Check out this week’s storytime book!

Check out the book that is featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Otis by Loren Long

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“Read For the Record” at our storytime next Thursday!

Our storytime next Thursday the 3rd at 10:30AM will be reading Otis by Loren Long. This is part of a national program to set a record! Bring your child and be part of it!

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record®, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, is one day of the year when millions of individuals come together to celebrate literacy and support Jumpstart in its efforts to promote early childhood education. On October 3, 2013, millions of adults and children across the country will read Otis by Loren Long, in support of Jumpstart’s mission to work towards the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Join Jumpstart’s Read for the Record and put children first! Click here for more information.

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Book Sale October 4th and 5th!

Come support the library and find a bargain at the Aston Library Book Sale!

Hours:

Friday October 4th 10-5

Saturday October 5th (During Community Day) 10-5

Most items $2 or less!

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The Family that Reads Together Photo Contest!

Katie Mackey

The Aston Public Library is holding a photo contest!  Take a photo of your family reading together, and enter it for a chance to win!  Families in Delaware County are eligible to participate.  Just bring your photo to the library’s service desk, or email it to hello@astonlibrary.org.

THE RULES:
1. Only two different entries per family allowed.
2. Photographs only.  No drawings etc.
3. Photographs should have been taken in the past year.  New photos preferred!
4. Include your name, address, and phone number with your entry.
5. Entries must be original. Do not use photos taken of other families.

Deadline:  Friday, October 25, 2013

All entries become property of the Aston Public Library.

Entries will be judged at the library. Winners of the judging will have their photos displayed at the Aston Public Library.

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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:
	Alex

	Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World 

	Empty Mansions

	Help for the Haunted 

	House in the Sky 

	MaddAddam

	Maid's Version 

	Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America

	Nine Inches 

	Rivers

JUVENILE ITEMS:
	Bear's Song

	Danny's Doodles: The Jelly Bean Experiment 

	Fortunately, the Milk 

	Hello, My Name Is Ruby

	Ling & Ting Share a Birthday 

	Locomotive 

	Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things 

	Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween

	Show Must Go On! 

	Year of Billy Miller 

YOUNG ADULT ITEMS:
	Coldest Girl in Coldtown

	Crown of Midnight

	Elegy

	Fangirl

	Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

	Living with Jackie Chan 

	Lord of Opium

	Rose Under Fire

	Siege and Storm

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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Storytime tea party this week!

Your kids can practice their good manners at the storytime and tea party at the Aston Public Library this Tuesday or Thursday (September 24 and 26)  at 10:30 am!  We will be reading Yes, Please! No, Thank You! by Valerie Wheeler and Splat Says Thank You! by Rob Scotton. Everyone may also dress up for this story time in party dresses, suits or other clothes.  Juice and cookies will be provided!

This program is intended for ages 2-6.

Click here to request a copy of each book or see if it is on the shelf-

Yes, Please! No, Thank You! by Valerie Wheeler

Splat Says Thank You! by Rob Scotton

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New York Life Free Child ID Event at the Library!

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Get an ID card for your child and teach your child about safety, Saturday, October 5th (during Community Day)  from 11AM-3PM at the Aston Library!

This FREE program is family friendly and fun. Children are digitally fingerprinted and photographed to make ID cards that are given to parents. In the event of an emergency the parents have the child’s photo, fingerprints, and other pertinent information needed by the police. Designed to help children of our community stay safe. There is no cost for families to participate.

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Donate your used books to the annual book sale!

The Friends of the Aston Library are looking for more books for the upcoming book sale, especially paperbacks.  If you have books published after 2002 that you don’t need, donate them to the Friends so they may find a home and help raise funds for the Library!  Donations are accepted whenever the library is open.

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Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Hello Toes!  Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul

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From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Hello Toes!  Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul

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Part of parking lot closed

The nearest section of our parking lot is closed today (Friday, September 13th 2013) due to painting of lines.  The other parts of our parking lot are open, so we hope you will park there and take the short walk down to visit us.  Sorry for the inconvenience!

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