Friday, November 28, 2008

Potter Parties next week!

Well, our parties are next week and they are beginning to shape up. Trelawney will be there, as long as she stops hitting the sherry (j/k Laurie), as will Professors Sprout and Lockhart (visiting from St. Mungo's). Snape (sorry, Professor Snape) will be teaching Defense against the Dark Arts and for some reason he requested a karaoke machine. I can't wait. Mike's filks are famous here at the library. Hagrid and Professor Grubbly-Plank will squabble, er, teach Care of Magical Creatures, and Simon Wanderer from the Ministry will be testing kids for their magic abilities. For some reason Umbridge decided to come, and there was no polite way to dissuade her. Hopefully she won't disrupt the classes -- and there won't be any centaurs around.

What's new? Well I think I found a way to have stars on the ceiling like the Great Hall's. We'll see. And I hear rumors that we will have live Celtic music before and after, which will be super cool.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
5:30pm-7:45pm
Himmel Park Branch Library
All ages welcome.

Thursday, December 4, 2008
6:00pm-7:45pm
Eckstrom-Columbus Branch Library
Space is limited, so all attendees must register beginning Tuesday, November 19th. All ages welcome.
Many thanks again to Scholastic Book Fairs which has generously donated the door prizes.

Now, where did I put my wand?

Friday, November 07, 2008

My "While You're Waiting for Beedle the Bard" reading list

My library just published my list of suggested reading while you wait for The Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published, and we've got a fabulous cast again for the library's Potter parties celebrating the book's publication. No Umbridge for me this time (I had too hard a time not grinning to be a good one); I'll be playing Molly. My library has over 300 copies of Beedle on order!