BOOK SALE

The semi-annual Friends of the Macedon Public Library Book Sale is gearing up for another spectacular fall! Please join us:

Thursday, October 29 --- 10:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 30 --- 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 31 --- 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$3.00 per bag on Saturday ---12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Spiders

The spiders came!

Liz Thompson, the Batphile who visited us this summer to teach us about bats, came again on Wednesday to teach us about spiders. Obviously, Liz has some "creepy" issues. Luckily for us.

Naturally, the kids had a great time. One got to dress as a spider (for identification purposes), and several got to pretend to be the various types of insect catching spiders. Did you know some spiders catch their prey with spit?!

We also learned that spider venom is being studied for medicinal purposes, and that the U.S. government is trying to re-create spider silk for its strength.

Thank you Liz! What creepy creature will you study next?

Spiders are Coming................................

October 21st
4:00 p.m.
Community Room

Bullis Open House

On Sunday, October 4, the Bullis Committee hosted an Open House honoring benefactor Miss Jeannette Aurelia Bullis, her family and their contributions. Special guest, "Nettie" was there to welcome the guests.




Included were a display of special Bullis books, a demonstration of Bullis book repair and refreshments (special bologna sandwiches, one of Nettie's favorite dinners). Also, history buff and producer, Joseph Hill, graciously shared his research on General John Lapham Bullis and the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts that he lead.

We thank all who came and hoped that you enjoyed the afternoon as much as we did.

Grant for Children's DVDs

Many thanks to the Friends of the Macedon Public Library for their grant "Promoting Juvenile Learning and Literacy Through DVDs". With these funds we were able to purchase DVDs based on books as an inducement to read.

They are displayed in the children's section with the books they are based on. We have encouraged our patrons to take both home.

Come in and "check them out".

Fall Story Time Schedule

The Summer Reading Program, Be Creative at Your Library, was a huge success!! The kids had a great deal of fun and the staff is exhausted, all signs that we did something right!

So now it's time to plan for back to school and our fall programming. Our first six weeks will start the week of September 21 and end Halloween week, October 27. We have the usual 2 year-old story times on Tuesday morning, 10:10 and 10:40. 3, 4, and 5 year-old story times are on Monday mornings at 10:30 and Tuesday afternoons at 1:30. And our Wednesdays would not be Wacky without stories and crafts at 4:00. A schedule is available at our front desk.

Come in to register or call us at 315-986-5932.

Jefferson Gets Crafty

As I've been telling everyone, we started our adult craft classes this summer, and everyone has been having a great time! Even Jefferson joined us for some pottery painting and crocheting!

Jefferson struggled because of his lack of thumbs, but that's definitely a smile on his face!!