Enchanted Entertainers do it again!

Yes, things all came together on December 12th and 13th as our wonderful Enchanted Entertainers gave eight excellent performances to a total of 811 people.

We had our local elementary schools plus some private ones join us for two fun days with our performers and Mr. and Mrs. Claus. After the show and a quick visit with Santa the children all frosted and decorated a cookie provided by the children's library staff.

We look forward to the library programs in 2008,

the children's staff has lots of ideas and it will be great.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Drew Hayden Taylor

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Bravo Ladies

The "Enchanted Entertainers" premiered their first play this week, Something new for Halloween and Who's afraid of the Big Bad Pumpkin, at the Riverton Branch Library. They had five shows, with an average of 60 people attending, and they were all very successful. Our eleven actor/moms did excellent jobs with stage design, costuming, and acting. They are a very professional group, and we hope to see more of them in the near future.

Afternoon Readers - Khaled Hossenin

Riverton Afternoon Readers

Club meets the third Wednesday of each month @ 1:00 p.m. in the Riverton Branch Library

November discussion is Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Ask to be part of the Afternoon Readers at the Circ desk or by calling 1307-856-3556

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Big Read

NEW HAPPENINGS IN CHILDREN'S

This fall of 2007 we started a girl's and boy's book club. We also started a girl's craft day. The girls groups started off great with l7 attending the book club and about 20 doing the craft. For the boys it is a little slower. The group will start on the 23rd of October with 6 members. They will be reading an A to Z Mystery. The girls have started their club on the 18th of September. We will be discussing the book The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes, when we meet on October 16th. The next book for the girls is The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop. If you are interested and are in 4th or 5th grade please give us a call. The girl's craft day is also for grades 4th and 5th. Our number is 307 856-3556 and ask to speak with Katy, Fanny, or Sandi.

Storytime

Wow what a group. We started with 89 attending total for our September 12th kickoff. On the 19th of September we had 109 and on September 26th we had 117 adults and children at our third storytime. We must be doing something right. If you are looking for a fun way to spend your Wednesday mornings join us for our Storytime. It starts at 10:15 AM and we have two different groups. The three through five year olds meet in the children's library and the little guys birth to age two meet in the children's theatre. It is about 20 minutes of stories, songs, and finger plays. The older kids do a weekly craft while the younger do one maybe twice a month. We are headed into October with lots of exciting ideas so we sure hope to see you there! For more information give us a call at 307 856-3556 and ask for Katy, Fanny, or Sandi.

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Afternoon Readers - Tyler, Anne

Riverton Afternoon Readers

Club meets the third wednesday of each month @ 1:00 p.m. in the Riverton Branch Library

October discussion book is Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

Ask to be part of the Afternoon Readers at the circ desk or by calling 1307-856-3556

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Shredded Stories

Shredded Stories

Detect the title of the book in the jar and win $10.00 in Chamber Bucks!

Winner drawn August 31st, must be 19 or older

The Island

Showing Friday August 17th at 7:00 p.m. in the Riverton Branch Library

Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives a very unusual man. His fellow-monks are confused by his bizarre conduct. Those who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth. The film is a parable, combining the realities of Russian everyday life with monastic ritual and routine.

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Question 4

Showing Friday, July 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the Riverton Branch Library

In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.

SRP 2007

Our 2007 Summer Reading Program "Get a clue at your library" is in full swing. We have about 290 kids signed up and reading. Our guest for the first program was Detective Murphy from the Riverton Police Department. He gave the children a talk and demonstration on finger printing. Everyone was very quiet and enjoyed his presentation.

Then we all got together to solve the mystery of the bulletin boards.

Holly, one of the librarians here at the Riverton Branch, brought her ferrets for our second program. She had the kids sit in a circle and her little ferrets just went from person to person being very gentle.

We set up a table with items and had the families take a look and try to memorize what was there. Then we covered it up and let them write down what they remembered. The children also made their own memory game.


Next week we will have spy centers and each of the children will have a chance to fingerprint, decipher, disguise, and discover. It will be great fun!

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Adult Summer Reading

Halo Competition

Adult Summer Reading

Then and Now

Madeinusa

Showing Friday, June 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the

Riverton Branch Library

Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.

Wyoming Reads

The invitation was for all Fremont County first grade students to attend the second annual "Wyoming Reads" at the Riverton Branch library. We had about 535 children and teachers in attendance for this event. Adult community members and Riverton High School students paired up with library staff as readers, actors, helpers, and costume wearers for this wonderful day. Fun was had by all and we are so thankful for everyone who took the time to help us in this worthwhile endever.

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Last Storytime

Well another storytime year has ended. We finished with a great party. There were at least 80 people in attendance and we all sat and listened to some great stories. Then we made necklaces from fruit loops. Hot dogs, chips, soda, and a cookie were served for lunch. It was a great way to spend our last day. We look forward to beginning again in September 2007.

In the meantime keep a watchful eye out for the "Summer Reading Program" which begins July 2, 2007. The theme this year is "Get A Clue" and it is going to be six weeks of fun filled activities. For more information contact the library.

How to

Container Gardening

Thursday, May 10th 6:30 p.m.

Presented by Cheryl Anderson Wright Master Gardener/Published Author

Enter to win the demonstration container

April Reading Groups

High school book group meets April 16th 7:30 p.m. at the library

Middle School book Group meets April 17 7:00 p.m. at the library

Afternoon Mystery Readers meet April 18 1:00 p.m.

Riverton Readers meet April 24th 7:00 p.m.

Library will be closed Saturday, April 21st

National Library Week

April 15-21, 2007 we will be celebrating National Library Week.

Adults all week when you check out a book you may enter our daily drawing for fun prizes.

April 17th there will be cookies, coffee or lemonade from 10a.m. - 3p.m.

Then at 7:00p.m. we will be hosting our second annual Adult Spelling Bee. 1st place gets a MP3 player, second and third place get Chamber Bucks.

Call or stop by to register