Trick or Treat @ Your Library

Bring your children to Helen Hall Library on October 31st between 10 am and 6 pm for some treats! Candy will be passed out in the youth section, the adult section, and at the check out desk. While you're here, check out a spooky book or DVD!

Countdown to Robert Jordan's new book

It's the beginning of the end! The first book in the three-volume final installment of The Wheel of Time comes out soon and Helen Hall is having a party in its honor on November 15!

Details:

Greet “The Gathering Storm”
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:00-4:00 pm

A Celebration of the Beginning of the End of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan- Test your trivia knowledge, sample Marin al'Vere’s honeycakes and Seanchan Kaf; then take souvenir photos in front of our Shadar Logoth background.

We hope to see all Robert Jordan fans there!

Results of Webkinz Library Contest

Several members of the library's Webkinz Club entered my Design a Webkinz Library contest. Here are the results:

1st place: Megan, who will receive a bookworm super bed!

2nd place: Hannah

3rd place: Becky


The judges and I thought all the entries were fabulous! I always enjoy viewing libraries through the eyes of children. Congratulations--you are all winners!

Our next Webkinz Club meeting will be November 19 at 4:30 pm. Please bring (just one) of your favorite Webkinz or stuffed animals with you.

Fall Youth Programs begin September 8th

Helen Hall Library offers free programs for children of all ages this fall! If you're interested in toddler story time, preschool story time, pajama story time, elementary book parties, family events, the teen advisory board, or teen anime, then please check out our fall brochure for more details:

http://www.leaguecitylibrary.org/documents/2009%20Fall%20brochure%20text%20only.pdf

September is Library Card Sign Up month. The most valuable card in your wallet is a library card. It gives you free access to thousands of books, magazines, and movies. Library cards at Helen Hall are free to anyone who lives in Texas and has proof of residency.

Another Vampire Series*

A League City author, Gerry Bartlett has written a vampire series that is sure to entertain! Gloriana St. Clair struggles with her weight, a centuries-old relationship with a Scottish vampire, and starting a new business in Austin Texas. Turned while between diets (aren't we all - between diets that is), Gloriana can never go back; she will always have curves, attract trouble like a magnet, and find herself attracted to men she shouldn't be. The first book is Real Vampires have Curves.

*Read more about this series and other vampire series on Novelist Plus on the Helen Hall Library website; www.leaguecitylibrary.org.

Sookie Stackhouse!

from Wikipedia:
a fictional and main character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of nine books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001. The series is a first-person account of Sookie's life as a barmaid and telepath in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001.

(This series was recommended to me by the CCHS librarian as a good after-Twilight selection)

Books in the series:
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
Dead and Gone

Find them under "Harris" in our Mystery section, first floor.