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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
Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom & the Challenges of Bad Hair
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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Kidzone Blog

39 Clues -- The Mystery Revealed!

The Hoover Public Library hosted its second Reader's Passport: The 39 Clues last night. So we can finally reveal what the fuss was all about!

Our summer book club focused on the popular series The 39 Clues. There are eleven books in the current series, and a spin-off series kicks off this fall. The titles have been penned by various popular authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, and Margaret Peterson Haddix.

American Girl 2011: Welcome to My World!

Our annual American Girl party was even more popular than usual. All available spaces filled up in less than two weeks! And the waiting list was almost half as long! When the big night finally arrived on Thursday, June 30, 2011, 165 girls and parents (and almost as many dolls!) followed the stars to American Girl: Welcome to My World. This year's party was hosted by beloved librarian Miss Laura and featured four American Girls:

We Went Around the World in 80 Minutes, and We Got Some Great Souvenirs

We had 70 world travelers come to our Tween Scene event! Luckily, Miss Katie Jane and Miss Polly had two volunteer "tourist guides" to help. Thanks, Lori and Emily!

Books! The Magic Is Real!

Just finished our two-day, five-show magic marathon with Brian Curry! We had 1,497 people fill our Library Theatre for 45 minutes of laughs and AMAZING magic tricks. And we librarians especially enjoyed that all of the tricks were based on our favorite things . . . BOOKS! If you would like to read any of the books that Brian used in his act, you're in luck. We have the master list!

Summer Reading Art Contest Winners

Thirty-three creative kids submitted art for this summer's art contest. All of their art can be seen in our online children's art gallery.

A panel of librarians/artists chose sixteen winners, who will have their artwork on display along the starred hallway in the Kid Zone Art Gallery during the months of June and July 2011. Congratulations to these young artists!

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