AMERICAN FALLS DISTRICT LIBRARY

Join us Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. for a workshop on Emergency Preparedness: Water, Fuel and Sanitation. Our guest presenter Jed Norwood has 30 years experience as a practitioner of emergency preparedness and is a certified wilderness survival expert. He incorporates his field training into urban situations and helps others learn how to be ready in a crisis. He will focus on how to collect, forage and store water and fuel, and he will address the often overlooked, but critical topic of sanitation.  He will underscore how each of these elements are connected and are crucial to the welfare of our families. The presentation is free to the public.

Teens follow our activities on Instagram @afdlteen. Stop by the library and take a “Shelfie-Selfie” with your favorite book. Tag us. We will help you print your photo and hang it on our Shelfie Wall of Fame in the library.

Children’s Day/Book Day or Dia de los Ninos/ Dia de los Libros Celebration      Wednesday, April 27                                                                                                                            6-7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                                          Bring the family and join us for an evening of Family Fun:

• Free Books
• Games and activities
• Raffles 
• Food

Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.  Each child who participates in the activities will receive a free book and a chance to win a prize in our raffle.

Hosted by the American Falls High School Spanish Classes and                                            the American Falls District Library.

And the March Book Madness Championship Book goes to . . . . .
THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins.

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner Tucker Glenn. Tucker submitted the most accurate Tournament Bracket and has won a $20 Amazon gift card. Second Place goes to Jorge Adrainzen and Katie Bischoff each winning a $10 Amazon gift card.

IT’S TIME FOR OUR BOOK SALE!!!
Today (Friday) 2-7
Tomorrow (Saturday) 10-1
VERY limited on Tote Bags. First come, first served. Fill for $10.

Congratulations to our prize winners from Round 3 of MARCH BOOK MADNESS: Mason Smith, Angela Mortensen and Alexia Rivas each won a free book and a candy bar.

TEENS ages 12-18 stop by the library between April 5 – and Saturday April 9 to vote in THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND of our book tournament. You will receive a free fun-sized candy for turning in your vote and your name will be placed in this week’s prize drawing. We are down to 2 book titles: Vote today and help us determine the Champion!

Congratulations to our random prize winners from Round 2 of MARCH BOOK MADNESS. Abigail Alcaraz, Eric Laguna and Kamiah Garner each won a free book and a candy bar.

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN THE MADNESS!
TEENS ages 12-18 stop the library between March 28 and April 2 to vote in ROUND 3 of our book tournament. You will receive a free fun-sized candy for turning in your vote and your name will be placed in this week’s prize drawing. We are down to 4 book titles: Which will be the Champion?

Look What’s Happening at the Library!
Books4Boys, our parent-son book group met last Thursday evening to discuss “The One and Only Ivan.” We enjoyed delicious food, a great discussion led by Rock Permann, and each boy created the ideal habitat for Ivan the gorilla. We promise more fun to come – watch for upcoming events next fall.

Congratulations to our random prize winners from                                          Round 1 of MARCH BOOK MADNESS: 

• Brinkley Boyer,
• Jessie Griffin
• Valeria Montelongo

Each won a free book and a candy bar.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN THE MADNESS!
TEENS ages 12-18 stop the library between March 21 and 26 to vote in round 2 of the book tournament. You will receive a free fun-sized candy for turning in your vote and your name will be placed in this week’s prize drawing.

Registration is now open for our mother-daughter book group  to take place on Thursday April 21 at 7 pm.

Girls ages 8-12 and their mothers, or another caring adult, are invited to participate in a lively book discussion, create a fun craft, and meet new friends. Refreshments will be served.

The group will read The Frog Princess, by E. D. Baker. After reluctantly kissing a frog,awkward, fourteen-year-old Princess Emeralda suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means–and the self-confidence–to become human again.  Although the Disney movie by the same name is loosely based on the premise of this novel, they are two very different stories – this is a wonderful, must-read book.

Registration forms and copies of the book are available at the library front desk.  Participants must register no later than April 16.  For more information call 226-2335.