Have fun and get informed at Lakewood Public Library! We now offer a series of parenting-related programs, plus entertainment for kids and their families. Here are descriptions of the programs in this Fall-Winter season, plus some selections of related books available for check out. For more details -- and to check out other fascinating, thought-provocking, entertaining, craft-making, and informational programs -- visit our web calendar or pick up our Fall-Winter mailer at the library. To check if a book is on the library's shelf, visit our catalog.

 

Parenting Programs

Baby Signs
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Communicate with your baby before he or she can speak a first word. Signing mother Michelle Todd will discuss ways in which baby signs can relieve frustration for both parent and child.

Related Books
Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, by Linda P. Acredolo -- 649.122 ACREDOLO
Sign With Your Baby: How to Communicate with Infants Before They Can Speak, by W. Joseph Garcia -- 419 GARCIA
My First Baby Signs, by Linda P. Acredolo -- JCRADLE ACREDOLO

Healthy Tips for Busy Moms
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Keep your family healthy with these tips on preparing quick-and-easy, nutritious, kid-friendly meals and maintain a positive outlook on modern womandhood. Dr. Allison K. Norris, D.C., will answer your questions.

Related Books
First meals : fast, healthy, and fun foods to tempt infants and toddlers from baby's first foods to favorite family feasts, by Annabel Karmel -- 641.5622 KARMEL
Eat healthy for $50 a week : feed your family nutritious, delicious meals for less, by Rhonda Barfield -- 641.31 BARFIELD
The frantic family cookbook : (mostly) healthy meals in minutes, by Leanne Ely -- 641.5 ELY
The healthy lunchbox : how to plan, prepare & pack stress-free meals kids will love, by Marie McClendon -- 641.534 MCCLENDON
30-minute get real meals : eat healthy without going to extremes, by Rachel Ray -- 641.56383 RAY
Super-sized kids : how to rescue your child from the obesity threat, by Walter L. Larimore -- 618.92398 LARIMORE

A Child of Your Own: Domestic Adoption, International Adoption and Surrogacy
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
If you've ever considered adopting a child, join attorney Mary Catherine Barrett for an overview of adoption law, tax credits and your other reproductive options. Your questions are welcome at this informative lecture.

Related Books
The complete adoption & fertility legal guide, by Brett McWhorter Sember -- 346.730178 SEMBER
Adopting in America : how to adopt within one year, by Randall Hicks -- 362.7340973 HICKS
The complete idiot's guide to adoption, by Christine A. Adamec, 362.7340973 ADAMEC
The Russian adoption handbook : how to adopt a child from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Modlova, by John McLean, 362.734 MACLEAN
The Chinese adoption handbook : how to adopt from China and Korea, by John McLean, 362.734 MACLEAN
Cross-cultural adoption : how to answer questions from family, friends, and community, by Amy Coughlin, 362.7340973 COUGHLIN

 

A Healthy Family During the Cold and Flu Season
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Dr. Allison K. Norris, D.C., offers advice on holistic treatments you can use to shepherd your family illness-free through the harsh cold and flu season.

Related Books
Sinus survival : the holistic medical treatment for allergies, asthma, bronchitis, colds, and sinusitis, by Robert S. Ivker -- 616.2 IVKER
Homeopathy : how it really works, by Jay Shelton -- 615.532 SHELTON
Medicine of the Cherokee : the way of right relationship, by J.T. Garrett, 615.882089975 GARRETT

 

 

Family Entertainment Programs

The Muppet Movie
Friday, October 6, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem storm the big screen along with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and friends.

The Keltic Legacy
Saturday, October 14, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Straight from the Emerald Isle, Caroline and Michael Kilbane play traditional Irish music on uilleann pipes, button accordion, flute, piano and more.

Dos Cuentos, Dos Languajes -- Stories and Songs by Kulture Kids
Saturday, October 21, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

All-American Heroes
Saturday, November 18, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Miracle on 34th Street (movie)
Friday, December 15, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Of course Santa Claus is real! And this classic film really is as funny and charming as you remember.

Family Movie Night: Sword in the Stone
Saturday, December 16, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Music Unlimited Christmas Show
Saturday, December 17, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Vocalist Joan Hughart and Toy Poodle Chachi are home for the holidays.

Kids Carnival
Saturday, January 6, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Back by popular demand! Bring the kids for balloons, a face painting clown, a juggling act, cool prizes and more!

Music to Go with Misty & Reading is Magic with Zap the Wonder Chap
Saturday, January 20, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Guitar Guy Gary & My Horse Draws Flies cartoonist Jeff Nicholas
Saturday, February 17, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Bringing Up Baby (movie)
Friday, February 16, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn have a ball with the most oddball screwball of all. And there's a leopard!

A Visit with Johnny Appleseed
Saturday, February 18, 2006 -- 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
Bring the whole family to enjoy stories and songs of cooperation and respect.

 

Also check out the storytime programs at the library -- Weekend Wonders are year-round, with no pre-registration, and other programs are geared for specific ages, running for eight-week sessions, with pre-registration required.

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