the Garden will feature a blockbuster sculpture exhibition of the works of Henry Moore. The library's museum pass includes free admission for 2 adults and 5 children. A parking pass is also included. 2) American Museum of Natural History: A New York institution on Central Park West, AMNH contains millions of specimens and cultural artifacts. The world famous dinosaur hall is enjoyed by children (and adults) of all ages. Anyone who grew up in the New York area no doubt remembers that special field trip to discover the wonders of this museum. The Library's museum pass includes free admission for two adults and four children, as well as discounts to the space show and IMAX theater. And starting July 1, thanks to an increase in the library's programming budget, we will offer museum passes for Museum of the City of New York, Morgan Library and Museum, and Old Westbury Gardens. http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/05/museum_passes_now_available_at.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/05/museum_passes_now_available_at.html Announcements Fri, 16 May 2008 16:23:14 +0000 Happy 199th Birthday Abraham Lincoln! This means that we are now only one year away from our year-long Lincoln Celebration in 2009. The year will culminate when the Mineola Library hosts the national travelling exhibit: Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation from November 10, 2009- January 10, 2010. But we will be featuring special events throughout 2009, starting with a big kickoff event on February 11, 2009, the eve of Lincoln's 200th Birthday! Next week (February 18-23), I will be attending a workshop for the Lincoln exhibit. This event, held at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino, California, will bring together the directors of the 50 libraries across the country that will be hosting the Lincoln exhibit during the next three years. Once this workshop is completed, I will have more details on our plans for a very special year. .]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/02/lincoln.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/02/lincoln.html Programs Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:19:28 +0000 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AT 10:30 AM Adults and babies up to 21 months welcome! Space is limited to 20 families. Preference is given to Mineola residents. Please present your library card upon registration. Register in person, via phone (you will be asked for your library card number), or e-mail (childrensmineola@nassaulibrary.org).]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/01/baby_sign_language_1.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2008/01/baby_sign_language_1.html Programs Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:32:38 +0000 For Children's Playtime, Storytime, and Pajama Storytime, the registration date of Monday, September 24 is incorrect. The correct date for registration is Monday, December 17. If you have any questions, please call the Children's Room at (516)-746-8488 ext. 319. http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2007/12/correction_to_winter_0708_news.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2007/12/correction_to_winter_0708_news.html Announcements Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:14:03 +0000 Picture Books How to Build a Snowman by Scholastic, Inc. (Baby-Preschool) A very first winter board book with different textures to touch and feel on every page. First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Ages 4-8) A concept book about the order of things: "First the EGG / then the CHICKEN / First the TADPOLE / then the FROG," and so on. Dog and Bear: Two Friends - Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (PreSchool-Grade 2) Guides children on the first steps to reading with three sweet, funny stories about a stuffed bear and a frisky dachshund who happen to be best friends. 1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay (PreSchool-Grade 3) One little girl wakes up to a wondrous fairy-tale world. She spies two dancing feet from the Golden Goose tale, three hungry bears just visited by Goldilocks, and four royal mattresses between the Princess and the Pea. Simple in format, with many objects to count on each colorful page, 1 2 3 is just right for children learning their numbers 1 through 10. The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (Grades 1-4) Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship? Bilingual (Spanish-English) Hello Night/Hola Noche by Amy Costales (Ages 4-8) A mother and baby take an evening stroll and say goodnight to their neighborhood. Goodnight Moon 123: A Counting Book/Buenas Noches, Luna 123: Un Libro Para Contar by Margaret Wise Brown (Ages 4-8) Count all the way to one hundred stars and look for the familiar things from Goodnight Moon, everyone's favorite bedtime story. Busca los objetos familiares de Buenas noches, Luna, el libro favorito de todos para leer antes de dormir, y cuéntalos hasta llegar a cien estrellas. My Colors, My World/Mis Colores, Mi Mundo by Maya Christina Gonzalez (Ages 4-8) Little Maya longs to find brilliant, beautiful, inspiring color in her world...but Maya’s world, the Mojave Desert, seems to be filled with nothing but sand. With the help of a feathered friend, she searches everywhere to discover color in her world. In the brilliant purple of her mother's flowers, the cool green of a cactus, the hot pink sunset, and the shiny black of Papi's hair, Maya finally finds what she was looking for. Chapter Books Phineas L. MacGuire...Gets Slimed! by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Ages 9-12) Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) has three goals for fourth grade: 1. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 2. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 3. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. It's a tall order, but he's confident that he can achieve it, especially since his friend and rival scientist, Aretha, has asked him to help her earn a scout badge by creating the mold that produces penicillin. After all, who knows more about mold than Mac? And how many fourth graders can say that they've reproduced penicillin? None, as far as Mac knows. But then he has to manage Ben's campaign for class president and deal with his new babysitter, Sarah Fortemeyer, the Teenage Girl Space Alien from the Planet Pink who accidentally got rid of his dried worm collection and now he has to find it. How is he supposed to find time to focus on mold? The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories by Alexander McCall Smith (Ages 9-12) A book of food-related short stories for children from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency mysteries). My Weird School #19: Dr. Carbles Is Losing His Marbles! by Dan Gutman (Ages 9-12) It's Thanksgiving, but the kids at Ella Mentry School aren't feeling very thankful. That's because Dr. Carbles is grumpier than ever, and he wants to fire Mr. Klutz! Will A.J. and his friends be able to save their principal's job? To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors (Grades 4-6) Boom Broom doesn't think his life could get any worse. Ever since his mother was swept away by a twister, his family has gone crazy. They refuse to leave the house and Boom and his sister Mertyle are looked after by Halvor, the Viking descendant who rents the room over their garage. When Boom finds a baby mermaid who seems to grant unlimited wishes, he thinks his luck has turned around. That is, until his sister is hit by the curse of the merfolk. Now Boom and his best friend Winger must find a way to return the merbaby to its mother and save Mertyle before it is too late!]]> http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2007/12/new_arrivals_in_the_childrens_1.html http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/2007/12/new_arrivals_in_the_childrens_1.html New Releases Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:01:14 +0000