Children's Update: Danbury

Miss Ruby brought the BIG tortoise. We had to get a lift truck (actually just Nick) to bring it in. Too much fun.

Wii is good on Thursdays. During the holidays, we played a little extra when there were lots of children here.

Craft day was making holiday plaques. May have to move craft day from Fridays; it is just not working for our families.

January is looking good so far, despite the cold weather. Craft day is on January 15. We are doing bookmarks with really happening tassels on them.

Set up the children’s computer in the meeting room. Parents are signing up to do it with their children. Showed it to the Friends Group and one of the senior members said he thought this might be just his speed, except the keys needed to be bigger. I agreed the keys being bigger might be better for both him and children but noted how cute the shrunken mouse was!

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

Due to staff illness, Nick has become a frequent reader at preschool storytime. The children enjoy him.

The Wii program is growing, especially on Thursday nights. We had a young man bring his girlfriend recently. She whipped him at tennis.

We will be offering our holiday craft day at two different times. Hopefully, this will be easier for our patrons.

We still read to a daycare one day a month.

The Danbury Library celebrates its ninth birthday in October. A library anniversary party will be held on Oct. 31. We will have costumes, treats and more.

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

Our Friends group paid for a back-to-school party with pizza and Wii in August. It quadrupled our normal attendance. Thank you to the Friends!

We’re looking forward to working with the daycare across the street from the library, which is now under new ownership. There is also a new daycare opening in town that we are eager to work with as well.

We continue to have a popular preschool storytimes. The Wii program is slowly growing with attendance increasing since school is back in session.

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

Preschool storytime continues, but attendance is down slightly. The extreme heat has prevented people from walking to the library for storytime. We hope that changes when, and if, the weather ever cools off.

The Nick at Night Wii program is building. One of our older patrons even boxed with her grandchildren in the Wii Olympics. Our clerk Nick hosts the Wii gaming, and I have yet to win a game against him. I think he cheats. But a nine-year-old beat him recently, so all is well.

We’ll be having a back-to-school party with pizza and Wii on August 27. The Friends of the Danbury Library will sponsor the event. Thank you, Friends, for all your help!

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

Our clerk Nick will be presenting his first program on July 9 when we begin a Wii gaming event. Children are already showing up every day, just in case we start the program early.

Attendance for preschool storytime is wonderful.

Summer reading club is great. Record numbers have signed up. The Hot Dog Party was a lot of fun and very relaxing. Children and parents had a great time.

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

We’re gearing up for summer reading club! As part of our summer celebrations, we’ll be having reptiles in the library, hot dogs and crafts throughout June.

In addition to all the summer reading fun, the library will have three new laptop computers with wireless Internet access for public usage. The computers and wireless access are provided by the Danbury Rotary Club. Thank you, Danbury Rotary!

Kandy, branch manager

Children's Update: Danbury

Thirty-two children attended preschool storytime in February. Ruby Lewis prepared a special storytime all about hermit crabs.

Our Valentine’s Craft Night saw thirty-four people attend. They enjoyed making their craft.

Tom, adult program coordinator

Children's Update: Danbury

Thirty-eight children attended storytime during December. Ruby Lewis presented a special storytime about spiders. She even brought a live tarantula to show!

Our Christmas Craft night was attended by 35 people. We made snowflakes from squares of Styrofoam.

Circulation rose 49% over last December. Picture books were up 40%, easy nonfiction went up 20% and juvenile fiction increased 23%. Juvenile nonfiction skyrocketed over last December by a whopping 250%. Thanks to all our patrons for checking out so many books!

Tom, adult coordinator