Wednesday, September 25, 2013

OCTOBER, 2013

October 8, 2013:  Story Time - 10:00 of 1:30 for 3 & 4 year olds.  There will be cutting & drawing stories, fingerplays, books, and a puppet show!

October 14, 2013:  The Library Will Be Closed in observance of Native American Day(Columbus Day)

October 17, 2013:  Author! Author!  This free event will be held from 6:30 - 8:00PM at the Belle Fourche Community Hall.  This is the first of a proposed annual event to showcase the work of Belle Fourche area authors.  Authors attending include Morgan Callan Rogers, Jennifer Rogers Spinola, Joanna Jones, John English, Carol Paneiro, Bill Walker, Fred Wilson, Bobbi Sago, and Doug Engebretson.  Wine will be provided by the Belle Joli Winery.  This event is a collaborative effort of the Tri-State Museum, the Belle Fourche Area Community Center, Belle Fourche Public Library and the Belle Fourche Writers' Group.

October 31, 2013:  Come and see Miss Pat and Miss Wanda at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center's Halloween Party.  We will be handing out bookmarks and candy!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

SEPTEMBER, 2013

SEPTEMBER 10:  STORY TIME 10:00 OR 1:30

SEPTEMBER 22:  CRAIG JOHNSON, AUTHOR OF THE LONGMIRE SERIES, WILL BE AT THE BELLE FOURCHE PUBLIC LIBRARY @1:00.  HE WILL BE DISCUSSING HIS BOOKS AND THE TV SERIES "LONGMIRE".

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

JULY, 2013

JULY 4, 2013:  CLOSED

JULY 20, 2013:  SUMMER READING PROGRAM ENDS.  REMEMBER TO GET YOUR READING LOGS TURNED IN BY AUG. 1 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SPECIAL DRAWINGS!

JULY 27, 2013:  C.M. WENDELBOE, AUTHOR OF THE SPIRIT ROAD MYSTERIES, WILL BE AT THE LIBRARY @2:00 PM.  HE WILL BE DISCUSSING HIS NEW BOOK!

Monday, June 24, 2013

JUNE, 2013

SUMMER READING PROGRAM:

June 10 - July 20, 2013
Come in and sign-up for the reading program!  Read for just 30 minutes a day for 30 days and receive prizes from area businesses!  Keep your children reading this summer so they won't fall behind in school.  This program is for all ages.

June 26, 2013:  Bunny Sings Wolf will be performing at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center @2:00 pm.  She will be performing original, Black Hills inspired Lakota-Inflective folk music.  This concert is FREE and for all ages and is sponsored by the Belle Fourche Public Library.

Monday, May 13, 2013

MAY, 2013

Children's Book Week:  May 13 - 19, 2013
We will be having give aways for the children and drawings for special prizes!  So, come into the library this week and check us out!
History:
Children's Book Week originated in the belief that children's books and literacy are life-changers. In 1913, Franklin K. Matthiews, the librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, began touring the country to promote higher standards in children's books. He proposed creating a Children's Book Week, which would be supported by all interested groups: publishers, booksellers, and librarians.
Mathiews enlisted two important allies: Frederic G. Melcher, the visionary editor of Publishers Weekly, and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Children's Works at the New York Public Library and a major figure in the library world. With the help of Melcher and Moore, in 1916, the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association sponsored a Good Book Week with the Boy Scouts of America.
In 1944, the newly-established Children's Book Council assumed responsibility for administering Children's Book Week. In 2008, Children’s Book Week moved from November to May. At that time, administration of Children’s Book Week, including planning official events and creating original materials, was transferred to Every Child a Reader, the philanthropic arm of the children’s publishing industry, and the Children's Book Council became a CBW anchor sponsor.

Today:
The need for Children’s Book Week today is as essential as it was in 1919, and the task remains the realization of Frederic Melcher’s fundamental declaration: “A great nation is a reading nation.”

May 14:  Story Time for 3 and 4 year olds will be held at 10:00 or 1:30.  There will be stories, fingerplays, drawing & cutting stories, puppet show and more!

May 15:  The Kindergarten classes will be visiting the Library.

May 20:  The 1st grade classes will be visiting the Library.

May 21:  The 3rd grade classes will be visiting the Library.

May 27:  The Library will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.

You can start calling the Library to register your children for Summer Story Times and Story Hours during the last week of May.








Thursday, April 11, 2013

APRIL, 2013

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK:  APRIL 14 - APRIL 20, 2013

The Belle Fourche Public Library joins libraries nationwide celebrating April 14 - 20 as National Library Week.

The Belle Fourche Public Library is celebrating this week by offering amnesty for any overdue materials, no matter how overdue they are, that are returned during this week only.  There will also be drawings for special prizes and giveaways for children.  Since Story Time was cancelled during its regular time because of the snow storm, we will have it on April 16.

The Belle Fourche Public Library serves the city and Butte County by providing interlibrary loans, videos, dvd's, children's programs, summer reading program, magazines, newspapers, books on tape, books on cd, special collections (such as South Dakota, genealogy, large print), internet services, wireless, e-books, and of course books.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.




April 16:  Story Time will be at 10:00 am or 1:30 pm and is for 3 and 4 year olds.  There will be fingerplays, cutting and drawing stories, books, puppet show, and more!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MARCH

Feb. 15 - March 31:  Trails to Tales:  Seeking Sense of Place in Prints and Perspectives
An interactive adventure in art and multimedia by Mary Caton-Rosser, Ph.D. and graphic designer Tabitha Witte

March 2:  Come and Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday @Belle Fourche Public Library Saturday March 2 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm.  There will be cake, Dr. Seuss stories and movies, & drawings for Dr. Seuss books!

March 12:  March Story Time will be at 10:00 am or 1:30 pm for 3 & 4 year olds.  There will be stories, fingerplays, drawing and cutting stories, and a puppet show!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

FEBRUARY, 2013

February 12:  Story Time 10:00 or 1:30 for 3 & 4 year olds

February 18:  Closed In Observance of Presidents' Day

Come in and get your password so you can use e-books!  Take advantage of this wonderful service provided for you by your library!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

JANUARY, 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

JANUARY 1, 2013:  CLOSED

JANUARY 8, 2013:  STORY TIME 10:00 OR 1:30 FOR 3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS; THERE WILL BE FINGERPLAYS, POEMS, CUTTING & DRAWING STORIES, BOOKS, AND A PUPPET SHOW!

JANUARY 21, 2013:  THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.

COME IN AND GET YOUR PASSWORD SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT E-BOOKS THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA TITLES TO GO!!!