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Shark Week is 25 Years Old?!?!

I haven't had cable in ten years. But when I did, there was one thing I never missed. Shark Week on Discovery Channel. My sister and I couldn't get enough. I was reminiscing about it with her the other day and decided to see if it was still around. A Google search revealed that Shark Week is turning 25 in 2012. A quarter of a century! Now that, my friends, is library blog-worthy. Take a bite out of these shark books, then tune in to SHARK WEEK: 25 YRS, beginning August 12.

A.B.C. = August Book Challenge

School is starting a little later this year, which means local kids will be looking for stuff to do. The Hoover Public Library has to take a break from programming in order to get ready for a fall chock-full of fun, but you can still count on us to keep you entertained.

A.B.C. = August Blog Challenge will give you a new puzzle to solve each week. All of them are book-based and will require a little sleuthing. Our first one is called Nonfiction ABC, Easy as 123. Match the Dewey Decimal Number listed with the correct subject. Clue: the subject starts with the letter before the number. When you're finished, check your answers by clicking on the blue. Good luck!

Pets of the Library Photo Contest Winners

Thanks to everyone who submitted a picture of their pet in our Pets of the Library Photo Contest. Winners will be featured on our website and Facebook page and will receive a $25 VISA gift card.

Congratulations to Katie Thompson for her picture of Annie, Laura Pounders Edwards for her picture of Chloe, and Kelli Cannon for her picture of Kitty!

BIG Summer Summary

These are some amazing numbers.

Roger Day = 3,025
Madcap Puppets = 1,995
Atlantic Coast Theatre = 1,757
Eric Litwin = 1,865
Walkabout Puppets = 1,040
That Puppet Guy = 1,726
Safari Greg = 1,660
BubbleMania = 1,672
TOTAL for 40 shows in The Library Theatre = 14,740

We Love Mario Kart = 139
Angry Birds = 410
Diary of a Wimpy Kid = 156
Amazing Flying Machines = 68
Start Your Engines = 139
It's Great to Be a Girl = 112
TOTAL for 9 tween events = 1,024

Dream Big Storytime = 808
Come Back, Babies = 60
TOTAL for 8 storytimes = 868

Summer Olympics 2012 - London Calling

London 2012 Olympics
July 27 - August 12, 2012

The theme for the upcoming Olympic Games is Inspire a Generation. Great books have the power to inspire, so I've put together an in-no-way-all-encompassing list of amazing children's fiction and nonfiction titles about the Olympics. And a few books about London, too. Let the inspiration flow.

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