To celebrate March is Reading Month, many Canton first graders will be visiting the library with their classes for an exciting field trip. They'll see a puppet show, go on a tour and check out a book. For some children, it's their first visit to the library. This year marks our 19th annual First Grade Round Up. We love our first grader visitors!

Gentlemen from UBS will help us through the new rules associated with IRAs and the conversion of them to Roth IRAs. Let's get prepared for our financial futures on Thursday, March 11 at 7:00PM in the Community Room. Come prepared with questions and Matt and Phil will have the answers!

Winnie the Pooh and You!

Children, ages 3-5 with a caregiver, can join us for a trip to the Hundred Acre Woods where all your favorite Pooh’s Corner friends hang out. Enjoy Pooh stories, crafts, games and snacks. We'll be heading over to the Hundred Acre Woods on Saturday March 20, 2010 from 1:00-1:45PM. Registration begins Saturday, March 6, 2010. See you there!

If he were still alive today, Dr. Seuss, (Theodore Seuss Geisel) would have celebrated his 106th birthday on March 2. The Canton Public Library and Canton Leisure Services threw a big party to celebrate this wonderful author. The party included Seuss-style stories, songs, crafts and snacks. Check out the pictures from our Seussical event or see the event as an action movie trailer.

To demonstrate their tremendous enthusiasm for crime, mystery, and thriller fiction, the British are planning their first National Crime Fiction Week, to run from June 14 to 20, 2010. This event is sponsored by the Crime Writers Association. CWA members will take part in readings, discussions, readers' group events and workshops all over the country. Your favorite authors are already planning Murders in Libraries, Bodies in Bookshops and Strawberries and Crime at Village Fetes. For more information check out the National Crime Fiction Week website.

Karim Motawi from the Motawi Tileworks in Ann Arbor gives a presentation on tile making, after which caregiver and child, 5th grade and older, can craft a tile. Register online today.
Program Date: Sunday, February 28, 1:00-2:00PM

Join us for a Chinese New Year celebration on February 25, from 7:00-8:00 p.m.  Students from Canton's Evola Music will usher in the Year of the Tiger with their musical performances. Enjoy this happy occasion and an early celebration of spring in our Community Room.

Photo courtesy of AP Images.

Get together with other second graders and talk about a great book! Register online, and then check out the book at the Children’s Desk.
Program Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:00-7:30PM
Book Title: Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Bulla

Get together with other first graders and talk about a great book! Register online, and then check out the book at the Children’s Desk.
Program Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1:00-1:30PM
Book Title: Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline

The April title selection for the Busy Moms Book has been changed to Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert. In the follow up to Eat, Pray, Love (2006), Gilbert examines her reluctant marriage to Felipe, the Brazilian businessman she met at the end of her post-divorce travels, and considers her doubts about the institution of marriage. Join us Thursday April 15th in the Children's Purple Room at 11 am for what should be an interesting discussion.

Everything you wanted to know about pianos will be discussed by the experts from Evola Music in Canton. They will even take a piano apart so we can see the inner workings. Learn the history, how they're made and how to select the perfect piano for your needs. I bet we'll even hear a little music.
Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00PM in the Community Room.

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is the 2010 Everyone's Reading selection. This novel defined the legal thriller genre and has an infamous surprise ending that most of us don't see coming. Everyone's Reading promotes community dialogue through the shared experience of reading the same book. Pick up a copy of Presumed Innocent at the Canton Public Library and join the discussion.
 
Author Scott Turow will make a special appearance at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill this evening at 7 PM.  A limited number of unclaimed tickets will be distributed on a first come, first served basis, in the theatre lobby beginning at 6 PM.

The NHS tutors will not be here this week (they need a break too). However, they will resume their regular schedule starting Tuesday February 23rd!

If you are interested in getting tutored:

• You must be in third through twelfth grade
• If you are under 7, your parent must remain with you
• If you are under 12, NHS requires your parent must remain in the library
• You must bring the assignment, textbooks, calculators, and any other materials you need

Days and Times:
Monday from 6:00-8:00PM at the Plymouth District Library in the Teen Zone
Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM at the Canton Public Library by the Teen Reference Desk
Wednesday from 6:00-8:00PM at the Plymouth District Library in the Teen Zone

Enjoy your Winter Break at the Canton Public Library!

Monday, February 15

Second Grade Book Discussion - 5:00-5:45PM — Get together with other second graders and talk about a great book! Register online, and then check out the book at the Children’s Desk.

Tuesday, February 16

Teen/Tween Cupcake Mania - 7:00-7:30PM — Celebrate Mardi Gras with a tasty treat!

Wednesday, February 17

Create-a-Craft - 11:00AM-1:00PM — Children, ages 5-8 with a caregiver, are invited to make a craft to take home. No registration required.
Teen Animanga Club - 6:30-8:45PM — Manga and anime fans in seventh through twelfth grades can talk, watch, draw and enjoy Japanophilia together. It’s never predictable but it sure is fun. No registration required.

Thursday, February 18

All Ages Open Videogaming - 1:00-3:00PM — No registration required
Batter Up! - 7:00-8:00PM — Hey, batter batter, SWING! Families with children ages 4-9 can come celebrate baseball with stories, crafts and snacks.

Saturday, February 20

Euchre Tournament - 2:00-5:00PM — Teens and adults can join us for a day of euchre showmanship and socializing in a double bracket tournament.

Get together with other first graders and talk about a great book! Register online, and then check out the book at the Children’s Desk. Register online today.
Program Date: Tuesday, February 23, 5:00-5:45PM
Book Title: Stink : the incredible shrinking kid by Megan McDonald

Do you watch your grandchildren on a regular basis? Looking for something fun and different to do with them? Want to meet other grandparents who babysit too? The CPL Grandparents Group provides fun activities for you to share your grandchildren. Register online today.
Program Date: Monday, February 22 10:00-10:45AM

Hey, batter batter, SWING! Families with children ages 4-9 can come celebrate baseball with stories, crafts and snacks. Register online today.
Program Date: Thursday, February 18 7:00-8:00PM

This program is sponsored by the Target Early Childhood Reading Grant and Friends of the Canton Public Library.

Registration for February's Tween Book Discussion is now open. We're meeting on Saturday, February 13, from 1:00-2:00PM to talk about Gordon Korman's Schooled. This funny book is about the adventures of a boy raised by a hippie grandmother, trying to survive when he has to go to a "normal" public school. Sign up today - we look forward to hearing what you think!

The Great Michigan Read program selection is Stealing Buddha’s Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen and this month the University of Michigan Library is hosting the Michigan Humanities Council’s traveling exhibit, Their Journey: Vietnamese in Michigan, which is on display February 1-24, 2010 (University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library, Ann Arbor) as well as a live webcast conversation on February 10 with Professor Peter Ho Davies and

On Sunday, February 21 at 2:00PM in the University of Michigan's Hatcher Graduate Library (Room 100/Gallery) Curator Kathryn Beam will share her personal memories of how the exhibit History of the Bible from Ancient Papyri to King James came to be and what the process has meant to her in Sharing a Personal View of the Bible Exhibit.

Sponsored by the University of Michigan Special Collections Library.