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Children's Room Information

See the January 2010 What's Happening in the Children's Area as a [PDF] or a [Word document] See the February 2010 What's Happening in the Children's Area as a [PDF] or a [Word document]

Learn more about "Reading to the Dogs & Cat" - Fall 2009 dates:

Lapsit for parents or other caregivers, babies & toddlers who are too young to sit quietly for the regular story time. Mondays at 10:30 am in the Children's Program Room. Lead by Volunteer Amanda Barche Lindberg. A good opportunity for families to make new friends and have fun at the library.

Story time is held each Tuesday at 10:30 am, Thursday at 4:00 pm, and Friday at 10:30 am in the Children's Program Room. Come let Miss Linda read you a story and help you create a craft or sing a few songs. Caregivers are expected to attend with the child. Programs are designed for 2 to 5 year olds. Other special programs are held throughout the year.

News & Events

Harry Potter's World Film Series and costume day - FRIDAY March 12, 6:00 PM

Updated March 08, 2010

Join us for the THIRD film in the series about a young wizard and his friends at a famous school for wizards.  In this episode, our friends must face an escaped prisoner and the evil wraiths sent to re-capture him.  The film begins at 6:00 pm in the Library's meeting rooms. FREE ADMISSION and  FREE POPCORN!!!

Come dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character.

Observe. Explore. Dream. Create. Spring Break Big Teen Read Writing and Art Contest at the Library

Updated March 07, 2010

Spring Break Big Teen Read
Writing and Art Contest

Gene Stratton-Porter, Indiana naturalist, writer, and photographer, observed and explored the natural world around her and let it inspire her artistry. In her novel, A Girl of the Limberlost, Stratton-Porter paints vivid images of the natural world around her and advocates for the preservation and celebration of natural landscapes and habitats. The West Lafayette Public Library invites you to observe the natural world around you and let it inspire your creativity.

Observe. Explore. Dream. Create: Like Gene Stratton-Porter did, let us see the natural world through your eyes. How do you see the world around you? How do you interact with your landscape? How can we preserve the environment we love and share?

Prizes awarded for the following categories:
Best Creative Writing Entry (short story, poem, or play)
Best Visual Art Entry (painting, photograph, drawing, or sculpture)
Best Nature Essay Entry (nonfiction essay about the natural world)

Guidelines:
1. Open to anyone age 10-18.
2. All entries should adhere to the “Observe. Explore. Dream. Create.” theme.
3. Each entry must be accompanied by an Entry Form (available in the Teen Area of the WLPL).
4. No identifying information is permitted on the actual entry.
5. Individuals may submit up to three entries per category.
6. All entries are due on or before April 3, 2010. Entries turned in after the deadline will be disqualified. Please bring all entries to the Limberlost Party on April 3, 2010, between 1:00-3:00pm. Entries may also be delivered in person to the WLPL Teen Coordinator every Sunday in March between the hours of 1:00-5:00pm.
7. Winners will be awarded on Sunday, April 18 at 3:00pm in the Teen Area of the West Lafayette Public Library.

All entries will be judged anonymously.
Any entry that does not adhere to the above guidelines may be disqualified.

Questions? email: teens@wlaf.lib.in.us

March is Red Cross Month! Join the 4th Annual Save A Life Saturday, March 13 at the Library

Updated March 07, 2010

The Tippecanoe County Chapter is offering
First Aid classes at the WL Public Library:

Date: Saturday, March 13

(2 Sessions): 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
                    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Cost: $10.00 (reduced rate)

Location: The West Lafayette
              Public Library
              208 W. Columbia St.
              West Lafayette, IN

Harry Potter Craft Day - Saturday, March 6, 1:00 to 4:00 PM

Updated March 06, 2010

Saturday, March 6.  1:00 to 4:00 in the  Children’s Activity Room. For children of all ages!   Come and have some fun and make crafts related to the Harry Potter books.   Choices will include wizard hats, castles, simple puppets, house crests, banners, stuffed owls, and house ties.  No registration or fee. Children who are younger than 9, must be accompanied by an adult.

ENGLISH TEA - Wednesday, March 24 at 5 pm with Professor Angelica Duran "Midwestern Native Americans"

Updated March 05, 2010

The West Lafayette Public Library is happy to welcome back the Purdue English Department for another season of the English Tea Series.

All Tea's are held at 5:00 PM.

Coming, this spring:

February 17 – Prof. Daniel Morris: “Jewish American Photography”

March 24 (after Spring Break) – Prof. Angelica Duran "Midwestern Native Americans"

April 21 - Prof. Michael Yetman reading his “Short Fiction”

May 19 – Prof. Richard Johnson-Sheehan: “Ancient Irish Mythologies”

Nick Schenkel reviews "READING THE OED: one man, one years, 21,730 pages " by Ammon Shea on the WBAA radio website

Updated March 03, 2010

Click here to hear Library Director Nick Schenkel's review of "READING THE OED: one many, one year, 21,370 pages" by Ammon Shea. Author Ammon Shea has read the twenty volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED) "so you won't have to". He's compiled a charming, thought provoking and at times hilarious memoir of his one year journey through the English language.

Harry Potter's World coming to West Lafayette Public Library and Purdue Undergraduate Libraries!

Updated March 01, 2010

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/info/harrypotter/

WALLA & Friends Film Series - TONIGHT - Monday, March 1 @ 6:45 PM - Bright Star

Updated February 28, 2010

Writer/director Jane Campion films history in the present tense, and her wild vitality makes this movie romantic in every possible sense of the word. Bright Star is an affecting and deeply considered study of the last years in the short life of John Keats, and the ecstasy of loss which suffuses his love affair with Fanny Brawne - a love thwarted not due to illness, but to a pernicious web of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.

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