Teens

Jan Mattingly, AKA The Science Lady, is coming back to the Homeschool Hub at Hoover Public Library!  She'll present the science of sound on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 11 a.m.  This event is open to grades K-8, but registration is required.  You can sign up online or by phone (205-444-7830) beginning 11/10/22.

Halloween is almost here!  Mark your calendars to Trick or Treat! at Hoover Public Library on Monday, October 31, 2022!  We'll have lots of candy stations set up throughout the library from 9 am to 9 pm.  So put on your costumes and strut your stuff down our hallways!

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We won't have our regular storytimes on that day.  Baby Playdate and Story Lab will resume the following Monday, November 7.

Calling all witches and wizards!  Our annual BIG Halloween party is back!  Join us for a night of spellbinding fun at Double, Double, Toil & Trouble! on Friday, October 28, 2022.  The sensory friendly preview begins at 6 p.m. (Call 205-444-7830 to learn more and register for early access), but the doors open to the public at 7 p.m.  Cauldrons, broomsticks, and costumes are encouraged as you explore the worlds of the Sanderson Sisters, Harry Potter, and a variety of Wicked Witches!  Here's a breakdown of everything you can do before we stop the fun at 9 p.m.

The pandemic delayed things (what a surprise), but the wait is over!  The fifth Harry Potter book is now available in brilliant full color!  This stunning illustrated edition brings together the talents of award-winning artists Jim Kay and Neil Packer in a visual feast, featuring iconic scenes and much loved characters as the Order of the Phoenix keeps watch over Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts. 

Learn some ghoulish makeup tips just in time for Halloween at Zombie Makeup on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.  Everyone will get to create a fake wound on themselves using scar wax and makeup, as well as learn some different techniques to more fully zombify on their own time.  Don't have the same supplies as the library?  We'll also give info on how to DIY some of the same effects with things from around the house.  Sign up online or by phone (205-444-7826) today.

The Friends of Hoover Public Library are hosting their Fall Book Sale this weekend!  They are taking over the entire Theatre level on Friday, September 30 from 9 am-5:30 pm and Saturday, October 1 from 10 am-5:30 pm, offering a wide array of hardbacks, paperbacks, children's books, DVDs, audiobooks, music and more. Most items are priced under $1!  What a deal!   All proceeds of the sale benefit the Friends of the Library, which in turn benefits Hoover Public Library. For more information, call 205-444-7774. 

September is Fall Hat Month.  But I noticed that we have a lot of new nonfiction books about a wide range of fashion topics.  So I've assembled the list here for you fashion-forward readers!

Are you eager for the spooky season?  Are you looking for something atmospheric to add to your book shelf?  Let Grace teach you how to make a Spooky Forest Book Nook on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.   A book nook is a diorama that is designed to nestle between books on a bookshelf to look like a small portal to another world. Grace will be leading the project with step-by-step instructions to achieve a finished project that looks like the one pictured in this blog.  Registration is required.  Sign up online or by phone (205-444-7826) today.

Banned Books Week is September 18-24, 2022!  This year's theme is Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us.

This annual event, which celebrates the freedom to read and highlights the value of open access of information, was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores, and libraries.  Sound familiar?  That's why it's still going strong!  It brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

One way to participate in Banned Books Week is to read a challenged book.  Click here to access a list of frequently challenged children's books.  Click here to access the top 10 most challenged books for each year.