Giving Tree

THE GIVING TREE
December 1-30
Warm your heart this cold winter season by donating new mittens, hats, scarves, and/or coats to our annual Giving Tree. Collected items will be given to the Orland Township to be distributed.

Reminder!!!

Now is your chance to express yourself! Create a book trailer of your favorite read, post to YouTube and email the URL to nheuser@orlandparklibrary.org. Winners will be notified by email. All entries become the property of the Orland Park Public Library.
Remember to get your book trailers in by November 30th!

Here are some example book trailers from YouTube to help get you thinking!

A Question For You...

What Kind Of Teen Programs Would You Like To See Offered At The Library?
Come On In And Tell Us, Or Let Us Know In The Comment Section Below

Shopping Day!

Christmas Is Only 29 Days Away!
Did You Go Shopping At 1AM To Find
The Best Deals?

Happy Day of Thanks!

The Library Will Be Closed Thursday, November 24 For Thanksgiving.
Have A Safe And Happy Holiday!

Did you know...
The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States! For more cool turkey facts click here!

May the odds be ever in your favor...

Visit Our Speak Up Blog And Vote For Who You Think Should Play Katniss In The Hunger Games Movie!

Thanksgiving is Thursday!
What's your favorite thing about the holiday?
Take the poll on the left and let us know!

What did you think of the movie?
Epic?

NEW on DVD!

Did you know it was a graphic novel first?

It's National Recycle Day!

Do Your Part To Help The Earth!

Fun With Dates

More Interesting Dates in November...

14th: Claude Monet's Birthday(1840) Go look at some art!

14th-20th: Geography Awareness Week!

15th: America Recycles Day!

17th: Homemade Bread Day! Smells delicious!

19th: Lincoln Gave His Gettysburg Address (1863)

20th: Edwin Hubble's Birthday (1889) Check out space through a telescope!

21st: 1st Hot-Air Balloon Flight (1763)

22nd: Mount St. Helens Erupted (1842) and JFK Assassinated (1963)

23rd: National Cashew Day! Go nuts!

25th: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

30th: Mark Twain's Birthday (1835)

New Book to Movie!

Read the Book Before You Watch the Movie

Avalon High Premiers This Friday on the Disney Channel....
But the Book is Already Out!
Come Check Out a Copy Today!
About the Author: Meg Cabot is best known for being the author of The Princess Diaries series but has written tons of other great books!

Check Out the Movie Trailer!

Change your clocks!

Central Standard Time
We "fall" back an hour.
Enjoy the extra hour of sleep tomorrow!

Make me a movie!

Lights, Camera...Action!

Saturday, Nov. 6
2 p.m.

You could be the next hottest film maker! Join teen extraordinaire, Colette Fortin and learn how to make a movie using Windows Movie Maker.

On This Date....

On November...

4th: King Tut's Tomb Discovered in 1922

5th:The First Automobile Patented in 1885

7th:Day Light Savings Time Ends!

8th-14th:Be Nice It's World Kindness Week!

10th: Sesame Street Premiered in 1969, The Great Wall of China Opened for World Tourism in 1970, and The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Opened in D.C. in 1982

11th: Happy Veterans Day!The First Super Nova Discovered in 1572!

Check Back For More Cool Dates In November!

Did you know that November is: American Indian Heritage Month, Aviation History Month, Child Safety Prevention Month, Diabetes Month, Family Story Month, International Drum Month, And Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Contest

BOOK TRAILER CONTEST

Now is your chance to express yourself! Create a book trailer of your favorite read, post to YouTube and email the URL to nheuser@orlandparklibrary.org. Winners will be notified by email. All entries become the property of the Orland Park Public Library.