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What is a Hat Trick?

If you are a hockey fan, you know that a "Hat Trick" 
is when a hockey player scores three goals in one game.

Now you can score your own "Hat Trick" by reading
 three (3) books to earn a chance at free tickets to 
an Amerks game or maybe even the Grand Prize!

The Amerks "Reading Power Play Program" 
is now playing at your local public library. 
October 6, 2009 - February 5, 2010
Open to youth in Grades K-12. 
Separate drawings for grades K-5 and 6-12.
Read 3 books for each entry.
 A Grand prize will be awarded in each age group. 

The grand prize winners receive: 
1. Suite tickets for up to six people to the Amerks game on February 13, 2010. 
2. The opportunity to drop the puck at the game. 
3. A catered dinner in the President's Lounge at the Blue Cross Arena 
Additional prizes of Amerks memorabilia will be awarded. 
Enter as often as you wish. Each entry requires three books read. 
Additional information and entry forms are available 
at both branches of the Irondequoit Library.

Want to meet an Amerks player in person? 
An Amerks player and the Moose will be visiting the Irondequoit Libraries on the following dates: Tuesday December 15th at 7:00 pm East Irondequoit Library 
Monday December 28th at 3:00 pm West Irondequoit Library

Mark your calendars today!

The Reading Power Play Program is sponsored by the Rochester Americans and SUNY Brockport in conjunction with participating Monroe County Libraries.

 


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Meet the Children's Librarians

Mrs. Otto

 Mrs. Otto grew up reading books. Her favorite spot to read was high up in the maple tree in her front yard. As a child, she catalogued all the books she owned and made her own card catalog out of a shoebox, index cards and a pencil. She always wanted to be a librarian, but she didn’t get her wish until she was quite grown up.

She thinks being the children’s librarian at McGraw is the best job in the world. She loves reading stories to children and helping them find books that they will enjoy reading. She likes to visit schools and talk to children about reading. And she really loves it when the children visit the McGraw library and say hi to her.

Some of her favorite books are The Story of Babar by Laurent de Brunhoff, Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmans, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Black Stallion by Walter Farley, The “Harry Potter” series by J K Rowling, and The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.

Miss Mary

 Miss Mary is the children’s librarian at the Evans Branch Library. When she was a little girl, she loved reading the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, biographies of famous people, poems, and stories about fairies, elves and magic. She dreamed about fairies and sometimes, she even saw them! Now, as an adult, Miss Mary still likes to read those same kinds of books. See what she is reading now!

She also loves to be outdoors, play with her cat Athena, and spend time with friends and family. She lives in a house that is over 100 years old. Can you imagine the stories and secrets the house could tell, if she could only figure out how to listen to it? 

Best of all, she loves being the children’s librarian at the Evans Branch Library where she enjoys sharing stories and talking about books with children of all ages. Please stop in and say hi – she can’t wait to meet you!