Matsuri, Doll Day/Girl's Day in Japan. Students from the Menasha School District Japanese language program, with teacher Lynn Sessler and visiting Japanese student Saki Tatsuda, showed the children how to do simple origami, games, and crafts. Amy Bertram demonstrated how to make an origami kimono craft. We
put our many Japanese dolls into our display case, and then we had treats of green tea and rice cakes. This enjoyable program has become a tradition at the library.

Mopsy the Library Dog had a great time sharing the library with his special stuffed animal guests on Friday, February 12. Kids brought their stuffed buddies for a bedtime story time, and the animals spent the night sharing all kinds of adventures around the library. The kids picked up their buddies on Saturday morning and received a Valentine's card with pictures of the overnight antics. Check out all the fun photos here.

Take a look at our cool Chill Out and Read Snow Sculpture of a polar bear reading to some penguins!

The Beach Blanket Bingo party was a blast! We picked a duck prize, ran beach ball and Swedish fish relay races, played hot potato fish and step on a frog, did an origami fish, danced the swim, the twist, and the
boogaloo, and did two rounds of the limbo rock.

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Parent Connection of Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin is sponsoring a Coloring Contest! The theme is Dancing for Little Stars. The contest is open to anyone between ages 5-17. They request a drawing or illustration about Dancing for Little Stars with the theme written on your submission. Below are the rules for submission:

Participants must be between 5-17 years old. ~ One entry per person. ~ Entry can be a drawing and/or slogan illustrating the theme Dancing for Little Stars. ~ Please write the theme Dancing for Little Stars somewhere on the picture. ~ Drawing must be on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper in the landscape format. ~ Please print your name, age, phone number, address, school name, current grade and parent's names on the back of your entry.

Deadline for submissions at Menasha Public Library is February 25, 2010. Entries must be handed in at the Info Desk in the Children's Room.

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