Tiger Tail Soup Anyone?

Tue, 06/19/2007 - 11:09am by StoryLaura

Find out why Tiger is so mad and Bear is so sad at the Downtown and Pittsfield “Safari” preschool storytimes this week.

Storytime Fun

Tue, 06/12/2007 - 5:02pm by StoryLaura

This week’s Downtown and Pittsfield storytimes will take you traveling around the pond and off to India and Timbuktu!

June Wedding

Fri, 06/01/2007 - 12:54pm by StoryLaura

If you are taking the kids to a wedding this month, check out Flower Girl Butterflies, Lilly's Big Day, and Road to Mumbai for picture book reading.

Knees Up Mother Brown!

Fri, 05/25/2007 - 9:54am by lola

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Summer storytimes will start the week of June 11 and go for eight weeks until August 3. Mark your schedule for baby and preschool storytimes!

Baby Playgroups
15 minutes of stories, rhymes & songs followed by open playtime. Babies up to 24 months. No older siblings.
Downtown YSC, Mondays 10:30-11:30 AM
Malletts Creek, Tuesdays 10-11 AM & Thursdays 6:30-7:30 PM
Pittsfield, Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 PM (no playgroup on Jun. 19)
Northeast, Wednesdays 10-11 AM (no playgroup on Jul. 4)

Want to get into summer mode?

Thu, 05/24/2007 - 5:32pm by StoryLaura

Poor Angelina longs for her Jamaica home, dreaming of papayas, hot sun and rainbow-colored birds. What will make her happy in her new home, Brooklyn, New York? Carnival of course! Once again, author Jeanette Winter touches and entertains with her whimsical story and magnificent illustrations.

New Children's books in German!

Thu, 05/10/2007 - 11:29am by Tara LS

We have several new children's books in German which will be available soon. They will be distributed between the branches and you can find them on the foreign language shelves. You can also put a hold on the books through the on-line catalog and have them delivered to the branch of your choice. Remember that new foreign language books now have "NEW" stickers on them to distinguish them from other books in the collection. If you have any questions or comments about the foreign language collections, please e-mail stantont@aadl.org

Follow the links to see the record for these new German books:

Piro auf Schatzsuche: eine abenteuerliche Geschichte / von Kurt Baumann
Der kleine Bär / von Else Holmelund Minarik. Bilder von Maurice Sendak
Regenbogenfisch komm hilf mir! / von Marcus Pfister
Der regenbogenfisch / von Marcus Pfister
Kleiner Eisbär wohin fährst du? / von Hans de Beer
Kleiner Eisbär, komm bald wieder! / von Hans de Beer
Frosch und Kröte Ende gut, alles gut / von Arnold Lobel
Leiber eisbar, hor gut zu! / von Bill Martin Jr.
Frosch findet einen schatz / von Max Velthuijs
Was ist das? fragt der Frosch / von Max Velthuijs

En Espanol/In Spanish: Chronicles of Narnia Books!

Mon, 04/30/2007 - 2:13pm by Tara LS

The library recently purchased Spanish translations of the popular "Chronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis. There will be copies of "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe/El Leon, la Bruja y el Ropero" at all branches and copies of all other titles at the Downtown Branch on both the Adult and Youth Foreign Language Collection shelves. Ask a staff member if you have trouble locating these areas. You can also put a HOLD on any of these books via your account in the online catalog. Follow the links below to see the records and call numbers for each book.

El Sobrino del Mago por C.S. Lewis
El Leon, la Bruja y el Ropero por C.S. Lewis
El Caballo y el Muchacho por C.S. Lewis
El Principe Caspian por C.S. Lewis
La Traversia del Viajero del Alba por C.S. Lewis
La Silla de Plata por C.S. Lewis
La Ultima Batalla por C.S. Lewis

Storytime Scoop

Fri, 04/20/2007 - 7:36am by StoryLaura

Go wild at the last preschool storytime of the session at Downtown and Pittsfield with stories filled with jungle animals and jungle noises!

Storytime Scoop

Fri, 04/13/2007 - 2:55pm by StoryLaura

Hold onto your hats for windy, rainy stories to Wake Up Spring at the Downtown and Pittsfield preschool storytimes the week of April 16th.

New Sesame Street DVD's

Sun, 04/01/2007 - 1:47pm by fletch

Do you enjoy the story of Peter and the Wolf? Sesame Street has made their own musical adventure starring Elmo’s musical adventure :the story of Peter Wolf. It uses the music of Sergei Perkofiev, and features the Boston Pops Orchestra! There are also several new Sesame Street DVD’s in our collection including Sesame Street : the alphabet jungle game [videorecording (DVD)], and Sesame Street : Count it higher [videorecording (DVD)].