Anime Club
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Monday, January 5, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
Join us every month in Meeting Room A to hang out with other people who love anime as we watch shows and eat Japanese snacks. If you have your own anime-style or manga artwork, bring it to show off!
Anime Club meets the first Monday of each month. Mark your calendars for the next meeting on February 2!
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Early Out Game Day
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Wednesday, January 14, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Stop by after school to play video games and board games in Meeting Room A. We've got Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dance Central, Guitar Hero, Twister, Apples to Apples, and lots more!
Do you play Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering, or another card game? Bring your friends and stake out a corner of the room for an epic game.
Don't get off school early that day? Come whenever you can. We'll be here until 4:30.
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Tuesday, January 27, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Gear up for the Reading Road Trip by making your own map crafts. Fold a notebook or a wallet from an old map, and make a magnet featuring your favorite place! Drop in any time between 3:30 and 5.
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Winter Birding
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Wednesday, January 7, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Jan Aiels, Education Director and Senior Naturalist at the Indian Creek Nature Center, presents this timely, family-friendly program on winter birding that will engage kids as well as adults. She'll talk about winter bird feeding and watching, who stays, who goes, adaptations birds have to survive the cold, and fun facts about the various birds that we see at feeders. There will be a simple pine cone bird feeder craft for everyone to take home!
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Monday - Thursday
9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday
2 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday,
December 31 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, January 1
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Short on time? Try one of these Speedy Reads. Find more suggestions on the Teen Reads page.
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1095 6th Ave.
319-377-3412
Questions?
Email Cressant:
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What Would You Say to Your Favorite Author?
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Last deadline January 15
The Letters About Literature contest wants to know. To enter, write a letter to an author (living or dead!) where you talk about a fiction, non-fiction, play, or poetry book that had a big impact on you. But don't mail it to the author! Send it to The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, where it will be entered into a contest for cash prizes! This yearly contest starts with winners in each state, who then compete at the national level.
Middle School and younger, grades 4 - 8
January 15, 2015
Visit read.gov/letters for more information and examples of previous winners and download the rules and entry form (pdf).
Good luck! Let us know if you win!
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