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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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* * * NEWS ALERT * * *
The Keedysville library will be closed for renovations effective 11/3/2008. Materials that have been checked out from Keedysville can be returned to the Central library or any branch. Watch for our grand re-opening coming soon!
 As part of its Outreach Program, the Washington County Free Library Staff Association sponsors Christmas for several needy families as identified by the Salvation Army each year.
The Staff Association holds a raffle to raise some of the needed funds for this Holiday Outreach Project. This year our raffle prize is a 1999 Longaberger All American Serving Basket w/plastic liner filled with baking accessories and assorted Harry & David brand mixes & treats.
Tickets are just $2 each or 3 for $5 and are available at the circulation desk at each library branch throughout the county.
The winner will be drawn and notified December 5, 2008.
Get your tickets early...you could be the lucky winner!
 In brief, the Battle of the Books is a program to encourage middle readers to read well-written, fun and thought-provoking books. The program involves children in grades 4-6 forming teams with up to eight members; an adult manager is needed for each team. Once the teams are formed, the library assigns twenty books for every team to read.  After signing up in November, the teams have until the first week of March to read and recall as much as they can from the set of twenty books. A Battle of the Books written competition is held in the first week of March. During that written round, teams record their answers to forty book-based questions on a special answer sheet. These sheets are then reviewed by the librarians; the top eight scoring teams advance to a final verbal round. In this final round, forty more questions are asked of the teams. The verbal competition requires the team captains to stand up and speak their team’s answers to the librarians. Trophies are given to the top three placing teams with the top team receiving recognition on a plaque hung in the Children’s Department.
For more details, or questions concerning this year's Battle of the Books, contact the Children's Department.
 Got Babies? We've got infant story-time!Beginning in September, the Washington County Free Library will offer a weekly Infant story time. The program is designed for infants ages six to eighteen months and their adult caregivers. Stories, music, finger plays, and other age appropriate activities will be included to help introduce the infants to books and reading. Each session will last approximately 20-30 minutes. The program is free, but pre-registration is required. The sessions will meet on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 and 11:00 during September, October, and November. For more information, please contact the Children’s Department at 301-739-3250 ext.132 or wcflchidren@washcolibrary.org
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