CHIP, or Coronary Health Improvement Program, is a lifestyle that focuses exclusively on a vegan diet. A vegan diet, according to Webster's Online Dictionary excludes all animal products and by-products. (This means honey, eggs, meat, fish, etc.) It sounds extreme but the CHIP program has shown great results.
Read more about it with The Optimal Diet: The Official Chip Cookbook by Darlene Blaney and Hans Diehl.
Come to the library's book club on Friday, July 10 at 10:15 in the Information Library. Meeting monthly, the group has a lively discussion of the selection for the month, along with a cup of coffee and a treat. The group has grown, so we have two groups...each group reads a different book and then switches books the next month. For July and August, we are reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.
Storytime-Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Join Patty to hear stories and sing songs about butterflies and do activities. We will also be coloring a butterfly to take home and have a snack.
Families are welcome.
L.A.F. (Library Afternoon Fun)- Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.
April and the kids will be making and decorating pin wheels. We will also play some fun games.
Kids K-5th grade.
Art Zones Studio- Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m.
Children of all ages are encouraged to come and explore their artistic side.
Movie Day- Wednesdays @ 3:00 p.m.
We will be showing Dr. Doolittle- Million Dollar Mutts (87 minutes)
All ages welcome- popcorn provided.
Tye-Dye- Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Come anytime in between)
Bring something with to tye-dye.
Night-time Storytime- Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.
Same fun- just later.
There is no fee and no need to register for any of these programs.
Also, don't forget to try out the guessing games and sign-up for a chance to be our "Reader of the Week".
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison is a new YA series by Kim Harrison. Most readers know Harrison from her Dead Witch series - which currently has no new books coming out - so Once Dead may be a welcome distraction.
Set in a typical teenage setting, this book is anything but typical. Madison is a teenager who has cheated death literally - she has His amulet. With the help of her guardian angel she is trying to stay alive and keep her loved ones out of harm's way.
Nobody Owens escapes a murderious assassin who has killed his entire family. As an 18 month old toddler he wanders into a graveyard and is taken in by the cemetery ghosts who then protect him and raise him, making sure he has all he needs from the human world - books, food. The story follows Bod as he grows and finally faces the killer of his entire family. The Graveyard Book is engrossing and
Fans of Neil Gaimen's earlier award-winning work Coraline will certainly enjoy the story. Tim Burton fans ought to also check out this story.
Are you planning a road trip this summer? Or do you just need to know exactly how to get from point A to B?
www.mapquest.com is a great website to help you with that. It lists detailed directions along with estimated travel time and maps to anywhere in the United States as well as France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries. It also lists the gas prices for any area, the lowest and highest and where to find them.
You can also check out an atlas or maps from the Information Library to take along. The Rand McNally Road Atlas and other travel guides can be found in the 912- 919 sections.
In observance of America's Independence Day, the Albert Lea Public Library will close at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2 and remain closed until Monday, July 6 at 10:00 a.m. The staff wishes everyone a happy and safe July 4th weekend!
Storytime- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Join Patty to hear stories and sing songs about snakes and do activities. We will make a snake headband and have a snack. Families welcome.
L.A.F. (Library Afternoon Fun)- Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.
April and the kids will be painting bandannas for the 4th of July. We will also play some fun games.
Kids K-5th grade.
Art Zones Studio- Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m.
Children of all ages are encouraged to come and explore their artistic side.
Movie Day- Wednesdays @ 3:00 p.m.
We will be showing Velveteen Rabbit (88 minutes) All ages welcome- popcorn provided.
Red, White and Blue Event Thursday @ 3:00 p.m.
Crafts and activities.
Night-time Storytime- Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.
Same fun- just later.
There is no fee and no need to register for any of these programs.
Also, don't forget to try out the guessing games and sign-up for a chance to be our "Reader of the Week".
Great, silly books stay great and silly no matter how old or new they are. Here are two that will be sure to have you and your children laughing at bedtime!
"Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze" by Patricia Thomas - Elephant is going to sneeze and all of the jungle animals remember what happened to them last time! He sneezed so hard the zebra lost his stripes and the bear lost all his hair! See what happens when Elephant tries to keep from sneezing.
Animals Should Definately Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett - Learn all the (funny) reasons why it just wouldn't be good for animals to wear clothes. Like, if a hen wore pants, how would she lay the egg?
Fans of fun, whacky mysteries will like Murder at the Bad Girls Bar & Grill by N. M. Kelby is reminiscent of Carl Hiaasen - full of bizzare and strange, yet likeable and relateable, characters and based in Florida. (What is it about Florida?)
Other mysteries with kooky characters based in Florida: Dead End Job series by Elaine Viets, anything by Carl Hiaasen, Big Trouble by Dave Barry.
