The East Lansing Middle School Math Circle is your chance to make new math discoveries and play fun reasoning games.

Grades 5-8.

The East Lansing Elementary Math Circle is your chance to make new math discoveries and play fun reasoning games.

Grades 2-4.
Under grade 2 with parent.

The East Lansing Elementary Math Circle is your chance to make new math discoveries and play fun reasoning games.

Grades 2-4.
Under grade 2 with parent.

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty Birney

Discussion, bagels and a fun activity.  Free book while supplies last.

Grades 4-6.

A big thank you to Panera Bread in Frandor for donating the bagels!

ELPL's very popular TumbleBooks service, which allows users to read children's picture eBooks via the web, is now iPad compatible!  TumbleBooks is a flash based site and so iPad users were out of luck, but now, TumbleBooks offers iPad friendly versions of many of the popular titles on the site. 

BabyTime and StoryTime programs are taking a vacation until 2012!

StoryTime resumes Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 10:30 am & 6:30 pm.

BabyTime resumes Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 10:30 am. 

Books & Bagels
Book Discussion Group
Grades 4-6

Saturday, January 14, 2012
2-3 pm

The Books & Bagels book discussion group will meet on the date and time listed above to discuss The Candymakers  by Wendy Mass.

Here's a summary from our catalog: "When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process."

This book has been described as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" meets "The Mysterious Benedict Society."

There are free copies of the book available (while supplies last) at the circulation desk for those who intend to come to the January 14 meeting. Children's Librarian Mary Jo Gallagher will be conducting the group and she has a big sweet tooth, so be prepared to be a candymaker yourself!

To learn more about Wendy Mass and her books, click here.

Tuesday, November 29th
10:30 am

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, dancing, and a craft!  We will hear some stories about police officers and their work and East Lansing Police Detective Ivey will share one of her favorite stories.  We will be making police hats and everyone can take home some saftey tips in a McGruff coloring book.  Join us for lots of fun at this special story time!

The East Lansing Elementary Math Circle is your chance to make new math discoveries and play fun reasoning games.

Grades 2-4.
Under grade 2 with parent.

The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
Discussion, bagels and a fun activity.  Free book while supplies last.
A big thank you to Panera Bread in Frandor for donating the bagels!

Grades 4-6.
*Register starting Oct. 29.

Make handcrafted gifts for the holiday season.
Ages 4+.

*Please register beginning November 19.

Due to the Abbot Road closure for the Michigan State University Homecoming Parade, the Library will close at 4pm on Friday, October 21.

Fire Marshal Bob Pratt will be our special guest for Story Time!
Tuesday, October 11 @ 10:30 am
For ages 2-5, younger siblings welcome
Caregivers of children 2 years old and younger must stay in the story time room.
All other caregivers must remain in the library.

Miss Karrie and Fire Marshal Bob will be sharing stories, songs, and a craft
in recognition of National Fire Prevention Week!  

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls. According to the National Archives and Records Administration's Library Information Center, Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on record. The President of the United States has signed a proclamation proclaiming a national observance during that week every year since1925. Visit the National Fire Protection Association's website for more information about how to prevent fires and keep your family safe!

Story Time will take place:

Tuesday, 10/18 @ 6:30 pm and Friday, 10/21 @ 10:30 am, as regularly scheduled.

Tuesday, 10:30 am Story Time will resume on October 25th.

 We all know about the Newbery and Caldecott and (I hope) the Printz awards.  Another award I respect is the Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards.  An honor book this year is Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke…  so I looked it up to read it.

 For some reason I thought it was about a girl growing up in Hawaii. I guess it was the “hibiscus “ in the title (talk about stereotyping!).  But Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa.  Amazing Africa.  These two sentences are the start of every chapter, and the 4 books in this series are  amazing books.

 It’s unusual because I think there  are few books for beginning chapter book readers that take place in other countries, and none that I can think of in Africa.  By getting to know Anna, readers take a look at our own American culture through her eyes, and see that there are many ways to live in our world.

 Anna lives with her big, extended, loving family in a compound in the middle of a city ( the country is never named). 

 In the four books, Anna learns about others in her city who are not as privileged as she is, is surprised that her Canadian mother grew up in a house with only her mother and father and her own room,(how lonely!), overcomes stage fright when she is asked to sing in front of the president of her country, and visits her grandmother in Canada and sees snow.

 The author, Atinuke, is a storyteller, and the tales do have a kind of rhythm to them. They would be great to read aloud. More stories from Amazing Africa, please, Atinuke!