Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

As many of you know, we will be having a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory party on Saturday, Feb. 7th for kids of all ages here at the library. It's in conjunction with Monticello Chocolate Fantasy and yes, there will be lots of chocolate! We will have a Candy Walk game with full-sized candy bar prizes, a chocolate tasting/guessing game, an M&Ms guessing jar (the winner takes the whole jar home!), design your own candy bar wrapper, coloring pages, readings from the novel, and a raffle to win copies of the novel. It will go from 10-4 with a break in most activities from 12-1.

I would also like to encourage everyone to take some time to discover (or come back to) Roald Dahl's books. I loved them as a kid, especially the story of Matilda, the bookworm who turned out to have special powers. As an adult I still enjoy them. Dahl has that rare gift of writing stories that appeal to audiences of all ages.

So pick up one (or three) of his books here at the library, and I hope to see everyone at the party on the 7th!