Alpine Public Library News

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

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.

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

Toddler Time: Tuesdays, 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.  This “hands-on” program can be messy.  Please wear play clothes.  Begins June 1.

Summer Reading Program, Catch the Reading Express!  Thursdays, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Story time, science activities, and craft projects.  Register your child at the circulation desk and pick up an Express Train reading-log and summer science book.   Ages 6-10.  Begins June 3.

Summer Reading Club:  All ages, all summer!

Pick up an Express Train reading-log and a United States map from the circulation desk.  For every book read, your child will receive a State flag sticker.  Fill the entire map with State flag stickers and receive a prize. This program ends August 31.

For more information, contact the library at 837-2621.

The following popular titles have been added to our Junior collection:  The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney; My Weird School series by Dan Gutman; and the latest titles of the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park.  We would like to thank the Kiwanis Club of Alpine for funding these books.