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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

Easter Weekend Hours

Egg-cellent news!  The Hoover Public Library isn't closed for the entire weekend.  And you don't have to search and search to find out what our holiday hours are.  This isn't an Easter egg hunt!  I've made it over easy.  (Ha!  Another egg reference!  I'm on a roll!  Yep, you guessed it -- an egg roll! Okay, enough of that.)
Friday, April 18, 2014      CLOSED
Saturday, April 19, 2014  OPEN
Sunday, April 20, 2014    CLOSED

Target Age: 
Kids
Teens
Adults
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Thu, 04/17/2014 - 9:02am

The Nut Job

Here's a little something you might not know.  The Hoover Public Library usually has hot new DVD releases the day they come out.  Sometimes, though, we have to wait 28 days before we can give them to the public.  You may have noticed a similar phenomenon on Netflix or at Redbox.  Some studios require that lending agencies wait 28 days after the official release date before they begin circulating their DVDs.  The Nut Job is one of these titles.  It was released to the public yesterday, but it won't be available through the library until May 13. Nutty, huh?

Target Age: 
Kids
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Katiem
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Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:07am

Jackie Robinson Day

Grab your 42. Today is Jackie Robinson Day!  Robinson made his Major League baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, breaking the color barrier.  Since 2004, players don jersey number 42 on April 15 as a tribute to a great athlete and history maker.  Find out more about the Hall of Famer with these books.
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg
Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman
Jackie Robinson by Glenn Stout
Jackie Robinson by Sally M. Walker
Jackie Robinson: American Hero by Sharon Robinson
Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great Pioneer by Jason Glaser (graphic novel)
Jackie Robinson: Hero and Athlete by Suzanne Slade
Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out by Denise Lewis Patrick
Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By by Sharon Robinson
Play Ball, Jackie! by Stephen Krensky
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson
When Jackie and Hank Met by Cathy Goldberg Fishman
Who Was Jackie Robinson? by Gail Herman

DVD Bonus!
Jackie Robinson Story (1950 biography starring Jackie as himself!)
 

National Library Week: Lives Change at Your Library

April 13-19, 2014 is National Library Week.  And the Honorary Chair?  Judy Blume!  What a perfect choice for this year's NLW theme -- Lives Change at Your Library.  How many young people (including me!) have been impacted by Judy Blume's twenty-eight books?

(OK, I know this looks like a ridiculously short blog.  But did you see all the blue?  Those are links, people!  Use them. Who knows? It might change your life.)  

D.E.A.R.

Drop
Everything
And
Read!

Beverly Cleary wrote about D.E.A.R. in her Newbery Honor-winning book Ramona Quimby, Age 8.  Since then, April 12 (Cleary's birthday) has been the nation's official Drop Everything and Read Day.  You can grab some of her books today, then you'll be ready to D.E.A.R. tomorrow.  Find them under J CLE.

P.S.
If you get in trouble for skipping your chores or family get-together in favor of reading, please do NOT blame this librarian. :)

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