Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed!

Ozark-Dale County Public Library Volume 8, Issue 9

416 James Street September 2010
Ozark, AL 36360
334-774-5480 Be sure to explore our
E-mail: chlibrary@odcpl.com
Website: www.odcpl.com
website!
Hours of operation:
Hey Kids! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: View trailers of
Hope you all had a great first 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. upcoming
month of school! Don’t forget about Friday and Saturday:
our Story Times and Game Nights! 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. movies;
We’d love to have you join us for a
fun and wonderful time!
August Fun Look at
~ Ms. Lou, Ms. Joni
& Ms. Kathryn pictures from
past events;

I fell from a tree. You can eat me on a

Play games;
stick and I have caramel all over me.
What am I?
Answer - Page 2
And much more!
www.odcpl.com
September Events:
Sept. 1 - Manners Tea Party Coloring Contest Winners
Sept. 4 - Popcorn & a Movie
For August!
Sept. 8 - Chocolate Milkshake Day
Sept. 15 - Make a Hat Day
Sept. 22 - Talk like a Pirate Day
Kai Maddox
Sept. 25 - Popcorn & a Movie Kaila Owens
Sept. 29 - Nat’l Cheeseburger
Day/Johnny Appleseed Tori Asodi
**Please note that Story Times
are now held Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.!**

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 Inventor
Since Game Day was such a hit over
the summer, we’ve decided to keep I want to be an inventor. I like
the program year-long! The Library thinking about things and
will hold a Game Day program where putting them together for my
you and your friends can come to inventions, like a machine
the Library and play board games & that will have a power
video games! booster and also brush your
teeth. And also have a lot of
This program is held each
arms that will drive you to
Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
the store and dry you off
when you are wet!

~Jackson Cordes, age 5

Little Frog

A little green frog

Oh the beauty it brings
With his bulging eyes
And feet spread wide
Into the pool he makes
A giant dive “Apple Stamps”
Swimming all around without
ever making a sound Cut an apple in half. Dip the cut side of the apple
That’s where the little frog into paint and dab on a paper towel to remove
Today can be found! the excess. Stamp it onto paper.
You can experiment cutting the apple different
~Jillian Cordes, age 5 ways, especially through the middle (horizontally)
to make a star print.
When the paper dries, use markers to outline the
apples and further decorate your artwork!

A Caramel Apple!
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 “Kids’ Corner” Coloring Contest!
Deadline: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Please complete the block on the back of this paper, cut this page out,
and return it to the Library!

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 Tsunami Barney’s Storybook Treasury
JE KAJ JE BAR
Wealthy Ojiisan suffers a feeling of Barney shares six of his favorite
foreboding as he watches colorful rice stories. From make-believe
festival celebrations from his cottage birthday parties to winter days
high above his village by the sea. In his in the snow, Barney guides
mountaintop home, he feels a spongy young readers through
earthquake and observes bizarre wonderful adventures which
movements in the sea: tsunami! How make learning fun.
can Ojiisan alert the townspeople?

Silly Tilly Katie Woo - Make-Believe Class

JE SPI JE MAN
Tilly, a goose, bathes in apple juice, wears a Katie Woo's teacher, Miss
pancake as a hat, and likes to tickle frogs. But Winkle, is the best teacher
her ways raise the ire of the other farm animals, around. One day, it was cold
who demand that she cease all silliness: "No and gloomy. But Miss Winkle
more naps in Scarecrow pants!," etc. Once she showed her students how to
stops, however, they realize that the farm is not warm up the day by using their
as much fun as it used to be. They apologize to imaginations. Who knew a gray
Tilly and begin to view her antics with day could be so fun?
appreciation, sometimes even joining in.

Off the Bench The Case of the Disappearing

JF MAD Daughter
JF MIT
There are five guys on the Wildcats
who always start, but forward
Daniel Friedland isn’t one of them. Damian Drooth puts his
When the star forward goes on detective skills to the test
when the daughter of a
vacation, Daniel gets his chance at
wealthy movie director is
the spotlight. He has to work hard
kidnapped from the set.
to improve his layups first, though!

The Village That Almost Vanished Stare Wars: Beware the Dark Side
JF BRE JF BEE
Samantha Archer, also known as Sam, couldn't be more Enter the Jedi Academy and find out what it
excited about her class trip to Scrub Brush, the cool fron- takes to be a Jedi. How do the Jedi work with
tier town. But from the second they arrive at the historic the Force? What is the Jedi Code? How do
village, it's clear someone's trying to make the whole town the Jedi make their light sabers? All these
disappear. Can Sam and her friends save Scrub Brush? questions-and more-will be answered in I
Want to Be a Jedi.

Please complete the following for the coloring contest:

Monster by Mistake!
JF MAY First name_________________________________________________________
Warren and his sister first Last name_________________________________________________________
discover the Jewel of
Fenrath and the Book of Address____________________________________________________________
Spells. When Gorgool and
his servant take them, the ___________________________________________________________________
kids struggle to retain them
as Warren becomes a mon- City________________________________________________________________
ster by mistake!
Age_____________ Phone #_____________________________
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School_________________________________________________
 Harvesting Hope Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move
J 331.88 KRU J 581.4 MAC
A biography of Cesar Chavez, Maple seeds twirling in the wind,
from age ten when he and his tumbleweeds rolling across the prairie,
family lived happily on their burdock seeds sticking to socks, coconuts
Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight drifting across the ocean, fig seeds falling to
when he led a peaceful protest the ground in bat droppings, and acorns
against California migrant buried by forgetful squirrels are some of the
workers' miserable working examples used here to introduce methods of
conditions. seed distribution.

When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Under the Snow
Yellowstone J 591.4 STE
J 599.7 PAT Stewart takes readers on an informative
journey, describing how snakes, voles, spotted
Removal of the wolf from Yellowstone Na- salamanders, carp, beavers, and red-spotted
tional Park caused the decline of many ani- newts, among other animals, "spend their days"
mal species, thus changing the very terrain of during the winter months. Fascinating facts—a
the area as ponds and trees also disappeared. wood frog can freeze solid on the forest floor
The rise and fall of species are simply and survive—make the spare text intriguing
explained in this survey of wildlife. and fun.

Hit it! My Brother’s a Keeper

YA GRAPHIC HAR YA GRAPHIC HAR
As rivals on the same soccer team, The Raiders are in trouble when
Scott and Kel compete to be the team's their goalie gets injured, but Carlo
top scorer, and need to decide what's has a new stepbrother who just
more important, their personal goals or happens to play goalie.
teamwork.

Raven’s Revenge
YA GRAPHIC MAS
The ravens are coming for you. They're going to tear your eyes out..." Andy's
recurring nightmares aren't going to stop him going on an advanced canoeing
course at creepy Greystone Grange. Even when Jack, the obnoxious trainee
instructor, starts sniffing around Kate like the ravens that circle menacingly
overhead, Andy is determined to prove himself both in and out of the river. But
events turn sinister as the Raven Rapids prove treacherous, a mad axeman is on
the loose, and Jack seems to have it in for him...

Monsters, Inc. Toy Story

DVD F MON DVD F TOY
This animated feature shows us the life
behind the scenes of things that go “Woody," a drawstring cowboy
bump in the night. The big, blue & fuzzy doll, is jealous of the new
James & his opinionated, one-eyed
spaceman action figure "Buzz
roommate, Mike are two professional
Lightyear". Woody and Buzz
“scare specialists.” Their job is to har-
must ban together to survive
ness the energy created when they
make little kids scream. This energy
when they find themselves in
keeps their society going. When they the outside world in the first
accidentally let a young girl into their ever feature-length computer
world, it throws their life into chaos. animated film.
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 Game Zone
Tic-Tac-Toe

http://a62.g.akamai.net/7/62/10424/3310b0c971a58e/www.crayola.com/coloring-

Connect the Dots

Each player takes turns drawing a line to connect
two dots, either horizontally or vertically. If a player
makes the line that completes a box, that player
puts their initial in the box. Once all the dots are
connected, the player with their initial in the most
boxes is the winner!

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 The Ozark-Dale County Public Library hosts a program for children: POPCORN
& A MOVIE. Refreshments will be served from 12:45 p.m.-1:00 p.m. The movie
will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. Please come and join in the fun!
Call 774-5480 for more information.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Toy Story 2 is the exciting all-new sequel to the landmark
1995 computer animated blockbuster from Walt Disney
Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios. This time around, the
fun & adventure continues when Andy goes off to summer
camp & the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift
into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps
Woody-who finds out he is a highly valued collectable. It's
now up to Buzz Lightyear & the gang from Andy's room to
spring into action & save their pal from winding up as a
museum piece. There's plenty of excitement & fun as the
toys are in their daring race to get home before Andy does.

**Rated G, 92 minutes**

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the
summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane
Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has
drummed up some serious competition featuring newcomers
Luke and Dana. In a sensational battle of the bands, will Camp
Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win, or will
Camp Rocks' performers prove that music, teamwork and spirit
are what truly matters?
**Rated G, 97 minutes**

The Ozark-Dale County Public Library welcomes all,

whether you are an adult, teenager, or a kid; the
Library is always in need of good workers to help out!!
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BIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYS
Alyssa Reaves Sept. 24
Joey Price Sept. 4 Willie Woods Sept. 25
Logan Slaick Sept. 4 Justin Powell Sept. 26
Amiyah Ernandes Sept. 6 Jay Cook Sept. 27
Kain Keakley Sept. 8 Gabriel Boyd Sept. 29
Jessica Stevens Sept. 9 Payne Tharp Sept. 29
Mac Bates Sept. 10 Mailing Label
Jauntavious Mills Sept. 10
D’Angelo Fryer Sept. 11
Logan Fultz Sept. 12 Hey, Kids!!
Peter Bates Sept. 12
Edie Chancey Sept. 13 Don’t forget Story Time is now
Mazue Martin Sept. 17
held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
Andrew Hodge Sept. 18
and 4:30 p.m.!
Kerstein Barnes Sept. 19
Claire Brauer Sept. 21
Also, Game Night continues on
Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.!

September 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 Pokémon - 4:00
Story Time 10:30 Game Night 4:30
Kids’ Corner 4:30 Popcorn &
a Movie 12:45

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pokémon - 4:00
National Cheese Read a Book Day Story Time 10:30 Game Night 4:30
Pizza Day Kids’ Corner 4:30
Labor Day Teddy Bear Day

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pokémon - 4:00
Video Games Day Story Time 10:30
Scooby Doo’s Kids’ Corner 4:30
Game Night 4:30
Grandparents Day Birthday

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pokémon - 4:00
Talk Like a Pirate Mini Golf Day Story Time 10:30
Day Kids’ Corner 4:30 Game Night 4:30 Popcorn &
a Movie 12:45

26 27 28 29 30
Johnny Appleseed’s World Heart Day Story Time 10:30
Birthday Kids’ Corner 4:30 Game Night 4:30
See You at the Library!
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