This week at the library; or, The summer ends with a splash

What's going on; in my head and at the library

• PANIC. My Storywagon performer had to cancel due to illness. Luckily, Science Alliance came through for me, but it was a very frantic afternoon of phone calls!
• It was a good thing I got a backup - we had a huge group of people for Pattie's toddler times in the morning and then 117 for the Science Alliance show.
• I ordered 70 pool noodles
• Only about 30 people showed up at Lego Club, but they were about 70% new and extremely enthusiastic. They were all very excited about coming back in the fall and I consider this one of my more successful Lego Clubs with the connections that were made.

Some Projects Completed/In Progress This Week

• Cleaned off the stack of repairs on my desk
• Worked on movie collection development - replacing/weeding titles that have checked out over 200 times, clearing out duplicates, etc. in preparation for the massive reflux of returns.
• Staff meeting, website meeting, and then working on scheduling and marketing programs

Programs

• Playgroup with Pattie
• Tiny Tots (Pattie)
• Toddlers 'n' Books (2 sessions) (Pattie)
• Science Alliance: Close Encounters of the Chemical Kind
• Books 'n' Babies
• Lego Club
• Go Go Garden
• The Big Splash

Ongoing and New Stealth Programs and Displays

• 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
• Summer Reading

What the kids are reading; A Selection

• Nancy Drew Clue Crew (this was actually last week but I didn't want to forget)
• John Cena, Randy Orton, more easy reader wrestling books!
• science books - Try This
• Sharks (great white sharks)
• Jurassic park - put TIM defender of earth and Raising Rufus on hold
• Batman vs. Superman - I think they wanted comics with the new movie, but the only thing I found on Baker and Taylor isn't slated to come out until December
• Requests for Flash comics
• Book suggestions for a 5th grader - this was a difficult one since she wasn't there, but from what I elicited I suggested Ingo, Amelia Rules, and How to survive middle school.
• Suggested audiobooks for a family going on a trip - you don't have to take just movies!
• My faithful RA fan - I think he just likes to see how many books I can suggest. I managed to find another six titles for him to try (this is getting more difficult because he never finishes series!)
• Bridges and castles, especially drawbridges, for a four year old.
• Really scary stories for a camping trip - Schwartz, Half-Minute Horrors, and Stine's Beware
• Anne Frank
• something not as scary as scary tales to tell in the dark - suggested James Preller's Scary Stories