LIBRARY HOURS
Monday and Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

THURSDAY REFRESHMENTS
Hot coffee, cocoa, spiced apple cider and tea are available on Thursdays in the Reference Room of the library. Come and relax with a hot cup of coffee, cocoa, spiced apple cider or tea while studying, reading the newspaper or visiting with fellow readers.
TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS: NOVEMBER 5TH
Last year, the library started a program using therapy dogs called “Tail Waggin’ Tutors”. Children in grades K-4 are encouraged to come to the library and read to one of three therapy dogs. Bella is owned by Sandy Chalou, Paddy is owned by Bernie Dezenski, and Reese is owned by Jerry & Yvonne Greer. The goal is to encourage children to read by providing a relaxed, non-judgmental environment where children can feel comfortable reading aloud to a furry friend. The dogs are licensed, certified and insured – one through Therapy Dogs, Inc. and two through Therapy Dogs, International.
Pre-registration is required for the program which is offered on the first Monday and third Thursday of each month between 4:00 PM and 500 PM. A child who signs up for the program will spend ten minutes reading aloud to one of the therapy dogs (and its handler). If your child is interested in reading to one of our “Tail Waggin’ Tutors” on Monday, November 5th, please call the library at 453-2341 to sign-up for an available time slot.

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Hug-a-Bear Day” will be the theme for Tuesday, November 6, 2012. A half-hour Lap-Sit Story Time is held for toddlers at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs, and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.
FREE FAMILY MOVIE
Thursday, November 8th at 4:30 PM
“Arthur Christmas” Rated: PG Time: 97 Minutes
“How can Santa deliver billions of presents to the whole-world in just one night? With army of one million combat-style Field Elves and a vast, state-of-the-art control center under the ice of the North Pole! So how could this incredible operation have missed one child? To Santa's young son, Arthur, it threatens to end the magic of Christmas. With retired Grandsanta, a rebellious young elf, an old sleigh and some untrained reindeer, Arthur sets out on a crazy mission to deliver the last present!”

MARKET DAY-NOVEMBER 10TH
The library will be hosting a Market Day on Saturday, November 10th from
10 AM–1 PM which will feature handmade/homemade items and produce from the garden. If you are interested in reserving no-fee table space for this event, please call the library at 989-453-2341.
LIFELINE SCREENING-NOV. 13
To receive a $10 discount on screening package #1 or #2, stop by the library to pick-up a pre-registration form.

FRIENDS OF THE PIGEON DISTRICT LIBRARY MEETING
You can support your library by becoming a member of the Friends of the Pigeon District Library. Initial membership is $10.00 and then $5.00 each year thereafter. Join us at our next meeting on Thursday, November 15 at 5:00 PM.

CIRCULATION
Circulation for September 2012 included 1,333 Books, 6 Toys, 3 Discovery Packs, 44 New DVD Rentals, 70 Audio and CDs, 58 Magazines, 194 Internet Users, 163 Old DVD Rentals, 8 Puzzles, 394 New materials, 50 Non-Fiction Videos and DVDs, and 187 Video Rentals. Income received included $87.90 from Copier, $150.15 from Fines, and $63.00 from Faxes. Statistics included 19 OverDrive Audio Books, 114 E-books, 2 NewsBank Newspaper article accessed, 278 items borrowed and 340 items loaned to other libraries through the Valley Library Consortium, 70 items borrowed and 34 loaned through the MelCat System, and 1 item loaned through the Peabody System. Fourteen registrations for the month included Caseville 4, City of Caseville 1, Oliver 4, Winsor 3, Grant-1 Limited Use Library Card, and Novesta-1 Limited Use Library Card.
OVERDRIVE APP AVILABLE FOR NOOK USERS
Borrowing eBooks and audiobooks from the library just got a whole lot easier
for users of the NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet™ and NOOK Color™. Recently, Barnes & Noble added the OverDrive Media Console app to the NOOK Apps™ storefront. This NOOK app enables users to wirelessly borrow eBooks and MP3 audiobooks from the library.
All NOOK devices—including NOOK 1st Edition,NOOK Simple Touch and NOOK
Simple Touch with GlowLight—have always enabled users to read eBooks
borrowed from libraries, but the process required sideloading the files from
a computer using Adobe Digital Editions and a USB cable. Now users of NOOK
HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color can borrow eBooks and audiobooks wirelessly using the OverDrive app.
Users can visit the NOOK Apps storefront to install the free OverDrive Media
Console app. The app enables users to locate our library, browse or search
our eBook and MP3 audiobook collection and, after entering a valid library
card ID, check out and download the title.