Summer Reading Begins with River Music!

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Summer Reading “kicks off” this coming Wednesday, June 23rd, with a “River Music” program from Makin’ Music! The program will be at the Aston Public Library at 1PM. Please come and join the fun!

You can still register your child for summer reading! go to
http://tinyurl.com/AstonSRP10
to sign up! You will be eligible to win prizes!

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New Books!

We’ve just added some new books to our collection!

Click on the cover below to request the book or see if it’s on the shelf:

Carrie Diaries

Children in the Morning

Dangerous

Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity

Operation Mincemeat

Steinbrenner

Way We're Working Isn't Working

Help us keep the new books coming!  Go here to purchase an item from our “wish list”:

http://amzn.com/w/R19YZSB3NED6

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Infant Storytime will return in July!

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The popular storytime for babies will return for these dates in July, courtesy of the Delaware County Library System:

Mondays July 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th

All will be at 10AM.

Go to

http://tinyurl.com/astonkidsevents

to register!

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Congratulations to Julia Smith!

Julia Smith of Penn-Delco won third place in grade 5 of the 2010 Young Poets Of Delaware County  Poetry Competition!  Here is her poem:

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Flowers

Play in the breeze

Swaying from left to right

Pretty plants where bumblebees fly

Floras

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Online Language Learning Program Now Available!

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Now you can learn a language online for free with your library card!

Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for 12 different languages.  Try it today!

Click here to access Mango languages at home

Click here to access Mango languages within the library

For information about more online resources available with your library card, check out the Databases page on the Delco Libraries site.

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Jewelry Making Classes at the Library!

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Expand your creativity to a new level and explore the exciting process of jewelry making!

Learn and accomplish making a bracelet, earrings and a necklace..

when: Wednesday, 14 July
time:  10-11:30 am
cost: $10  (supply fee $25-35 payable to instructor) making bracelet

when:  Monday, 19 July
time:  10-11:30 am
cost: $10 (supply fee $25 payable to instructor) making necklace

when:  Friday, 21 July
time:  10-11:30 am
cost $10 (supply fee $12 payable to instructor)  making earrings

Go to

http://tinyurl.com/astonadultevents

to register!

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for examples of the instructor’s work.
The instructor will also have jewelry to sell for those interested.

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New Books, thanks to the Lions Club!

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We’ve added some more new books to the collection, thanks to a generous donation from the Lions Club!

Click on the cover below to request the book or see if it’s on the shelf:

Fade to Midnight

Fading Echoes

Fourth Apprentice

How to Train Your Dragon

Hush, Hush

Shadowland

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Help us keep the new books coming!  Go here to purchase an item from our “wish list”:

http://amzn.com/w/R19YZSB3NED6

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Help raise money for the library-just by writing reviews!

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Now you can help raise money for Aston Public Library without buying or selling anything! Instead of writing a check, you can raise money by writing online reviews of local businesses you already use for Insider Pages. Each review you write earns up to $1.50 for our fundraiser!
If you are the first person to review a business, your review will earn us up to $1.50. If you post the 2nd – 4th review of a business, Insider Pages will donate up to $0.50! Reviews of chain stores or chain restaurants do not count towards our Fundraiser.
Dates: 06/01/10 – 06/22/10.
How to Participate:
1. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/HelpAstonLibrary6-10
2. Write reviews of any local businesses or services that you have used within the last 2 years. Just writing 20-30
reviews is a great step towards reaching our goal of $3,000.00
Check out this list of businesses to help you get started:
Health & Fitness Home & Garden
– Doctor – Plumber
– Dentist – Electrician
– Pediatrician – Contractor
– Gym – Cleaning Service
Financial Services Beauty & Spa
– Accountant – Day Spa
– Tax Attorney – Hair Salon
– Bank – Nail Salon
– Mortgage Company – Dermatologist
Child Care Pets & Animals
– Preschool – Animal Hospital
– Day Care – Pet Sitter
– Summer Camp – Groomer
– Tutor – Pet Store
3. Recruit friends and family to participate. Just direct them to our fundraising page at
http://tinyurl.com/HelpAstonLibrary6-10

Anybody over 18 can write reviews and help us reach our goal.
Questions? Contact the Insider Pages Fundraiser team at fundraisers@insiderpages.com. Remember to put “Aston
Public Library” in the subject of the email.
We’ve got 3 weeks to raise as much as we can. Let’s get started!!!!
Thanks!

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We are closed for Memorial Day

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The library is closed for Memorial Day – Monday, May 31, 2010.  Have a wonderful holiday, and we hope to see you soon!

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Storytime bubble fun pictures!

The story time kids recently had an activity with bubbles.  Here are some pictures!
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Click here to see more of the pictures on the “flickr” website

Go to
http://tinyurl.com/astonkidsevents
for more info about upcoming library activities for kids!

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