TEEN TECH WEEK! March 4th-10th

Would you like to write a review of a book you have recently read? Or, how about receiving questions by text so you could be entered to win a fun prize? Better yet, on Thursday, March 8th, you could make a bag out of Duct Tape~and with all of the fun Duct Tape colors to choose from, the possibilities for a unique design are endless!
The only requirement? Here is the catcher...you have to be a teen or a tween (middle schooler). It's not too late to sign up!

~Ms. Sofie, Youth Services Librarian

Project Candy Cane, an Inspiration to Many.

Project Candy Cane, a Mulberry Library service project, inspired many in Mulberry and surrounding areas.
Over 140 patrons and children of Mulberry came together during the month of December to decorate candy canes for those in need over Christmas.
Patrons worked together at the library to decorate the candy canes. Children from the preschools, Just For Kids Phase One and Two also worked diligently to help finish over 200 decorated labels and candy canes getting them ready for Mulberry Community Service Center's food baskets.
Canned goods were given to the needy December 20th at the First United Methodist Church of Mulberry and with them went the decorated candies. Families who otherwise would have gone without on Christmas had the gifting of a nice meal as well as the encouragement from local preschoolers and homeschooled students.
The labels listed the names and ages of those who decorated. The children who participated in Project Candy Cane said they hoped to give the only gift they could, their love, to families who were in need of Christmas dinner.
One patron called the library after receiving her food basket and candy cane expressing her heart-felt thanks for a 4-year-old's candy cane with her sweet words and beautiful artwork. That was all the encouragement we needed to repeat this project next year.

Halloween Bash for 5-13-yr-olds and Spooky Stories for Teens, 14-18! Read for details!

It's that time of year where kids and adults alike dream up all kinds of crazy outfits and go out in public as heroes, maids, dead people, very alive and creepy-crawly bugs, princesses, beasts, cute puppies, scary puppies, the possibilities are endless, the so are the costumes!

Should you like to enter your child's wonderful, one-of-a-kind costume showing off how adorable they are, (It does need to be adorable, and NOT scary) bring them to our Halloween Bash, Monday, October 31st from 3:30-4:30!

We are having a Non-scary costume contest and games galor for the kiddies that will entertain them to their heart's delight! Call the library to register them, 425-3246.

For teens, they are in for a spooky treat with our Spooky Stories event, tomorrow, Thursday, October 27th from 5:30-6:30. A character from a classic scary movie will be telling ghost stories that may or may not have happened.

Tell your teen to come prepared for a great night of edge-of-your-seat fun!

Please call to register the number of teens coming...425-3246

See you there!

Lego Club, Tween and Teen Time, Knooking, Oh my!!!

We at the library are proud to announce several wonderful classes and clubs that are going to be offered in the fall. Feel free to brouse around our Google Calendar, which anyone with Internet access can view. The following is the link:
https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?hl=en&tab=wc&pli=1

Once in the Google Calendar, click on any event and read the descriptions.

We will be having Lego Club for elementary-age students, Tween and Teen Time and Knooking for all ages and we will also be continuing our preschool story time, Ms. Sofie's Corner.

Call the library for more information, 425-3246.

Jiggleman and West Puppets Coming Soon!!!

Attention one and all!! We have some amazing performers coming to perform for the Mulberry Library!!! They both will be performing at the Mulberry Civic Center, 901 NE 5th Street, Mulberry, FL 33860.

To our utter delight, Friday, July 22nd at 10:30 a.m., Jonathon West with West Puppets will be performing a marionette puppet show at the Mulberry Civic Center. We can't wait to see his magic with marionette puppets!

And, coming Wednesday, July 27th at 10:00 a.m., prepare your minds for Jiggleman! He has been on the David Letterman show eight times, so we are thrilled to have his show visit Mulberry (in the Mulberry Civic Center).

Call the library with any questions, these shows are for all ages, so come one, come all!!!

863-425-3246

SUMMER CALENDAR -JUNE

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Preschool Story Time, Ms. Sofie’s Corner 10:30	2 Teen Advisory Board Meeting 3:30	3	4
5 WEEKLY COUNTRY THEMES:	6	7	8 Preschool Story Time, Ms. Sofie’s Corner 10:30	9	10	11
12 AUSTRALIA	13 Elementary-Age Craft Ages 6-9 1 p.m.	14 Movie Day 3 p.m.	15 Preschool Story Time, Ms. Sofie’s Corner 10:30	16 Tween Activity Ages 10-13 2 p.m. Teen Time Ages 14-18 4 p.m.	17 Summer KickOff Global Adventure Party 1 p.m.	18
19 USA	20 Elementary-Age Craft Ages 6-9 1 p.m.	21 Movie Day 3 p.m.	22 Preschool Story Time, Ms. Sofie’s Corner 10:30	23 Tween Activity Ages 10-13 2 p.m. Teen Time Ages 14-18 4 p.m.	24 Cracker Tales Linda Chancey, Guest Storyteller 1-2 p.m.	25
26 AFRICA	27 Elementary-Age Craft Ages 6-9 1 p.m.	28 Movie Day 3 p.m.	29 Preschool Story Time, Ms. Sofie’s Corner 10:30	30 Tween Activity Ages 10-13 2 p.m. Teen Time Ages 14-18 4 p.m.	1 Drum Magic Jana Broder Time: 1-2 p.m.

Teens Researched 1,347 Books for an AR Project!

Congratulations to our T.A.B. (Teen Advisory Board) members for researching and cataloging 1,347 books in our Children's room in a three-week time period!

The board has taken on the project to research and label AR points and reading levels on all of the children books.

This is a daunting task, but they are up for it! So, much so that they competed against each other in teams to see which team could research the most books.

So in their spare time, they came in to work on this project. And we are ready to announce the winners of their contest!

Branden and Durante won with a dramatic finish when they researched a combined total of 561 books!

Great job to Branden and Durante! But, every member who competed did an incredible job by helping the library reach our goal of completing this project by the end of the summer!

We are hoping to aid the schools in the quest of having students read in and out of school.

By labeling the AR points in our library, kids can check out our books and know immediately the reading level of the book and the potential AR points they can earn at school.

Even though they cannot take the AR tests at our library, we can help them by letting them know what AR books we have. They can then complete the tests at school after reading at home.

If you know of any teens in 9th grade and up who would like to participate in this AR project and earn community service hours by joining the Teen Advisory Board, please contact Sofia Simpson at 425-3246.