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Monday, June 30, 2014

This Week's Special Event: Uberbots Robotics Super Show!!

Come see the Robotics Supershow!


Join FIRST Robotics Team 1124, The UberBots, for this epic summer reading kickoff event this Wednesday July 2nd at 2pm! 



The team will be bringing their 2013 robot, Cyclone, with the capability to shoot frisbees from its pivot-able arm and their 2012 robot, Asteroid, with the mechanics to fire foam basketballs from its swiveling head. 

The UberBots will also be showing videos from their build season and showcasing just how fun robotics can be. 

Anyone who wants to learn about the wonders that science and engineering can create should come to this demonstration!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Kick off the Summer in Irish Style!

Come join us on Tuesday, July 1st for Irish Dancing



 The SRL Irish Dance Academy will be at the library providing lively jigs and reels followed by a demonstration. 

All attending children will be given the chance to learn a step or two and try it with the dancers. 
SRL Irish Dance Academy offers classes in Farmington and South Windsor and information about classes will be available at this Kick off Event.  

Come join us on Tuesday, 

July 1st

 at either 11am or 3pm 

to see this awesome performance and take part in this fun event.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Around the Library with Dewey! The One Hundreds..........

Learn the J 100s.
(The J stands for Juvenile ~ which means its a book for kids)

 

Is the line in the middle of the blocks straight? If you said no, then you need to learn more about optical illusions.  Because guess what? It is straight.  If you want to learn more about cool optical illusions like this one, you should check out the 100s.  
Also in the 100s are books about astrology and ghosts.  If you are looking for something to blow your mind or want to know more about the mysterious side of life, then the 100s are for you.




Some of the cool books that we have here at the library from the 100s are Never Eat Soggy Waffles by Patricia Murphy, I Can Speak Up by Sarah Levete, and Optical Illusions by Duncan Muir.  Come check some of these books out.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Around the Library with Dewey! The Zero Hundreds

Discover the J 000s.
(don't worry the J just means its for kids ~ J for juvenile)



Do you want to know more about the Loch Ness Monster? 
How about the man who has the longest fingernails or the woman with the biggest feet in the world?  
Do you love the library so much that you want to know more about how it works?  
Do you want to find out about some of the coolest museums?

Than look no further.  

These things and more you will find in the 000s in the nonfiction section.  
The 000s cover weird stuff like Bigfoot and UFOs, Computers and the Internet, Libraries, museums, newspapers, and it even contains the Guinness Book of World Records.


Some cool books we have at the Avon Library in the J 000s section are Knowledge Encyclopedia by the Smithsonian, That’s Awesome by Time for Kids, and the Guinness World Records.  Come to the children’s room to check them out.