Happy Mother's Day

Friends of the Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Kasson Library are holding their Book Sale on
Thursday, May 5-Monday, May 9th.
$3.00 Bag Sale will be on Monday.

John Talcott and Marcia Drazkowski Clint Patterson and Pat Coy

People choosing books.

Signs around town advertising the Friends Book Sale.

Mother's Day Storytime Week of May 2-6

Mother's Day was chosen as this week's theme. The children enjoyed the stories and the coloring sheet that Children's Librarian Ingvild provided for them.










Additional Pictures may be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Just Like Home Daycare 5/5/11

Tuesday Storytime 5/3

Bedtime Storytime 5/2

AM Monthly Book Club

Eleven people attended attended the the monly morning book club. This month's book was Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. As usual there was quite a lively discussion about this book.
June's Book will be Prayers For Sale by Eve Dallas.


Friends of the Library host two book clubs a month in the library. AM Book Club is the first Tuesday of the Month and the PM Book Club is the third Thursday of each month.

Mapcrunch

I ran across this from one of my favorite spots to look for information Sites and Soundbytes by Tasha http://sites.wakingbraincells.com/. She has lots of great up-to-date information.

MapCrunch randomizes Google Maps, taking you on a tour of the world in a very random but equally easy and fascinating way. Click on the bright green Go! button and you will be whisked away visually to another place. You can use the buttons above the Go button to limit the images to specific continents or countries.

A handy little map appears telling you where you are within the country. It can be hidden too, but I enjoy seeing right where I have landed. Just as with any Google Street View, you can journey up the road, zoom in and out, and head off in new directions. Down in the bottom corner of the view is the city and country you are in. I seem to be seeing a lot of Ireland and Scandinavia so far.

Related articles:
MapCrunch lets you teleport to random and interesting Street View locations (downloadsquad.com)
MapCrunch: It’s Chatroulette Meets Google Street View (techcrunch.com)
Teleport Anywhere with Google Maps Street View (programmableweb.com)

May New Books

Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini 5/31
The crusading lawyer is on the trail of dangerous criminals who are trying to steal state-of-the-art weapons technology…with nothing less than the future of America at stake.

While in Paris to find a former NASA employee whose name has been found on papers left in his nemesis's apartment, Paul Madriani stumbles upon a plot to harness the destructive forces of nature using stolen technology that foreign powers will stop at nothing to get their hands on.

Sixkill by Robert B. Parker 5/3
On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. The situation doesn't look good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's become their biggest liability.

In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard: a young, former football-playing Native American named Zebulon Sixkill. Sixkill acts tough, but Spenser sees something more within the young man. Despite the odd circumstances, the two forge an unlikely alliance, with Spenser serving as mentor for Sixkill. As the case grows darker and secrets about both Jumbo and the dead girl come to light

Buried Prey by John Sanford 5/10

A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. In 1985, Davenport was a young cop with a reputation for recklessness, and the girls' disappearance was a big deal.

His bosses ultimately declared the case closed, but he never agreed with that. Now that he has a chance to investigate it all over again, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: It wasn't just the bodies that were buried. It was the truth.

Poetry Month Storytime April 25-28

Poetry month is April and Children's Librarian Ingvild chose 2 great poems from Shel Silverstein and 2 other books that rhymed. The craft involved children drawing their own poems or things they heard during storytime. Additional pictures may be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Wednesday, April 27

Tuesday, April 26
Library Director Bonnie Adams reads poems to the children. The children drew poems for all of us to see and talk about. Thanks to the children and their moms.

Bedtime Storytime Monday night 4/25