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We've just opened the voting form to find North Lincolnshire's favourite nursery rhyme.  You can vote now by following the link above or clicking on "North Lincolnshire's Favourite Nursery Rhyme" on the left.

Vote Now!!!!!

We'll tell you the result on National Bookstart Day on 9 October (if you can wait that long!)

The photos from Saturday's event are now in the photo album, why not take a look!

It was the Green Balloon event in the library this morning, you may have heard me mention it once or twice over the last couple of weeks.  We had lots of eager children who came and heard stories, planted cress seeds and built bug houses.  But the highlight of the morning was the snail race.  There were one or two children (and staff) who weren't too keen to get too near but overall most people seemed to love it.  The snails had a whale of a time too, (and being the bravest of the lot it was me who had to get the snails ready on the start line).  You would think that snails are quite slow but we had a couple of real speedy ones and the overall champion was actually the smallest of the lot.  There was some attempted cheating going on though, as some snails tried to get piggy-backs to the finish line.  And even on the podium the snails were all fighting to get onto the top step.

You'll be pleased to hear that no snails were harmed during the race and all the competitors were safely released back into the wild at the end of the morning.  And if you missed it you can see photos of the winning snails and trainers in our photo album very soon.

Until next time

Suzanne

So Saturday is Green Balloon Club morning in the central Children's Library.  We have a busy schedule starting at 10am with nature themed stories before moving on to making bug hotels and decorating pots to plant seeds in.  The highlight of the morning with be our snail race (please do bring your own otherwise I'm going to have to spend Friday night on a snail hunt... We're going on a snail hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day, I'm not scared!)  Then at 11.30 we just have to round up all the wayward snails and send them all home!

If you can't make it you can still join in all next week with a bug-themed treasure hunt around the library (although I might lose the picture of the spider).  And if you're really keen you can borrow some of our nature and bug books and read them as part of Questseekers.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Suzanne

It's started... this year's summer reading challenge is here.  Have you signed up yet?

It's a busy time in the library at the moment.

Questseekers - this year's summer reading challenge - starts next week and so we are busy making sure that all the new books are ready and waiting for you to borrow. We also have to get all the rewards ready and make sure that we have enough for everyone who wants to sign up. For those of you who don't know, the Summer Reading Challenge is for children aged 4 years and over. They borrow books from their library, share their enjoyment with library staff when they bring them back and earn rewards such as games and stickers.  When they've read six books they get a certificate and a medal.

If you're a fan on CBeebies you might have come across a programme called The Green Balloon Club - a nature / green-themed show for children. We're currently planning a Saturday morning event on 25 July with lots of green themed activities - more information to follow once we've finished planning it!

One of my colleagues has also started a manga fan club which starts in the Central Library on 22 July from 6-7pm.  It follows on from the Manga Recon events that we've held over the past two years, (you can see photos from those in our photo album).

We have local author Lois Fenn at Barton Library on 30 July and in the Central Library on 31 July signing copies of her latest book.

So lots going on - check out our events list for even more upcoming events

Until next time

Suzanne