Storytime on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday @ 10:30 am.
Library Afternoon Fun is Tuesday @ 3 pm.
BINGO on Thursday, June 26th @ 3 pm.
Movie day on Friday, June 20th @ 3 pm. We will be showing "The Rescuers".
See you at the Library!!!
Would you like some help using the computer? Need to sign up for a free email account or learn how to use the mouse or keyboard? Wanting to learn how to surf the net or do searches on Google? The Albert Lea Public Library hosts "Safety 'Net" every Monday from 2 to 3 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Just come on into the computer lab and staff will be available to help you learn new skills.
Ahhhh Summer... There are a lot of great things about Summer...
In the Summer, the days grow longer and the nights grow shorter. There is more time for outdoor fun! In the Summer, you are awakened by the sweet sound of song birds playing outside your window. In the Summer, the air is hot and you can spend your days in a swimming pool, splashing and having fun. In the Summer, the feel of the sun beating down on you is warm and comforting. In the Summer, the sweet taste of ice cream seems all that much sweeter. Even if it does drip down your arm. In the Summer, you can sit for hours on the shore of your favorite lake soaking your feet and feeding the ducks. In the Summer, it is fun to take long walks. In the Summer, there is no rushing here and there; which leaves plenty of time to spend at the beach! In the Summer, you can sit on your front porch and savor a nice, juicy slice of watermelon. In the Summer, you can spend 10 hours in a boat, relaxing and fishing and it seems like 10 minutes. In the Summer, there is something magical about sitting outside at dusk listening to the frogs and crickets singing their songs. In the Summer, the grass is green and the trees are too... Perfect for laying out a blanket and having a picnic. In the Summer... Everything seems better, fresher, calmer... Let's face it... One of the biggest reasons for this is probably because... In the Summer, there is NO SCHOOL! (Well, at least for some of us... Sorry!) From Sherri Osborn at About.com
The Albert Lea Public Library is offering free computer classes this summer. The class for July is "Cooking Online." You'll learn about nifty websites for recipe-sharing and learning new cooking techniques. You are invited to come in, learn more about it and pick up a registration form.
Each class will meet twice and there are two sessions in July.
Classes meet on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and will go until about 2:30 p.m. The classes are fun and casual.
And don't forget to check out August's class . . . "Healthy Living and Medical Research."
Trying to find your favorite childhood fairy tales? Here are some of the classic stories waiting to be read and passed down to your children.
Three Tales of Three Goldilocks and the 3 Bears- 3 Billy Goats Gruff- 3 Little Pigs
Three Royal Tales Frog Prince, Emperor's New Clothes- Princess and the Pea
Three Prince Charming Tales Cinderella- Snow White- Rapunzel
Classic Fairy Tales contains 14 classics.
Three Tales 3 Little Pigs- Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, 3 Billy Goats Gruff
Random House Book of Nursery Stories A collection of ten well-known nursery tales.
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favorite Fairy Tales 12 stories.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.
Frog Prince As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.
Little Red Riding Hood A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on the way to her Grandmother's house.
Sleeping Beauty Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.
Pinocchio A mischievous wooden puppet wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
The Princess and the Pea A girl proves that she is a real princess by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-beds
Cinderella With the help of her fairy godmother, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince of her dreams.
Rumpelstiltskin A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Rapunzel A beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Winners for June 9-15 children's drawing and game are...
Matt N. won the guessing game. There were 41 bugs in the jar, and he guessed it exactly right!
Erica S. is our 1st "Reader of the Week" for summer. Her favorite book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin.
Congrats to all of our winners and thanks to everyone who participated. A new drawing has begun for the week of June 16-22.
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Storytime on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday @ 10:30 am.
Library Afternoon Fun is Tuesday @ 3 pm.
"Bug Party" on Thursday, June 19th @ 3 pm with crafts, snack and a presentation by the Audubon Science Center.
Movie day on Friday, June 20th @ 3 pm. We will be showing "Alvin and the Chipmunks".
See you at the Library!!!
Are you new to job hunting or do you want to polish the skills you've already got? The Albert Lea Public Library is hosting a free workshop on job searching skills. This workshop will meet Monday, June 23, Wednesday, June 25 and Friday, June 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 nooon. Each day a different topic will be covered. Get tips on resumes, coverletters and job applications. Practice interview skills and more.
This class will be presented by Jane Kepple-Johnson and Jean Eaton.
Sign up soon - space is limited!
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