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Science in the Summer Registration Lottery

Science in the Summer is a program sponsored by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation and the Delaware County Library System and administered by The Franklin Institute. The program introduces students to the fun of science. Brief, experiment-oriented courses are taught by certified teachers at participating public libraries.

Children will learn as they participate in fun, hands-on science activities and experiments. 2012’s course is Physical Science/ Electricity. It is comprised of four 45 minute classes given over the course of a week. It will be taught by certified science teachers to groups of 16 students in two age groups: those entering Grades 2 and 3 (Level I) and those entering Grades 4-6 (Level II). In libraries where registrants outnumber the allowable group size, a lottery will be held to select participants.

Registration for the lottery will be open May 1-31. Registration in person is required. Lottery notification will be by June 4th.

Wanted: Teen Volunteers for Summer 2012

HTFL is seeking teens to volunteer as Library pages this summer.

Responsibilities will include putting away library materials, assisting in maintaining order in the collection, and working directly with library staff on special projects.

HTFL's Books @ Bedtime Project

Does your family love to read at bedtime? Sharing this special time together helps kids learn to love reading and learning!

Help spread the word about the importance of reading at bedtime
by submitting a photo to the Books @ Bedtime Project. Snap a photo of your little ones reading at bedtime. Include the whole family or a favorite stuffed animal, and of course your favorite bedtime read!

We’ll display the images all summer during the 2012 Summer Reading Club!
Staff Picks

A Night to Remember

The 1958 British production of A Night to Remember remains a definitive dramatization of the disaster, adhering to the known facts of the time and achieving a documentary-like immediacy that matches (and in some ways surpasses) the James Cameron epic released 39 years later.

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Check the library catalog for A Night to Remember

Other People's Rejection Letters : Relationship Enders, Career Killers, and 150 Other Letters You'll Be Glad You Didn't Receive

Welcome to the rejection-letter hall of fame, where the hopes and dreams of celebrities (Jimi Hendrix, Andy Warhol, among others) are crushed alongside the aspirations of the rest of us.

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Check the library catalog for Other People's Rejection Letters