Today at the Library (9/8/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume during the week of September 12

Bookmobile Stops
Hanover County
Kiddie Kingdom (813 Thompson Street) 9:30 - 10:45 (see map)
Bundle of Joy Day Care (3322 King's Charter Dr.) 11:00 - 11:45 (see map)
The Pines at Cold Harbor (Stonewall Pkwy.) 1:30 - 2:15 (see map)
All Aboard Child Dev. Center (7147 Stonewall Pkwy.) 2:30 - 3:15 (see map)

Today at the Library (9/7/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume during the week of September 12.

Bookmobile Stops
Goochland County
Salem Pre-School (Salem Baptist Ch., Cardwell Rd.) 10:00 - 11:30 (see map)
Elk Hill Farm 12:45 - 1:45 (see map)
Courthouse Commons Shopping Center 2:15 - 3:15 (see map)

Programs & Events
Goochland Branch Library
Computer Basics Class
Wednesday September 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Want to learn how to use a computer? We can help! Find out how to do basic tasks in Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer.

Today at the Library (9/6/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume the week of September 12

Bookmobile Stops
Hanover County
Advent Day Care (Advent Christian Church, Studley Road) 9:45 - 10:45 (see map)
Liberty Christian School (8094 Liberty Circle) 11:00 - 11:45 (see map)
Christian Village (Lee Davis Rd.) 1:30 - 2:15 (see map)
Minnieland Private Day School (7386 Creighton Pkwy.) 2:30 - 3:15 (see map)

All branch libraries will be open today. PamCat (online library catalog) and web site access have been restored. If you have any questions, please e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org or call your local branch library.

Pick of the Week

Cat People

by Michael Korda and Margaret Korda

With characteristic wit, self–effacing charm and sheer, exuberant love of a good cat story, New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda and his wife Margaret Korda recount their lives as "cat people," beginning with Margaret's passion for cats (and Michael's reluctant mid–life transformation into a cat person), and introducing readers to a hilarious assortment of people whose life revolves––often to an extraordinary degree––around their cat, or cats, from Cleopatra, a transatlantic traveler who found happiness in Paris, to Wally, the epitome of feline dignity.

Today at the Library (9/3/11 - 9/5/11)

All branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library will be closed today (Saturday 9/3 and Monday 9/5).

They will reopen on Tuesday 9/6 at their regular business hours (Mechanicsville, Upper King William, and King & Queen are scheduled to have power. Updates will be posted on Tuesday as they become available.).

Storytimes are scheduled to begin the week of September 12.

Today at the Library (9/2/11)

Bookmobile Stops
King & Queen County
Kiddie Korner (Rt. 629, Walkerton) 10:00 - 11:15 (see map)
Bruington Baptist Church (Rt. 14) 11:30 - 12:00 (see map)
Walkerton Post Office 1:15 - 2:30 (see map)

Library Status
Most branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library are currently open today.

The Upper King William and King & Queen Branch Libraries are closed today.

The Mechanicsville Branch Library will close at 3 p.m. today.

Due to cleanup and power outage issues, you may want to call your local branch library before visiting today to check what services are available.

Website of the Month

Bitstrips

Have you always felt that you could be the next Charles Schulz, if only you had some artistic talent? Well have I got a website for you: Bitstrips! What's a Bitstrip? It's your new online funny pages, an online comic strip, made by you! If you have a funny joke or a story to tell, you can share it in a whole new way. Their free online toys make it fast, fun, and easy to create awesome comics. Create any character: the tutorials the site provides will walk you through the process of creating a character, and then using that character to create a comic strip. Have fun!

Today at the Library (9/1/11)

Bookmobile Stops
Hanover County
Goddard School (Old Hickory Rd.) 9:45 - 11:30 (see map)
Bon Secours Child Care (8210 Meadowbridge Rd.) 2:30 - 3:30 (see map)

Library Status
Most branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library are currently open today.

The Upper King William and King & Queen Branch Libraries are closed today.

The Mechanicsville Branch Library will close at 3 p.m. today.

Due to cleanup and power outage issues, you may want to call your local branch library before visiting today to check what services are available.

Today at the Library (8/31/11)

Most branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library are currently open today.

The Upper King William Branch Library is closed today.

The Mechanicsville Branch Library will close at 3 p.m. today.

Due to cleanup and power outage issues, you may want to call your local branch library before visiting today to check what services are available.

Today at the Library (8/30/11)

Most branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library are currently open today.

The Upper King William Branch Library is closed today.

The Mechanicsville Branch Library will close at 3 p.m. today.

Due to cleanup and power outage issues, you may want to call your local branch library before visiting today to check what services are available.

Today at the Library (8/29/11)

Most branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library are currently open today.

The Upper King William Branch Library is closed today.

The Mechanicsville Branch Library will close at 3 p.m. today.

The West Point Branch Library will close at 7 p.m. today.

Due to cleanup and power outage issues, you may want to call your local branch library before visiting today to check what services are available.

Pick of the Week

Lucky Girl

by Mei-Ling Hopgood

In a true story of family ties, journalist Mei-Ling Hopgood, one of the first wave of Asian adoptees to arrive in America, comes face to face with her past when her Chinese birth family suddenly requests a reunion after more than two decades.In 1974, a baby girl from Taiwan arrived in America, the newly adopted child of a loving couple in Michigan. Mei-Ling Hopgood had an all-American upbringing, never really identifying with her Asian roots or harboring a desire to uncover her ancestry. She believed that she was lucky to have escaped a life that was surely one of poverty and misery, to grow up comfortable with her doting parents and brothers. Then, when she's in her twenties, her birth family comes calling. Not the rural peasants she expected, they are a boisterous, loving, bossy, complicated middle-class family who hound her daily by phone, fax, and letter, in a language she doesn't understand until she returns to Taiwan to meet them. As her sisters and parents pull her into their lives, claiming her as one of their own, the devastating secrets that still haunt this family begin to emerge. Spanning cultures and continents, Lucky Girl brings home a tale of joy and regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery as the author untangles the unlikely strands that formed her destiny.

Library Closing

Due to weather conditions, all branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library will close at 2:00 p.m.

Today at the Library (8/27/11)

Programs & Events
Mechanicsville Branch Library
Back to School Celebration
Saturday August 27 at 11:00 a.m.
Ages 4-9.
Get excited about going back to school with special activities at the library, including great crafts, giveaways, and a puppet show . Snacks provided by the Friends of the Mechanicsville Library.

Due to weather concerns, we will not have a school bus available during the program for kids to explore.

Today at the Library (8/23/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume the week of September 12.

Bookmobile Stops
There will be no Bookmobile service today. For more information, please e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.

Pick of the Week

Hero

by Perry Moore

Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a high school basketball star, he has to keep his distance because of his father. Hal Creed had once been one of the greatest and most beloved superheroes of The League--until the Wilson Towers incident. After that Thom's mother disappeared and his proud father became an outcast. The last thing in the world Thom would ever want is to disappoint his father. So Thom keeps two secrets from him: First is that he's gay. The second is that he has the power to heal people. Initially, Thom had trouble controlling his powers. But with trail and error he improves, until he gets so good that he catches the attention of the League and is asked to join. Even though he knows it would kill his dad, Thom can't resist. When he joins the League, he meets a motley crew of other heroes, including tough-talking Scarlett, who has the power of fire from growing up near a nuclear power plant; Typhoid Larry, who makes everyone sick by touching them, but is actually a really sweet guy; and wise Ruth, who has the power to see the future. Together these unlikely heroes become friends and begin to uncover a plot to kill the superheroes. Along the way, Thom falls in love, and discovers the difficult truth about his parents' past. This is a moving, funny, and wonderfully original novel that shows that things are not always what they seem, and love can be found in the unlikeliest of places.

Today at the Library (8/22/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume the week of September 12.

Bookmobile Stops
King William County
Guardian Angels (2372 King William Road) 10:00 - 10:45 (see map)
Mattaponi Indian Reservation (Rt. 640 to Rt. 625) 1:45 - 2:30 (see map)
King William Courthouse (Rt. 30) 2:45 - 3:15 (see map)

Today at the Library (8/19/11)

Programs & Events
Mechanicsville Branch Library
Mechanicsville Board Games Night
meets every third Friday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Next meeting: Friday August 19
Sponsored by the Mechanicsville Branch Library.

Today at the Library (8/16/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume the week of September 12.

Bookmobile Stops
There will be no Bookmobile service today. For more information, e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.

Today at the Library (8/15/11)

Storytimes
Storytimes will resume the week of September 12.

Bookmobile Stops
There will be no Bookmobile service today. For more information, e-mail ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.