Another great book sale is coming right up! Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, the Friends of the North Plains Public Library host their annual book sale. It takes place at the Jessie Mays Community Center, 30955 NW Hillcrest in North Plains from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Friends will accept book and media donations on Friday, May 2nd at Jessie Mays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
The sale features very reasonably priced (read: cheap) donated and duplicate library materials, and a good supply of VHS movies, children’s books, audio books, and bestsellers. All proceeds support the North Plains Public Library.
Join us for Wednesday mornings for storytime, now starting at 10:30am. Next week features puppy books. Storytime is held in the Children’s section of the library.
Wednesday, February 20th, 7pm Rumba Dancing!
Local dance instructors Bill and Dian Duyck will give a Rumba Dance lesson on at North Plains Jessie Mays Center. Everyone is invited to join the Spanish cultural events throughout this month as North Plains continues to read The Shadow of the Wind. Jessie Mays Community Center
Monday, February 25th, 7pm Barcelona Travelogue
Map-maker Dave Hoerlein from the Rick Steves’ Travel books will present a travelogue on Barcelona. Hoerlein is one of Europe’s most seasoned tour guides, with over 20 years of experience. North Plains Public Library
We’ve had great turnouts for our Friday night movies and Monday’s history lecture. Thanks for coming. Here are the events for the upcoming week. See you there!
Today, Monday, February 11th, 7pm The Shadow of the Wind Book Discussion
North Plains Public Library
Tuesday, February 12th, 6:30pm Tango Demonstration and Lesson
Jessie Mays Community Center
Friday, February 15, 7pm Films from Spain - “Carmen”
North Plains Senior Center
The library was comfortably full on Saturday evening thanks to the efforts of the library Friends, volunteers and staff. Many people signed up to read The Shadow of the Wind and you still can too. Just pop on in to the library. Here’s a link to some photos of the event: One Book One Community Kickoff Party. Visit nplibrary.org/onebook for more details.
The NPPL and Friends of the NPPL are pleased to announce One Book One Community for the months of January and February.
The town of North Plains will be reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. There will be events related to the book around the town of North Plains in February. For a full list of events, pick up a flyer in the library or look at our webpage dedicated to the program: One Book One Community.
Come this Saturday to pick up your copy of the book for free!
Saturday, January 12 at 6:00 pm
Come to the library for Spanish food, drink and music. Free copies of this year’s selection, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon will be distributed.
The NPPL is happy to announce our new online storytime program: Click-A-Story. You and your children can listen to stories and look at the accompanying pictures on our website. Here’s an example: