Thursday, November 12, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Children's Book Festival & Halloween Events 2009
Pignut Puppet Show
Puppets Jay and friends keep 4-6 year olds from Corpus Christi and St Lelias entertained with their X-Factor antics. Performed by puppeteer Jason Ryan of Pignut Puppets.
7-9 year olds from Christ the King Caherdavin and St Munchins CBS enjoying the Pignut Puppet Show.
Irish Science Live
Science is a fascinating and exciting subject, but it can be a challenge to teach. Irish Science Live lets the kids learn by doing the experiments themselves through hands-on, informal, fun workshops.
Christ the King Caherdavin, St Munchins GNS and St Munchins CBS attended and covered subjects like gravity, sound, light, chemistry, anatomy and electricity.
Irish Science Live workshop run by Michael Moylan.
Author Visit
Local author Roisin Meaney visits the library and shares some writing tips with budding authors from 4th & 5th classes, Christ the King Caherdavin Boys School.
Puppet-Making Workshop
Jason helps the kids making their own puppets.
Kids Party Club Puppet Show
The Town With No Stories Puppet Show featuring Booky Wook, the Talking Book, entertains 4-8 year olds and their parents from the local area.
Other events during Children's Book Festival included a Poetry Workshop run by Pete Mullineaux on Poetry Ireland Day, attended by pupils from St Nessans Secondary School; the Launch of the Library Junior Book Club for 9-12 year olds, to be held monthly hereafter; and weekly Create & Make and Creepy Crafts sessions for 4-12 year olds.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Children's Book Festival 2009 - Event Guide
Create and Make, Art & Craft Hour
Wednesday 7th 5-7yr, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Thursday 8th 8-12yrs 3.30pm –4.30pm
Creepy Crafts, Halloween fun
Wednesday 14th & 21st 5-7yrs 3.30-4.30pm
Thursday 15th & 22nd 8-12yrs 3.30-4.30pm
Tall Tales with Witch Hilary
Halloween Stories, fun and colouring for tots
Thursday 15th & 22nd, 3-4yrs 11.00am
Saturday 31st 3-4yrs 11.30am
Pignut Productions Puppet Workshop
Tuesday 27th 7-10yrs 10.30am-12.30
Booking Necessary
Puppet Shows,
‘The Town With No Stories’, featuring ‘Booky Wook’ the talking book
Thursday 29th 11.30 am & 2.30pm
4-8yrs
Halloween Fancy Dress Party
Includes Prize giving for our Children’s Book
Festival Competitions & Fancy Dress Competition
Friday 30th 3.00pm
Children’s Book Festival Competition —
A competition for all ages with colouring, quizzes & puzzles. Prize giving will take place in the library during midterm at our fancy dress party. Closing date Friday 16th October.
All events are free, limited places, first come first serve.
Contact library staff for details - 061 457726
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
St. Nessan's 1st Year Library Tour
Over 60 1st Year students from St. Nessan's Community College were treated to a tour of our library, where they were shown how to join, and the wide selection of CD's DVD's and books on offer for their age group. Afterwards they enjoyed a 15 min computer session where the students travelled from the Library to the Pyramids of Giza using Google Earth!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Junior Book Club
Calling all readers!
Have you always got your head stuck in a book?
Have you been caught reading under the bedcovers by torchlight?
Meet other kids once a month with the same addiction to books
for chat & activities on books, books & more books!
Watch House Cross Library
Junior Book Club
for 9-12 year olds
Starting in October 2009
If you are interested in joining
talk to us at the Library Desk
or call us on 061-457726
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Arts & Crafts: Matisse comes to the Library
Henri Matisse was a French painter who became very famous for using extraordinarily bold colors. Later in life, as his health began to fail, Matisse turned to making collages. His last, and most important works were a collection of mixed-media collages. Matisse arranged boldly colored paper cutouts into striking compositions, and added text in his own handwriting to produce a book that has been referred to as "the visual counterpart of jazz music".
Henri Matisse wrote: "The paper cutouts allow me to draw with color. For me, it is a simplification. Instead of drawing an outline and then filling in with color - with one modifying the other - I draw directly in color... It is not a starting point, it is a completion."
Today 3 of our younger members created their own Matisse inspired collages...
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Summer Arts and Crafts
Our Summer Arts and Crafts Sessions are at the following times/dates for two age groups.
The 4-7 year olds are on Wednesdays 3-4 pm, dates as follows:
29th July
5th August
12th August
19th August
26th August
The 7-12 year olds are on Fridays at 3-4 pm dates as follows:
31st July
7th August
14th August
21st August
28th August
Availaibilty is on s first come, first serve basis, with 12 places available per session.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Limerick's burial records go online
LIMERICK City Council has become the first local authority in the country to put its burial registers online.
Burial records for the city's largest cemetery, Mount Saint Lawrence, dating back more than 150 years, will now be easily available to the public over the internet.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Book to Discover 5: Oryx and Crake
I'll admit at the beginning of this review that I hesitated reading Oryx and Crake. Dystopian novels are often depressing one-note symphonies. They might start with an interesting premise, but then the same point is often hammered home again and again in an attempt to convince the reader just how rotten humanity has become. Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale managed to deliver tinges of humor and hope in the middle of the horror and made you think about multiple topics at the same time. I was hoping that Oryx and Crake would be in the same vein. To my relief and enjoyment, I found that once I cracked the book open, it was hard to put down.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
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