The Spring Battle of the Books results are in!
First place (pictured above) for the 3rd grade is the Hillbillies in Hawaii from Hillcrest Elementary. The second place team was Hershey’’s from Whittier Elementary and third place Five Alive from Margaret Leary Elementary.
First place for the fourth graders was the Rockin Penguins from Whittier Elementary, Cool Koala Bears from Central Elementary placed second, and Super Stars from Kennedy Elementary placed third.
There were more than 60 battle teams and more than 400 children that participated from eight schools. A big thank you to all of the parents, teachers, and students who participated in this Battle of the Books!
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Join us for a discussion of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
“When his neighbor`s poodle is killed and Christopher [the autistic 15-year-old narrator] is falsely accused of the crime, he decides that he will take a page from Sherlock Holmes (one of his favorite characters) and track down the killer. As the mystery leads him to the secrets of his parents”” broken marriage and then into an odyssey to find his place in the world, he must fall back on deductive logic to navigate the emotional complexities of a social world that remains a closed book to him.” (Publishers Weekly)
Friday, March 19th, 2:00-3:00pm
Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Reference Desk.
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Questions? Please ask Trish Pierson, Teen/Adult Services Librarian at 723-2138, ext 6202, ppierson@buttepubliclibrary.info or find her at the Reference Desk, 2nd Floor, Butte-Silver Bow Public Library.
Book, film, and discussion series focuses on the Great Depression and the (current) Great Recession
Movie: Thursday, March 18 – 7:00-10:00pm
Join three convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson) on a romp through Mississippi in the 1930s, with a soundtrack based on 1930`s folk music (call library for movie title). Discussion Leader: Alan Weltzien, UM-Western
Book Discussion: Wednesday, March 31 – 7:00-8:00pm
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich Discussion Leader: Jim Driscoll, Butte Access Study Guide.
Movie: Thursday, April 15 – 7:00-10:00pm
This 1930s comedy, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, ranges from city dump to high society, as seen through the eyes of a butler (call library for movie title).
Discussion Leader: Jim Driscoll, Butte
Book Discussion: Wednesday, April 28 – 7:00-8:00pm
The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan
Discussion Leader: Alan Weltzien, UM-Western Access Study Guide.
Copies of the books are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Library Reference Desk (2nd floor). Book Study Guides are available at the Reference Desk, or may be downloaded here from the Library website (Nickel and Dimed and The Worst Hard Time). Books & Books will offer 20% off the regular price on purchases of Nickel and Dimed, and The Worst Hard Time.
For more information, visit the Butte-Silver Bow Library at 226 W Broadway or call 723-3361.
Sponsored by Humanities MONTANA and Butte-Silver Bow Public Library.
Teen Tech Week Events
Saturday March 6th, 1-3 pm: Free Play, Open Gaming + Snacks!
Wednesday March 10th, 3:30-5:30pm: Flash Drive Mods, Make your flash drive unique + Snacks!
Tuesday March 16th, 6-8pm: Free Movie (call library for showing)
Special Money Tips talk scheduled for Wednesday March 10th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm.
Interested in finding out how credit works, and how to improve your own credit? Would you like tips on how to better manage your money?
Join Steve Cape of Consumer Credit Counseling Service for basic information on credit and finances for a special Money Tips talk.
Questions? Please ask Trish Pierson, Teen/Adult Services Librarian at 723-3361, ext 6202, ppierson@buttepubliclibrary.info, or find her at the 2nd floor Reference Desk.
As part of the Teen Tech week, the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library is able to offer access to the Teen Health and Wellness database from now through April 15, 2010.
To access it go to http://teenhealthandwellness.com and type in teentech for both the username and password (located in upper right hand corner of the log in page).
This database focuses on the medical health and emotional needs of teens. Try it out and tell us what you think!
Torr Head Scenic Route, North Ireland, Antrim County
FRIDAY STORY HOUR
Torr Head Scenic Route, North Ireland, Antrim County
11:15 AM
3/5 Groundhog
3/12 Saint Patrick`s Day
3/19 Ducks
3/26 Bunnies
TUESDAY NIGHT STORY HOUR
6:30 PM
3/9 Shamrocks
3/23 Houdini
As part of the Butte Digital Image Project, staff at the library have been digitizing historic documents, books, and images of Butte, Montana and the surrounding area. They are available online through the library catalog, through the Montana Memory Project and on Flickr in the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library Photostream and image sets.
Featured here are images of mining in Butte, most from around 1900. You can click directly on any of them to get detailed information about the images and the books they have come from.
Among Montana’s most enduring legacies are the names assigned to its geographic features and places found on the state map.
As long as humans have inhabited Montana, they have named places. And Montana place names are as varied as its terrain.
“The Montana Place Names Companion” is now freely available via the Internet at: http://mtplacenames.org.
“The Montana Place Names Companion” is the online application based on the book, Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman (you can check it out from the library too), which was recently published by the Montana Historical Society Press.
This week @ your library!
Explore the basics of word processing using OpenOffice.org Writer, including cut, paste, copy, and formatting text. Students need to know how to use a mouse and keyboard. Classes are offered Wed. Feb. 3 from 6:30-7:30pm and Thurs. Feb. 4 from 9:00-10:00am.
Sign up at the reference desk or over the phone. Classes are free, but space is limited.
You can see the complete Tech Tips schedule on our online events calendar or come by the library.
For more information, visit the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library at 226 W Broadway or call us at 723-3361.
