Alpine Public Library News

MOCKINGJAY, the final book of The Hunger Games, is now available for check-out!

Target:  Adults interested in book discussions and meeting fellow readers!

Join: Sign up at Alpine Public Library. Only 20 spaces available! Choose a Book to read:

                        Termite Parade by Joshua Mohr

                          Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth

                          Misadventure by millard Kaufman

                          The Convalescent by Jessica Anthony

Read: Finish your book by Sept. 24

Discuss: Join the fun on Sept. 24, 5:30pm at the library. Be prepared for a high-energy event!

Regroup: Trade books. Form your own book clubs!

Join us for story time every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Children’s Room.  This program is free and appropriate for children ages 5 years and under.  For more information, call the library at 837-2621.

The Reading Fairy  will grace us with her magical presence on Tuesday, Aug. 17, during the Toddler Time program.  Expect her to appear about 10:45.

Make a snake!

Slither on up to the WOW Book Fest located on the S.R.S.U campus Friday the 30th between 9 and 10:30 a.m. for a morning of snake activities.  Make a snake puppet, touch a snake skin, play a snaky math game, and hear a snake story.  All activities are free.

J.R. Smith , general manager of the Big Bend Cowboys baseball team, will be reading “Casey at the Bat” at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 29, in the Junior Room of the Alpine Public Library.  Members of the Cowboys baseball team will be available for autographs, and kids of all ages are welcome.  For more information, call the library at 873-2621.

Children’s author Dolores Mosser will read her new book, A Train Story, on Thursday July 15, at 3:00 p.m.  Meet in the Junior Room of the library.   Kids of all ages are welcome.

All kids ages six and up are welcome to a patriotic celebration Thursday, July 1st, at 3:00 p.m.  Meet in the Junior Room of the library to hear holiday stories, make a fire cracker hat, and look at cotton candy under a microscope!  For more information, contact the library at 837-2621.

Don’t forget the APL is open late- 11-7pm tomorrow (and every Thursday June-July). Hooray for summer!

June-July the Alpine Public Library will be open on Thursdays, 11am-7pm!