A WINTER'S TREAT

January 4th - February 13th

It seems as if Jack Frost has finally come to town. If you're not his biggest fan and are looking for a warm up, let us stop by the library for a Winter's Treat!

It's simple: check out materials to earn a weekly treat like hot chocolate, cookies, and more. Additionally, with each treat you'll be entered into our prize drawings!

You can register for A Winter's Treat 
at our Front Desk today!

...3, 2, 1!

Saturday, April 25th

11:30am-1:00pm

LIMIT 25 PARTICIPANTS

GRADES 5+ / AGES 10+

Sixty seconds. One game. Sound simple, right? Think again!

In our version of NBC's hit game show, teens will have to use all of their skills, talents, and time-keeping skills to win. They'll be hilarious challenges and great prizes.

Think you've got what it takes?

Register at the library by stopping in or calling (513) 899-2588 today!

Grab Your Forks!

PROGRESSIVE COOKING

BRUNCH COOK-OFF

Tuesday, March 10th | 6:30-8:00pm

The stars of this month's "Progressive Cooking" contest is brunch! Not quite breakfast, not quite lunch, brunch is the best of both worlds! Enter your BEST recipe in this month's cook-off!

Register at our Circulation Desk or over the phone and bring in your best brunch dish. All participants will (happily) taste test all of the entries, then judge each entry based on four categories: aroma, appearance, consistency, and taste. 

Questions? Please contact us at our Facebook page linked above or give us a call at (513) 899-2588!

Warm Up With...

A WINTER'S TREAT

January 5th - February 28th

ADULTS AGES 18+

Winter arrived this week and if you're anything like us here at the library you're just holing up until Jack Frost has left town. Let us help stave off those shivers! 

Stop in anytime between now and the end of February to earn a weekly treat like hot chocolate, hand warmers, and more! You'll earn cool hot prizes on your second, fourth, and sixth visits with us and may just win a brand new tablet.

You can register for "A Winter's Treat" at our Circulation Desk. Stop in and get out of the cold today!

Questions? Please contact the library through our Facebook page linked above and/or by calling us at (513) 899-2588. 

Summer Reading Program - Final Week - July 21-25

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

MONDAY

PENDULUM PAINTING

6:30-7:30 PM

FAMILY PROGRAM

Get into the swing of pendulum painting! Take home your own unique painting! Wear old clothes---it will get messy!

TUESDAY

BUBBLE-OLOGY

11:00-11:30 AM

YOUTH PROGRAM

Immerse yourself in fun bubble science! Create the perfect bubble formula and experiment with different bubble frame and wands! Everyone will take home their own decorated bubble wand!

TEEN MOVIE NIGHT AFTER-HOURS

7:00-9:00 PM

TEEN PROGRAM

Join us for our most super-sized Teen Movie Night yet! There'll be a hit blockbuster film, pizza, ice-cream sundae bar, and more in this super-charged version of our most popular Teen Program!

WEDNESDAY

LITTLE EINSTEINS STORYTIME

11:00-11:30 AM

18 MONTHS - PRE-K

*REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED*

A special program for our littlest geniuses! Stories and crafts to included!

THURSDAY

MAD SCIENTISTS & MINIONS PARTY!

7:00-8:00 PM

EVERYONE'S INVITED!

*REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED*

Come dressed as a mad, wacky scientist or a "Despicable Me" Minion, if you dare...and you may just win a door prize! There will be Minion games and crafts for you to enjoy. Make sure you check out the cool display of recyclable robots made by our creative library families! And don't forget to visit our "Wacky Cookie Creation Station" where you task is to build, decorate, and eat an outrageous cookie. Save room for a scoop of brain-freezing ice-cream, fizzy drinks, and pure H20! Final prizes for the Summer Reading Program will also be awarded this night!

Progressive Cooking - Second Course!

PROGRESSIVE COOKING

TUESDAY, MAY 20th

 6:00-7:00 pm

The stars of this month's "Progressive Cooking" contest are appetizers! Small, yet satisfying, appetizers are sometimes better than the main course! Enter your BEST recipe in this month's cook-off!

Register at our Circulation Desk or over the phone and bring in your best appetizers. All participants will (happily) taste test all of the entries, then judge each entry based on four categories: aroma, appearance, consistency, and taste. 

Questions? Please drop us a comment here or on our Facebook page or give us a call at (513) 899-2588.

Progressive Cooking - First Course!

PROGRESSIVE COOKING

TUESDAY, MARCH 18th

 6:00-7:00 pm

The star of this month's "Progressive Cooking" contest is bread! Savory or sweet, satisfying and simple, enter your BEST bread recipe into this month's cook-off!

Register at our Circulation Desk or over the phone and bring in your best loaf of bread. All participants will (happily) taste test all of the entries, then judge each entry based on four categories: aroma, appearance, consistency, and taste. 

Think you're up for the challenge?

Questions? Please drop us a comment here or on our Facebook page or give us a call at (513) 899-2588.

Oh My Gourd!

 

THE GREAT

PUMPKIN CHALLENGE

 

October 18th - 19th | REGISTRATION BEGINS October 1st

 

Are you looking to get in the mood for autumn?

Then sign up to participate in this year's Great Pumpkin Challenge: a week-long pumpkin decorating contest hosted here at the library!

 

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE!

 

1. Register at the Circulation Desk or

via telephone* beginning October 1st.

 

2. With friends, family, or by your own imagination,

decorate a pumpkin to your heart's desire!

 

3. NO CARVINGS ALLOWED.

 

After voting has ended, there will be prizes awarded for the "Scariest", "Funniest", and "Best Character" pumpkins. Care to see last year's entries? Hop on over to our Facebook page to see pictures of last year's winners!

 

 

Salem Township Public Library

535 West Pike Street, Morrow, OH 45162

(513) 899-2588

Summer Readin', Havin' a Blast!

The 2013 Summer Reading Program

is just around the corner!

 

Can you guess the theme of this year's program?

 

To help you figure it out, we've selected

a few books with hints in their titles!

 

"Mud, Sweat, and Tears: The Autobiography"

by Bear Grylls

 

"Dinosaur Dig!"

by Penny Dale

 

"Journey to the Center of the Earth"

by Jules Verne

 

Think you've got it?

Let us know by dropping us a comment!

Love Your Library Month!

February is Love Your Library Month! And we would like you to help us celebrate! All throughout the month of February, we will have paper hearts available on which

you will be able to sign your name to let us know just how much your love your library. Afterwards, we will be displaying them throughout the library!

 

THE GREAT KISS CONTEST

 

And what would love be without a few kisses?

To let you know just how much we appreciate you, we will be hosting our first ever Great Kiss Contest! Simply guess the correct number of Hershey Kisses in our guessing jar and you win the entire jar of chocolate kisses!

2012 Summer Reading Program Finale!



Another year of summer reading has come and gone and it was more than jam-packed full of fun activities, exciting programs, amazing prizes, and lots and lots of books! We hope that you enjoyed participating in 2012's "Dream Big" Summer Reading Program and will join us again next year. We would also like to say thank everyone who did participate and made the program so much fun!

Congratulations to our prizes winners! The luck of the draw was on your side this year as you won one of our many amazing prizes, including Kindle Fires, Nook Tablets, Kings Island tickets, Cincinnati Reds tickets, and more! If you were one of the lucky winners, please stop by the Circulation Desk as soon as possible to pick up your prize.

Still haven't earned that 2012 Summer Reading t-shirt yet? Don't worry -- you have until this Friday, July 27th, to enjoy your remaining materials and earn yours!

Make sure to stop in just as frequently throughout the rest of the year, as we will be having even more fun programs, activities, and prizes to give away this fall and winter!

Summer Reading - Library at Night

Can you believe that we have reached the final week of the 2012 Summer Reading Program already? We sure can't! We hope you've enjoyed dreaming big with us this summer and will join us again next summer! But, before we get all nostalgic, let's enjoy this last week of amazing activities, programs, and crafts! 

Mark Wade's Dream Machine

Monday, July 23, 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Family Program

Wouldn't it be great to have a machine that could make every dream come true?

Ventriloquist, Mark Wade and his friends are going to unveil the Dream Machine!

Shooting Rockets!

Tuesday, July 24th, 11:00 - 11:30 am

Grades K-5

Make a rocket launcher using a paper cut-out, a bendy straw,

and some thread! This craft promises to be a blast!

The Library After Hours

Tuesday, July 24th, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Family Program

*Registration Required*

This is the biggest event of 2012's Summer Reading Program! In celebration of a summer

jam-packed full of great reading and fun, the library will stay open after-hours! Families

can participate in the Ultimate Challenge (similar to the popular "Minute To Win It" game show),

where they can compete in multiple 60-second challenges that escalate in difficulty and fun to win the Dream Prize! There will be monster crafts, fairy & gnome crafts, Library Bingo, and Wii on the giant 8-foot projector screen! Come hungry as we will be serving pizza, popcorn, and drinks!

Summer Reading - Night Shivers

Can you believe that there are only two weeks left in this year's Summer Reading Program? Don't worry though --- anyone can sign up at any time from now until the end of the program and still win any of the amazing prizes the library has to offer. This year's prizes include a "Dream Big" t-shirt, scooters, Kings Island tickets, stuffed animals, as well as Kindle Fires and Nook Tablets! Still not convinced? Read on to find out about all of the fun (and spooky) things we will be offering for the week of July 16-20:

Monster Blow-Out!

Monday, July 16th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Family Program

It's a monster blow-out party, packed full of scary stories, crafts, treats, and more!

No-Scare Monster Pal

Tuesday, July 17th, 11:00 - 11:30 am

Grades K - 5

There is no reason to fear these monsters. They're cute, fun, cuddly, and they'll

be your little one's best friend! A fun monster craft for the nightstand!

Bricks 4 Kidz

Tuesday, July 17th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Ages 5 - 12

*Registration Required - Limit 15*

Think you've got what it takes to be a Bricks 4 Kidz builder? Explore the

creative process of model design and discover how LEGO components can work

together to create all kinds of structures. Games and activities are led by

a Bricks 4 Kidz pary host! LEGO bricks galore!

Lego Build Your Dream!

Friday, July 20th, 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Family Program

One hour of free-building fun with your friends and family!

Dream up some great creations!

The winner of our Surprise Valentine's Day drawing is...

Drum roll please...

Kay R. 

Congratulations Kay! Enjoy your decadent box of chocolates!

Don't forget about our 

"Spot the Hidden Cupids" contest!  

This contest is open to all! Patrons must find and correctly count all of the cupid silhouettes hidden throughout the library for a chance to win a prize! 

Want to read a romance novel without blushing?
We've done the research and there are authors out there who write a good story without the unnecessary graphic scenes. Some old, and some new. Give one a try tonight!
Check our catalog for these great authors!


                         
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                    Jill Marie Landis                Terri Blackstock
                    Jodi Thomas                     Joan Johnstone
                    Dorothy Gilmore               Grace Livingston Hill
                    Daphne Du Maurier            Catherine Cookson
                    Jean Plaidy                       Mary Higgins Clark 
                    Mary Stewart                    Elizabeth Peters
                    Bodie Thoene                   Ngaio Marsh
                    Laurie R. King                   Phyllis Whitney
                    Dorothy Garlock                Philippa Carr
                    Linda Fairstein                  Belva Plain
                    Nicholas Sparks                 MC Beaton
                    Debbie Macomber             Sharyn McCrumb
                    Susan Wiggs                      Lee Smith
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February is Love Your Library Month!