On the Same Page
A Community Reading Event
February 2022
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Your votes chose this classic!
Book Kit Release!
Monday, JANUARY 24
Storytime For Grown-Ups
Friday, February 4, at 7:00 pm
“Dr. Winnie-the-Pooh:”
Academic Applications of A.A. Milne’s Hundred Acre Wood
Wednesday, February 9, at 7:00 PM
Join BYU-Idaho English Professor Jacqueline Harris she explores how different academic areas like psychology, literary studies, mathematics and more have used Winnie-the-Pooh as a model for applying their own disciplinary theories.
See Professor Harris’ Full Presentation
A Honey of a Day for Crafts
Saturday, February 12, at 1:00 pm
Open Book Discussion with the Take a Break Book Club
Thursday, February 17, at 6:30 pm
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Friday, February 18, at 6:30 pm
A Birthday Party!
Friday, February 26, at 7:30 pm
A Walk Around the Hundred Acre Wood
Logs due by noon, Tuesday, February 22
Pooh, Christopher Robin, and all of their friends love to go for walks and explore their woods. During February, you might want to imagine that you’re taking a stroll with them.
If you were to walk all the way around a hundred acres, it would equal 1.6 miles. Could you walk that far in a day? Maybe you could set a goal for how many days in the month you’d like to walk 1.6 miles. If that’s a bit much for your legs, maybe you’d like to make a goal to walk around the forest over the course of the week. Are you like Tigger and full of energy? Perhaps you want to try for twice around the woods each day, or even more! All that activity makes me want a little something. Where’s my honey?
You set your goal. Our log will help you keep track. Anyone participating in the challenge, whether you meet your goal or not, can turn in this card to be entered into a drawing for a set of A. A. Milne books. We’ll have the drawing at our birthday party the evening of February 25th.
A Photo Expotition!
Entries Due by noon on Tuesday, February 22.
Join Christopher Robin and friends on a further expotition by seeing how many of these things you can find and photograph. We’ll want to see you in the photo as well! Turn in your photographs by noon on Tuesday, February 22nd. Make sure you have your name, phone number, and library card number visible. We’ll announce the winner at the birthday party on February 25th.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FULL LIST OF THINGS TO FIND
Reader’s Guide
Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape. These characters and their stories are timeless treasures of childhood that continue to speak to all of us with the kind of freshness and heart that distinguishes true storytelling. Join us in the Hundred Acre Wood, where Pooh is a whimsical philosopher, staunch friend, plump, and fond of honey. He calls himself a Bear of Very Little Brain, but is wise and loving.
Reader’s Guides
Here are some of our previous reader’s guides from past years’ events:
Persuasion by Jane Austen (2021)
Anne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of an aristocratic family who rejected Frederick Wentworth’s proposal of marriage becuase of his poor social standing and connections. When he returns years later, Anne must confront the life she left behind.
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (2020)
A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures with his friends on the mythical island of Neverland.
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy (2019)
Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine.
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (2018)
The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs and …. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (2017)
On the fabled Orient Express, thirteen travelers, each bearing a secret, will find themselves suspect in the most ingenious crime Hercule Poirot has ever solved.
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster (2016)
The enduring delight of this tale of Edwardian romantic intrigue is rooted in Forster’s colorful characters, including outrageous spinsters, pompous clergymen, and outspoken patriots.
A Photo Expotition!
Entries due by Noon, Tuesday, February 22
Join Christopher Robin and friends on a further expotition by seeing how many of these things you can find and photograph. We’ll want to see you in the photo as well! Make sure you have your name, phone number, and library card number visible. We’ll announce the winner at the birthday party on February 25th.
See if you can get a photo of each of the following items:
1. Someone in a tight place
2. A birthday cake
3. A hive
4. A tail
5. A jar of honey
6. A balloon
7. Someone covered in mud
8. A boggy place
9. Six trees (preferably pine)
10. A pit (either for a hefflelump or of sand)
11. An umbrella
12. A friend or relation of Rabbit
13. A thorny bush
14. A “No Trespassing” or “Trespassers Will…” sign
15. A door knocker
16. A bell pull
17. A wash tub
18. A high chair
19. Footprints in the snow
20. A picnic
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Closures in 2022
- January 1 – New Year’s
- January 17 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- February 21 – President’s Day
- March 25 – Staff Development Day
- April 2 – Closed for Maintenance
- May 28-30 – Memorial Day
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- November 11 – Veteran’s Day
- November 23 – Closing at 5 pm
- November 24-26 – Thanksgiving
- December 23-26 – Christmas
- December 30-31, 2022 – New Year’s
- January 2, 2023 – New Year’s Day
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