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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Hours: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

PROGRAMS

Children's Services :

Museum of Natural History

Due to changes made by the Museum of Natural History, we will, unfortunately, be canceling our pass subscription when it expires at the end of February. The Museum has changed to a voucher system, whereby each patron is required to have one to gain admittance. This system is cost prohibitive for our library, as well as others in the Suffolk County Library System, and incompatible with our online reservation system. It is our hope that the Museum of Natural History will recognize how difficult it has become for libraries to participate and will change back to the original pass system. We regret any inconvenience this change may cause.

The Adventures of Tintin

The movie, The Adventures of Tintin , comes out on December 21st. To help you get ready for the release check out one of the graphic novels that started it all. Check availability here .

Publishers Weekly Announces the Best Books of 2011

With 2012 fast approaching, Publishers Weekly has assembled a list of the very best books published this year for children and teens. Did your favorites make the cut? Click here to see the selections for the year's best picture books, fiction, and nonfiction.

Brainfuse: Homework Help

For students who need help with an assignment, Brainfuse is a great new resource that offers:

Live Homework Help daily from 2-11 p.m. 24-Hour Writing Lab: Submit a paper and get feedback. Practice tests, including Regents and the SAT.

Click here to get started and choose Live Study Help. You will need a South Huntington Library card

TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book that children can read on their own or have read to them.

Click here to connect to TumbleBooks...

Museum Passes

South Huntington Public Library has museum passes for:

The Whaling Museum in Cold Spring Harbor

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

The Children's Museum in Garden City

The American Museum of Natural History

Old Westbury Gardens

The Cradle of Aviation

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

The Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
Nassau County Museum of Art

Reservations can be made in advance, by phone or in person, for the current and subsequent month. Passes are for South Huntington patrons only. Call the Children's Department for details or click here to reserve a pass online.

Search for the Stars!

The Children's Department wants to let you know about our favorite books. We each have a star bookmark that's placed in one of the books we love best. Take a look on the display shelves and see what we've put out today.

Pop-Up Books Are Now Available

The Children's department now has pop-up books. Curl up in one of our chairs and enjoy the amazing paper engineering of today's best artists. Titles include, but are not limited to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Star-Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Knight's City, The Chronicles of Narnia and Pixie Hollow Pop-Up.

Pop-ups are for in-library use only and cannot be checked out.

Comments? Suggestions? Click here...

Film Fest: Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Thursday, February 9th
1:30 PM - Theater

Saturday Night Series: Sister Act
Saturday, February 11th
7:00 PM - Community Room