Youth activities
The Pierce-Streetsboro Library will celebrate Earth Day, April 22, by offering crafts appropriate for kindergartners through fourth graders and young adults. Each craft will use natural or recycled materials. Visit the library any time between 3 and 7 p.m. to do these crafts.
The teen advisory group will meet April 15 from 2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. to discuss ideas for teen programming. Refreshments will be served.
Spring storytime
The Pierce-Streetsboro Library is accepting registrations for spring storytime. Storytime sessions will end the week of April 21. To register or for further information, contact the Pierce-Streetsboro Library at 330-626-4458.
Tiny Tots, age 6 months to 23 months, will meet on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Family storytime for children ages 2-5 will be offered Tuesdays or Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. or on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Storytimes may include stories, songs, dances, rhythm exercises, fingerplays, flannel board stories, puppets, and crafts.
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
In recognition of Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month in April, the Pierce-Streetsboro Library will offer a program for kindergartners through fourth-graders. Each child who checks out at least one book about an animal will be able to enter a drawing for a prize basket. This program will end April 30.
Book discussion group
Pierce-Streetsboro Library's Book Discussion Group regularly meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:45 p.m. in the library's meeting room. New members are always welcome to attend and participate in the discussion. The schedule of meeting dates and books to be discussed in 2008:
* May 12 -- "Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens" by Jane Dunn (Nonfiction)
* June 9 -- "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell" by Karen DeYoung (Nonfiction)
* July 14 -- "The Age of Turbulence" by Alan Greenspan (Nonfiction)
* Aug. 11 -- "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy" by Frances Mayes (nonfiction)
* Sept. 8 -- "Daniel Isn't Talking" by Marti Leimback (fiction)
* Oct. 20 -- "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (nonfiction)
* Nov. 10 -- "Just Beyond the Clouds" by Karen Kingsbury (fiction)
* Dec. 8 -- "Where Angels Go" by Debbie Macomber (fiction)
Library hours
The library, located at 8990 Kirby Lane, is open Monday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday noon to 5 p.m.