June 10, 2009
The library has some AWESOME backpacks with tons of fun and educational activities. Each backpack contains books, activities, and tools to help study any variety of topics.
Everything you need to know about fish 
Books and activities all about you and your body
All the ideas you need for a fun girl's night
January 20, 2009
You may have seen the black trailer parked in the courthouse parking lot and wondered what it was for. The Hands On Partnership exhibit “Animals As Architects” is at the Haakon County Public Library until January 30th. It consists of fifteen different activities that elementary and middle school children can do on their own. The people-sized nest allows kids to build a nest similar to that of an eagle; the microscope station has slides of feathers, fur, and grasses that they can examine more closely; the two floor puzzles are built so that when they’re not put together, the kids can see what it’s like under a prairie dog town or a beaver mound; and the spider web board lets them create all manner of spider webs.
The exhibit is sponsored by the Hands On Partnership for Literature, Science, and Art in South Dakota, and is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. HOP exhibits are turn-key traveling exhibits, using modern technology and fun. Future exhibits to the Philip library may include “Light and Color”, “Go Figure”, and “Termespheres: Up, Down, and All Around”. The exhibit is here until January 30th after which it moves to the Hermosa library. Plan on stopping for a tour through Animals As Architects.
January 8, 2009
Sixty-two new children’s hard-cover books have arrived at the Haakon County Public Library. The Haakon County Public Library was one of the April 2008 grant recipients of the Libri Foundation.
The Libri Foundation, established in 1989, helps rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover books through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. Since 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3.5 million worth of new children’s books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
The Friends of the Haakon County Public Library hosted a benefit golf tournament in September to raise money for the library. For every dollar between $50 and $350 which the Friends raised, the Foundation matched on a 2-to-1 ratio. The Friends reached the $350 goal which allowed our librarian $1050 to spend on books from the Foundation’s 700-title book list. The majority of the books to choose from have been published in the last three years but old favorites are also offered.
In a letter Barbara J. McKillip, President of the Libri Foundation, thanked the community, the library and local sponsors for participating in the Foundation’s BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. She hopes the children served by our library will enjoy their new books.
Some of the new books are: Rick Riordan’s The Battle of the Labyrinth, Donna M. Jackson’s The Bone Detective, Rudyard Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Philip Pullman’s The Scarecrow and His Servant, Richard Peck’s Here Lies the Librarian, Lois Lowry’s Gossamer. DO YOU SHOP ON LINE?
If you shop at Amazon.com, go to www.librifoundation.org to begin shopping. Amazon.com donates 4% of purchases you make when you start shopping from the link at the bottom of the home page. Since May 1, 2007, Libri shoppers have earned the Foundation over $425.00.
There are over 680 stores that donate to the Foundation. Begin shopping at www.iGive.com/LibriFdn if you shop on the Internet at such stores as Lands’ End, PetSmart, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, Overstock.com, J.C.Penney and many more.
There is a Wish List at Amazon.com if you would like to donate new hardcover children’s books to the Foundation. At the top center of Amazon.com’s home page, click on “Gifts & Wish Lists,” then key in “Libri Foundation” in the “Find someone’s wish list” box. You can have the books you donate shipped directly to the Foundation in Eugene, Oregon.
