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The Kidzone has programs galore as well as books, movies, and other cool stuff. Read our blog below for more information and check out our upcoming events to get an idea of what's happening at the Kidzone! Our main phone number is 205.444.7830.

Recent Book Reviews

Horten's Incredible Illusions: Magic, Mystery & Another Very Strange Adventure
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A Mutiny in Time
Starry River of the Sky
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School
Iron Hearted Violet
Jake and Lily
Paris Pan Takes the Dare
Me and the Pumpkin Queen
Read All About It!
The Boy on Cinnamon Street
Nerd Camp
The Classroom
Smells Like Dog
Mission Unstoppable
On the Road to Mr. Mineo's
The Mark of Athena
A Whole Lot of Lucky
Alien on a Rampage
One for the Murphys

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Lee Bryan is back again this summer! And this time he's Dr. Dinosaur! He'll lead you on an exciting expedition of prehistoric proportions. You'll learn about paleontologists, how they examine the bones and other fossils left behind by dinosaurs. You'll find out about adaptation, flying reptiles, and extinction. You'll even get to witness a Dinosaur Death Match between Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor. For more information about the show, check out the official That Puppet Guy website. For more information about the subject matter, take a look at the official Teacher Guide. And make sure you stop by the Kid Zone before or after the show to pick up books about dinosaurs. Look for Dewey Decimal number 567.9.
That Puppet Guy presents Dr. Dinosaur!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, and 6:30 pm
Wednesday, June 19 2013 at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm

Another reminder about this year's seating guidelines for the Summer Reading Library Theatre shows:
1. Per the fire code, program attendance will be limited to the seats we have in The Library Theatre.
2. All seats will be available on a first come, first served basis.  We do not register for Library Theatre programs to ensure a full house and to allow the largest attendance possible.
3. We have added two new program times, so that each program is repeated seven times.
4. Please limit yourself to one theatre program per week.
5. We will not be able to save seats.  All members of your party must be there in order to be seated together.
6. Each attendee will have a ticket, which will be required for re-entry to the programs.

Wendy Mass is one of our favorite authors . . . ever!  Her books, regardless of length or theme, are amazing.  Plus, she uses her local library!  Read this excerpt from an interview: "Once I find the topic that I want to write about, I go to the library and find every book or magazine on the subject.  I start in the children's room with the simplest books . . . . Then once I understand the basics, I'll dive deeper into the subject."  Her newest book, Pi in the Sky, came out today, June 11, 2013.  I wonder what library books she read before she came up with such an out-of-this-world plot?

Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe.  This means that his older brothers took all the really cool jobs before he was born.  All Joss gets to do is deliver pies.  That's right: pies.  Of course these pies actually hold the secrets of the universe between their buttery crusts, but they're still pies.  Joss is happy to let his older brothers shine.  He has plenty to keep his hands full: trying to improve his bowling score, listening to his best friend Kal try (and fail) to play the drums, and exploring his ever-changing home: The Realms.  But when Earth suddenly disappears, Joss is tasked with the seemingly impossible job of bringing it back.  With the help of an outspoken Earth girl named Annika, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime and learns that the universe is an even stranger place than he'd imagined.

Explore more Wendy Mass worlds.

Get ready for some heavy duty nonfiction reading this week.  All the books on this list focus on the machines that help us little humans get BIG construction jobs done.  Click on the blue title to see if the book you want is available.  Click here for a printable list complete with call numbers.
1. 5 Steps to Drawing Machines at Work by Susan Kesselring
2. Bulldozers in Action by Peter Brady
3. Construction Countdown by K. C. Olson
4. Cool Construction Vehicles by Kelley MacAulay
5. Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo
6. Diggers by Amanda Askew
7. Diggers by David & Penny Glover
8. Earth Movers by M. T. Martin
9. Heavy Equipment Up Close by Andra Serlin Abramson
10. How Machines Work: Construction Vehicles by Terry Jennings
11. I Drive a Backhoe by Sarah Bridges
12. Machines Go to Work in the City by William Low
13. Mega Trucks: The Biggest, Toughest Trucks in the World! by Deborah Jane Murrell
14. Tonka Trucks by Val Staples
15. What Does It Do?: Dump Truck by Jennifer Zeiger
16. A Year at a Construction Site by Nicholas Harris
 

In the ancient Greek myth, Pandora opened a box and unleashed Evils into the world.  In present day Alabama, you opened the first book in Carolyn Hennesy's Mythic Misadventures series and began a reading quest.  I have good news/bad news.  That quest is coming to an end.  Book seven in the series, Pandora Gets Frightened, brings the adventure to an exciting conclusion on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.  Will Pandora be able to locate all the Evils she released?  Will she defeat Hera once and for all?
1. Pandora Gets Jealous
2. Pandora Gets Vain
3. Pandora Gets Lazy
4. Pandora Gets Heart
5. Pandora Gets Angry
6. Pandora Gets Greedy
7. Pandora Gets Frightened
 

The Hoover Public Library staff has been doing more than hosting Summer Reading.  We've been participating as well!  Here's what we've added to our reading logs so far.
JUNE 2013
KIDS
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night by Lenore Look (#5)
The Center of Everything by Linda Urban
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by Tommy Greenwald (#3)
A Dash of Magic by Kathryn Littlewood (#2)
Freakling by Lana Krumwiede
Heroes in Training: Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (#1)
The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy (#2)
House of Secrets by Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini

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