Valentine's Day Project - Selly Oak

We have just received a lovely letter from Major Ian Cheesman, Officer Commanding Patient Support Services at Selly Oak Hospital, thanking all the children and parents who decorated cards for the military patients.

Here is what Major Cheesman said -

Firstly, may I on behalf of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and women who have had the misfortune (due to wounding) to pass through this organisation, now and in the future, offer my sincerest thanks to you for the generous donation of the hand made cards

It is quite simply a great gesture and will make a difference to those military personnel that have been wounded in action and their families. These will be distributed to the military patients as they come in or require them.

Once again, a huge thank-you for this donation, it is a huge boost tot eh service personnel to know there is such wonderful public support

March Mad Hatter Madness

For all of March the library will be full of Mad Hatters and Mad Hares. We are celebrating the work of author Lewis Carroll who created Alice In Wonderland and the release of Tim Burton's new Alice movie

Throughout the month we'll be encouraging our members to decorate Mad Hats, create Mad Hare Bad Hair (styles), to take part in our Mad Hatter's Tea Party on Saturday 13th, make Mad Hatter's Mother's Day cards, snigger at Mad Hatter Tee Hee Teasers, find all the answers to the Alice In Wonderland treasure and boggle your mind with an Alice word search too. Please come along and join in the fun

Feel free to drop by and take a look...and have a Mad March with us!

Competition Prize - Be A Character in a new book

Author Harriet Goodwin's fantastic book, The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 42 is shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter Book Award in the category "Book I Couldn't Put Down" and has organised a competition with a really exciting prize. 

All you have to do is answer a question about The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 42 in the most original way possible and you could be a character in Harriet Goodwin's next novel, The Extraordinary Legacy of Elvira Phoenix and a win £100 book token!

Go to Harriet's website of full details Harriet Goodwin Website