Garden City Library News
Library Holiday Hours

The Garden City Public Library New Year's holiday hours are:

Sunday, December 30 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, December 31 New Year's Eve 9:30 am to 1:00 pm

Tuesday, January 1 New Year's Day CLOSED

Library Programs For The Week

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

* Wed., Jan. 2, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. L.I. Chess Nuts

* Sat., Jan. 5, 9:00 a.m. Registration begins in the Children's Room or online at www.gardencitypl.org for storytime.

YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS

* Wed., Jan. 2. 9:30 a.m. Registration begins for Let's Play Pictionary, scheduled January 12.

* Wed., Jan. 2, 9:30 a.m. Registration begins for Babysitting Workshop-First Aid Session, scheduled

ADULT PROGRAMS

* 2 W 9:30 a.m. Registration begins for Introduction to Solving

* Sudoku Puzzles, scheduled January 15

* 3 Th 1:30 p.m. Film-Hairspray, starring John Travolta, Queen Latifah, and Nicole Blonsky PG, 117 min.

* 4 F 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Community Club Literary Series-Movie, Moby Dick.

* 5 Sa 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. Garden City Recreation Department Chess Club

* Funding for this program provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Library Expands Foreign Language Collection

The Garden City Public Library has increased its audio collection of foreign language learning materials to include 15 foreign languages as well as English as a second language. Among the audio language courses available to library patrons for personal study are Arabic, Chinese, both Cantonese and Mandarin, Croatian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish. The easy to use CD courses offer business and pleasure travelers the opportunity to learn the basics of a foreign language before departing on their trips. In addition there are more advanced courses available for several of the more popular languages, including French, German, Spanish and Italian, for those who want to improve their skills and demonstrate expert mastery of a language.

RosettaStone

Subscription Ends

Recently the Library's subscription to the RosettaStone online language courses ended. The agreement with RosettaStone was part of a group contract negotiated by the Nassau Library System (NLS). Public response was positive, but RosettaStone decided to discontinue offering the online product to public libraries after December 31, 2007. NLS hopes to put together a contract for another web-based, language-learning system soon.

Whether plans for the New Year include business or vacation travel, or the decision to master a foreign language, the Garden City Public Library's foreign language instructional collection has been expanded to meet residents' needs. For more information about the audio foreign language collection, contact Ann M. Garnett, reference librarian, at 742-8405.

Do You Sudoku?

Tuesday, January 15th 2:00pm

Do you Sudoku? Here's your chance to get in on the fun with this hot puzzle craze. Join Joanne Noonan, a retired mathematics teacher and Sudoku maven, as she shows you how to unpuzzle the puzzles. Participants will learn several basic strategies and will practice an efficient plan for solving puzzles on their own.

Registration begins Wednesday, January 2nd and must be done in person. There is no charge for this program and it is for adult Garden City residents only. For further information, please Laura Flanagan at the Garden City Public Library 742-8405.

News From The Children's Room

Contest for Nemo on Ice Tickets

Happy New Year! The Children's Department of the Garden City Public Library is looking forward to another fun-filled year of story times, book discussions and your visits to the library. Welcome 2008!

Hurry into the Children's Room and fill out an entry form to win four complimentary passes to Finding Nemo On Ice at the Nassau Coliseum. Contest ends December 29 and is for Garden City residents only up to 5th grade.

Winter Book Club

We start off the New Year with the Winter Book Club for Grades K-5. Registration begins at 9:00 AM on January 5th and can only be done in person at the library. The theme is "Wild Animals". Grades K-2 need to read at least 3 books - one of which must be about animals who live in the wild. Students in Grades 3-5 must read one fiction book of their choice or one non-fiction about a wild animal. Upon completion, students will receive prizes.

Story Times

Registration for Story Time and Book Discussions will begin on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 9:00 AM. Registration can be done either in person or online at www.gardencitypl.org . Story Time will begin on Tuesday, January 22nd at 10:00 AM.

We are continuing the same schedule from the Fall, with the addition of a program on Friday Afternoons at 4:00PM called "Fun Fridays", which is being offered to Grades K-2 of the special needs population of the community. Caretakers, aides and parents are welcome to attend should the child's needs require attention. We look forward to seeing everyone back in the New Year!

As a reminder, the schedule is as follows:

Mother Goose(Ages 18 Mos - 2 1/2 Years) You & Your Toddler(2 1/2 - 3 1/2)

With Parent With Parent Monday 10:00 AMMonday 11:00 AM Thursday10:30 AM 7:30 PM

11:15 AMTuesday 10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Little Listeners (Ages 3 - 4 1/2 or Preschool (ages 3 1/2 - 5)

5 no Kindergartners) (No Parent)(No Parent)

Monday 1:30 PMTuesday 1:30 PM Wednesday 11:00 AMWednesday 10:00 AM

7:30 PM 1:30 PM Thursday 12:45 PM

1:30 PM

KindergartenFirst Graders

Tuesday 3:45 PMMonday 3:45 PM

Thursday 3:45 PM

Fun Fridays

Friday4:00 PM

Book Discussions

Book club discussions will begin in January. Registration begins January 5th at 9:00 AM and must be done in person in the children's Room. Schedule and book information is as follows:

Chapter Chat - for children presently enrolled in the Second Grade. Each session is on a Wednesday and will start at 4:00 PM and last for 45 minutes. The first session is January 23rd - Dinosaur Hunter by Elaine Marie Alphin and the second is February 13 -Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding by Suzy Kline. The third book is Stanley in Space by Jeff Brown and will be held on March 5th.

New Friends in a Book Club for children presently enrolled in the Third Grade. Program is 45 minutes long and will be held on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM. First session is January 30th - Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. The Second session is February 27th -Third Grade Detectives - Cobweb Confession by George E. Stanley and the third is March 26th -Goosed by Bill Wallace.

Go Forth! Fourth Grade Book Club - For children presently enrolled in the Fourth Grade. Program is 45 minutes on Wednesdays at 5:00 - 5:45 PM. January 30th - Half A Moon Inn by Paul Fleischman, February 27th - Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech and March 26th - Who Stole The Wizard of Oz by Avi.

The Page Turners - for children presently in the Fifth Grade, this 45-minute program will be held on Mondays at 5:45 PM. First session is January 28th - The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli. February 25th - Report Card by Andrew Clements and March 31st - Wish Giver by Bill Britain. The Page Turners ONLY should bring a "brown bag dinner" and dessert and beverage will be served!

Live Homework Help

The library subscribes to an after school Live Homework Help center, called "tutor.com", where children in grades 4th - 12th grades can connect to a "live" tutor in the online classroom for expert help in Math, Science, Social Studies and English! This service is available every day from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. If you are visiting the library, simply click the link on the Library website, enter the grade level and the subject area and you are connected to an expert! If you are working at home, access library website at www.gardencitypl.org , enter your library card number when prompted and follow the easy directions.

Please check the library website www.gardencitypl.org for upcoming events and registration dates. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.