One Book Castle Rock

Castle Rock has begun a program called "One Book Castle Rock," taken from a trend in various countries where a single book is picked for all the children to read. This year the book was The Great Fuzz Frenzy, and while we hadn't read it yet, we went to the book party last Saturday to listen to the author and participate in the festivities.



This is the author, Janet Stevens, displaying one of the original illustrations from the book. She was funny, and a decent speaker, though the program went a little long for the girls. It was really geared more towards 5-7 year olds, I'd say. The girls got a little restless, but I gave them my purse and then they were fine.



Afterward they had games and activities. It was close to lunch, so we didn't stick around for too long, but we did stay long enough for Abby to make a prairie dog pop-up card.



The library is nice--maybe a touch bigger than RSM's, but with a completely enclosed (like, with double doors) children's section, which is awesome. I got a library card and we checked out a few books, one of which PJ has already gnawed. Swell.