<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880</id><updated>2011-11-15T12:37:17.100-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jefferson Madison Regional Library: Northside Kids</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>140</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4102115295780041394</id><published>2011-10-24T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T08:51:44.941-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Farewell!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i3gj6lagr78/TqWIh5Z8wPI/AAAAAAAABlA/XQtNcru5jcQ/s1600/photofinal.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="156" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i3gj6lagr78/TqWIh5Z8wPI/AAAAAAAABlA/XQtNcru5jcQ/s200/photofinal.jpeg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;After 3 1/2 years at Northside, Ms. Elizabeth and Buster are set for a new adventure! They will miss their friends at Northside but are looking forward to the next chapter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Farewell friends!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4102115295780041394?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4102115295780041394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/10/farewell.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4102115295780041394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4102115295780041394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/10/farewell.html' title='Farewell!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i3gj6lagr78/TqWIh5Z8wPI/AAAAAAAABlA/XQtNcru5jcQ/s72-c/photofinal.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4970868580031786146</id><published>2011-10-21T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T08:32:53.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Trick or Treat!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCqQkUhIx4k/TqGQESO7RlI/AAAAAAAABkw/KSX4DHvR8eU/s1600/DSCF1094Final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCqQkUhIx4k/TqGQESO7RlI/AAAAAAAABkw/KSX4DHvR8eU/s320/DSCF1094Final.jpeg" width="273" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Halloween Trick or Treat program was a lot of fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We played Trick or Treat- getting a trick meant doing a goofy dare, like acting like a Zombie or a chicken. After that we decorated mini pumpkins!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get ready for our next afterschool program: Book Theme Party! Check our website for more details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4970868580031786146?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4970868580031786146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-trick-or-treat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4970868580031786146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4970868580031786146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-trick-or-treat.html' title='Halloween Trick or Treat!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iCqQkUhIx4k/TqGQESO7RlI/AAAAAAAABkw/KSX4DHvR8eU/s72-c/DSCF1094Final.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-276387902969645232</id><published>2011-09-23T07:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T07:21:16.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Northside Spy Academy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa2VbmqxVPI/TnyVW8cMKHI/AAAAAAAABks/4OCIhWiWAKA/s1600/Spy+skills.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa2VbmqxVPI/TnyVW8cMKHI/AAAAAAAABks/4OCIhWiWAKA/s200/Spy+skills.jpeg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Our Spy Academy was a great success. After learning about disguises, completing an obstacle course, and mastering survival skills, our spies ventured out on their very first mission. Our spies proved they are now ready to enter the world of espionage!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-276387902969645232?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/276387902969645232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/northside-spy-academy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/276387902969645232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/276387902969645232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/northside-spy-academy.html' title='Northside Spy Academy'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa2VbmqxVPI/TnyVW8cMKHI/AAAAAAAABks/4OCIhWiWAKA/s72-c/Spy+skills.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5757761963161372232</id><published>2011-09-17T07:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T07:21:16.204-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fancy Nancy Posh Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xPmwnk2DmQ/TnSsqyb8smI/AAAAAAAABko/R5H9nC3blIQ/s1600/Fancy+Nancy+Party.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xPmwnk2DmQ/TnSsqyb8smI/AAAAAAAABko/R5H9nC3blIQ/s320/Fancy+Nancy+Party.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fancy Nancy party was a great success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had so much fun dressing up and walking the red carpet! We will have to do it again.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5757761963161372232?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5757761963161372232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/fancy-nancy-posh-party_17.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5757761963161372232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5757761963161372232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/fancy-nancy-posh-party_17.html' title='Fancy Nancy Posh Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xPmwnk2DmQ/TnSsqyb8smI/AAAAAAAABko/R5H9nC3blIQ/s72-c/Fancy+Nancy+Party.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2209697686520683593</id><published>2011-09-01T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T12:53:20.265-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fancy Nancy Posh Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kSPn9GCmZ18/Tl_eIKygzgI/AAAAAAAABkk/1BkLoD6m7iw/s1600/Fancy-Nancy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kSPn9GCmZ18/Tl_eIKygzgI/AAAAAAAABkk/1BkLoD6m7iw/s200/Fancy-Nancy1.jpg" width="166" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Celebrate all things fancy! Get dolled up in your fanciest gear for this posh party. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, September 15 @ 4:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grades K and up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration is required and begins today, September 1st. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2209697686520683593?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2209697686520683593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/fancy-nancy-posh-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2209697686520683593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2209697686520683593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/09/fancy-nancy-posh-party.html' title='Fancy Nancy Posh Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kSPn9GCmZ18/Tl_eIKygzgI/AAAAAAAABkk/1BkLoD6m7iw/s72-c/Fancy-Nancy1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2436337707569349480</id><published>2011-08-17T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T08:39:37.294-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Storytimes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FNaPJTWX1Uo/Tkvf3pbkrMI/AAAAAAAABkg/_wKdkyIejqs/s1600/PhotoFunia-5d44c3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FNaPJTWX1Uo/Tkvf3pbkrMI/AAAAAAAABkg/_wKdkyIejqs/s200/PhotoFunia-5d44c3.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It's that time again...time to register! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2's and 3's Together: Wednesdays, 9/14-11/16 @ 10:15 or Thursdays, 9/15-11/17 @ 11:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preschool Storytime: Wednesdays, 9/14-11/16 @ 11:00 or Thursdays, 9/15-11/17 @ 10:15&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2436337707569349480?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2436337707569349480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/storytimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2436337707569349480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2436337707569349480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/storytimes.html' title='Storytimes!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FNaPJTWX1Uo/Tkvf3pbkrMI/AAAAAAAABkg/_wKdkyIejqs/s72-c/PhotoFunia-5d44c3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2802036072864407160</id><published>2011-08-10T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T08:03:29.365-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Buster's Next Move</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bZfpPfvKFhI/TkKdCG4GajI/AAAAAAAABkU/mAZne96M4mY/s1600/Buster%2527sNextMove.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bZfpPfvKFhI/TkKdCG4GajI/AAAAAAAABkU/mAZne96M4mY/s200/Buster%2527sNextMove.jpeg" width="170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer Reading has ended and we are already into the month of August....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What will Buster do next? Keep an eye out for our fall programs and find out!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2802036072864407160?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2802036072864407160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/busters-next-move.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2802036072864407160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2802036072864407160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/busters-next-move.html' title='Buster&apos;s Next Move'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bZfpPfvKFhI/TkKdCG4GajI/AAAAAAAABkU/mAZne96M4mY/s72-c/Buster%2527sNextMove.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8214828400681326238</id><published>2011-08-04T14:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T14:27:03.757-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wacky Wednesday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gBLzumxTtWw/TjsOGvOojqI/AAAAAAAABkQ/Atl0op8NYho/s1600/5058A46B-B3AB-8676-847C-A06AFA4ADC01wallpaper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gBLzumxTtWw/TjsOGvOojqI/AAAAAAAABkQ/Atl0op8NYho/s200/5058A46B-B3AB-8676-847C-A06AFA4ADC01wallpaper.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wacky Wednesday was a great way to end our Summer Reading Program. The Jungle theme looked great and the face painting was fantastic!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8214828400681326238?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8214828400681326238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/wacky-wednesday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8214828400681326238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8214828400681326238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/08/wacky-wednesday.html' title='Wacky Wednesday!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gBLzumxTtWw/TjsOGvOojqI/AAAAAAAABkQ/Atl0op8NYho/s72-c/5058A46B-B3AB-8676-847C-A06AFA4ADC01wallpaper.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3959813878196718614</id><published>2011-07-27T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T08:39:29.045-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books: Stuffed Animal Sleepover!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bp_8shBba48/TjAwr_FiwrI/AAAAAAAABkI/DjtkABcWzLA/s1600/DSCF0913final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bp_8shBba48/TjAwr_FiwrI/AAAAAAAABkI/DjtkABcWzLA/s200/DSCF0913final.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our annual Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party was held last night, and the animals got into all kinds of mischief- Lambie raided our fridge and Bunny ate our candy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a fun event and we look forward to having it again next summer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3959813878196718614?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3959813878196718614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/blankets-and-books-stuffed-animal_27.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3959813878196718614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3959813878196718614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/blankets-and-books-stuffed-animal_27.html' title='Blankets and Books: Stuffed Animal Sleepover!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bp_8shBba48/TjAwr_FiwrI/AAAAAAAABkI/DjtkABcWzLA/s72-c/DSCF0913final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3585465953379978495</id><published>2011-07-25T07:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T07:01:25.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books: Stuffed Animal Sleepover Edition!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHrFJ8ZyWxg/Ti12p3s5MNI/AAAAAAAABkE/YgS1nQdgQgc/s1600/photofinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHrFJ8ZyWxg/Ti12p3s5MNI/AAAAAAAABkE/YgS1nQdgQgc/s320/photofinal.jpg" width="275" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Join us tomorrow, July 26, at 6:30 for our Blankets and Books Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring your special stuffed friend for a 30 minute storytime. Your stuffed animal will spend the night in the library and you can pick them up on Wednesday after 10:00!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all ages. No registration is required.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3585465953379978495?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3585465953379978495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/blankets-and-books-stuffed-animal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3585465953379978495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3585465953379978495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/blankets-and-books-stuffed-animal.html' title='Blankets and Books: Stuffed Animal Sleepover Edition!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHrFJ8ZyWxg/Ti12p3s5MNI/AAAAAAAABkE/YgS1nQdgQgc/s72-c/photofinal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-218738030797469528</id><published>2011-07-22T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T13:20:04.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Local Author Visit!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45keVoGF394/Tinato0izGI/AAAAAAAABkA/ZR6gdtMMQbg/s1600/DSCF0864Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45keVoGF394/Tinato0izGI/AAAAAAAABkA/ZR6gdtMMQbg/s200/DSCF0864Final.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Northside was really lucky today. Not only did we have a fantastic visit from local author Elizabeth Massie, but we had a cameo appearance from another wonderful local author- Fran Cannon Slayton!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out their books: &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search/?searchtype=X&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;searcharg=When+the+whistle+blows&amp;amp;searchscope=9"&gt;When the Whistle Blows&lt;/a&gt; by Fran Cannon Slayton and &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/amassie/amassie/1%2C7%2C37%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=amassie+elizabeth&amp;amp;6%2C%2C13/indexsort=-"&gt;Barbara's Escape&lt;/a&gt; by Elizabeth Massie!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-218738030797469528?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/218738030797469528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/local-author-visit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/218738030797469528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/218738030797469528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/local-author-visit.html' title='Local Author Visit!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45keVoGF394/Tinato0izGI/AAAAAAAABkA/ZR6gdtMMQbg/s72-c/DSCF0864Final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8966446759118268931</id><published>2011-07-22T13:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T13:14:07.097-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Atumpan: The Talking Drums!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZV2YfDAHEbw/TinZwHy6KhI/AAAAAAAABj8/3G9mNFbfgu0/s1600/A92A9DB5-453F-E995-4F53-E08B586D50B3wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZV2YfDAHEbw/TinZwHy6KhI/AAAAAAAABj8/3G9mNFbfgu0/s320/A92A9DB5-453F-E995-4F53-E08B586D50B3wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our program on July 21st was amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Storytellers with Young Audiences of Virginia brought tales from the Griot to life! We really enjoyed having them at Northside.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8966446759118268931?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8966446759118268931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/atumpan-talking-drums.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8966446759118268931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8966446759118268931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/atumpan-talking-drums.html' title='Atumpan: The Talking Drums!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZV2YfDAHEbw/TinZwHy6KhI/AAAAAAAABj8/3G9mNFbfgu0/s72-c/A92A9DB5-453F-E995-4F53-E08B586D50B3wallpaper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7791079033312976719</id><published>2011-07-14T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T08:59:05.265-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jonathan Austin: Juggling, magic, and comedy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hq2uAuqDk2w/Th9RmT05pRI/AAAAAAAABj0/VXHic1ndmGw/s1600/Picture+077+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hq2uAuqDk2w/Th9RmT05pRI/AAAAAAAABj0/VXHic1ndmGw/s200/Picture+077+final.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The amazing Jonathan Austin visited Northside! He juggled. He did magic tricks. He rode a unicycle and balanced a bicycle on his chin...all while making the audience laugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His show was fantastic and we hope he will visit again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7791079033312976719?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7791079033312976719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/jonathan-austin-juggling-magic-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7791079033312976719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7791079033312976719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/jonathan-austin-juggling-magic-and.html' title='Jonathan Austin: Juggling, magic, and comedy!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hq2uAuqDk2w/Th9RmT05pRI/AAAAAAAABj0/VXHic1ndmGw/s72-c/Picture+077+final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5299979016396746544</id><published>2011-07-14T07:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T07:02:25.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spend Your Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer at the Library!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfqUPENrko8/Th72MKPPR_I/AAAAAAAABjs/t2nJTDFMHUY/s1600/Lazy+hazy+crazy+Buster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="246" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfqUPENrko8/Th72MKPPR_I/AAAAAAAABjs/t2nJTDFMHUY/s320/Lazy+hazy+crazy+Buster.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Are these hot days getting you down? Do you wish you had some place nice and cool to check out? Try the library!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we have a unicycling juggler at 3:00! This fun programs is for the whole family- no registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5299979016396746544?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5299979016396746544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/spend-your-lazy-hazy-crazy-days-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5299979016396746544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5299979016396746544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/spend-your-lazy-hazy-crazy-days-of.html' title='Spend Your Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer at the Library!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfqUPENrko8/Th72MKPPR_I/AAAAAAAABjs/t2nJTDFMHUY/s72-c/Lazy+hazy+crazy+Buster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1288880142902663834</id><published>2011-07-12T13:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-12T13:40:37.929-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Buster!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jaHz2TME0iE/ThyxFjR8vkI/AAAAAAAABjk/4-8cxCEcO-8/s1600/9B4B1EDE-C03A-AEFB-60AD-592BFCDFDFE0wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jaHz2TME0iE/ThyxFjR8vkI/AAAAAAAABjk/4-8cxCEcO-8/s320/9B4B1EDE-C03A-AEFB-60AD-592BFCDFDFE0wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is Buster's 4th birthday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out pictures of him enjoying his summer vacation!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1288880142902663834?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1288880142902663834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-birthday-buster.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1288880142902663834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1288880142902663834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-birthday-buster.html' title='Happy Birthday Buster!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jaHz2TME0iE/ThyxFjR8vkI/AAAAAAAABjk/4-8cxCEcO-8/s72-c/9B4B1EDE-C03A-AEFB-60AD-592BFCDFDFE0wallpaper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7605356246564824768</id><published>2011-07-08T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T13:39:22.083-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe Wos: Once Upon a Toon!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxRqfdDkQ14/Thdqrz259fI/AAAAAAAABjU/hsDRUPSjbyQ/s1600/Picture+034+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxRqfdDkQ14/Thdqrz259fI/AAAAAAAABjU/hsDRUPSjbyQ/s320/Picture+034+final.jpg" width="275" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cartoonist extraordinaire Joe Wos came to visit Northside Library on Friday, July 8th! It was great having him here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe created amazing pictures and helped us create our own masterpieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope to have him back again!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7605356246564824768?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7605356246564824768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/joe-wos-once-upon-toon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7605356246564824768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7605356246564824768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/07/joe-wos-once-upon-toon.html' title='Joe Wos: Once Upon a Toon!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxRqfdDkQ14/Thdqrz259fI/AAAAAAAABjU/hsDRUPSjbyQ/s72-c/Picture+034+final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1303995721782821421</id><published>2011-06-30T14:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T14:28:34.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zephyr and his Magical Visit!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ra7MCdYGQm8/TgzqGJbI1oI/AAAAAAAABjQ/DIaZiDEgvJ0/s1600/Picture+011final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ra7MCdYGQm8/TgzqGJbI1oI/AAAAAAAABjQ/DIaZiDEgvJ0/s200/Picture+011final.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Zephyr came to visit the library and performed his amazing magic show! It was wonderful and everyone had a great time. We had over 200 people in the audience and Ms. Elizabeth got to participate!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1303995721782821421?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1303995721782821421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/zephyr-and-his-magical-visit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1303995721782821421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1303995721782821421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/zephyr-and-his-magical-visit.html' title='Zephyr and his Magical Visit!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ra7MCdYGQm8/TgzqGJbI1oI/AAAAAAAABjQ/DIaZiDEgvJ0/s72-c/Picture+011final.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1742259091041064760</id><published>2011-06-28T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T10:49:01.108-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zephyr the Magician!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bQSg8yMRMK4/TgoTso18bQI/AAAAAAAABjM/pcATNWQFKns/s1600/Zephyr+the+Magician+Color+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bQSg8yMRMK4/TgoTso18bQI/AAAAAAAABjM/pcATNWQFKns/s200/Zephyr+the+Magician+Color+poster.jpg" width="145" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for an amazing magic show!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch Zephyr the Magician Thursday, June 30 @ 3:00! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun for the whole family. No registration is required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1742259091041064760?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1742259091041064760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/zephyr-magician.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1742259091041064760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1742259091041064760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/zephyr-magician.html' title='Zephyr the Magician!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bQSg8yMRMK4/TgoTso18bQI/AAAAAAAABjM/pcATNWQFKns/s72-c/Zephyr+the+Magician+Color+poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7004395491353726320</id><published>2011-06-27T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T14:20:51.932-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z_sDO-SzZsY/TgjzzV1SaTI/AAAAAAAABjI/sDpmbFcNZrY/s1600/Buster+21Blankets+and+Books.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z_sDO-SzZsY/TgjzzV1SaTI/AAAAAAAABjI/sDpmbFcNZrY/s320/Buster+21Blankets+and+Books.jpeg" width="273" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for Blankets and Books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 minutes of stories, songs, fingerplays, and more! Come in your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal friend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesdays @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun for all ages. No registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7004395491353726320?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7004395491353726320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/blankets-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7004395491353726320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7004395491353726320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/blankets-and-books.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z_sDO-SzZsY/TgjzzV1SaTI/AAAAAAAABjI/sDpmbFcNZrY/s72-c/Buster+21Blankets+and+Books.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7902892112084904466</id><published>2011-06-23T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T13:52:22.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8WONysurJw/TgOnKcSzEAI/AAAAAAAABi8/hotyEKPV-F8/s1600/Picture+007+final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8WONysurJw/TgOnKcSzEAI/AAAAAAAABi8/hotyEKPV-F8/s200/Picture+007+final.jpeg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra came to visit the library and it was fantastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The music was great and it was amazing to think that they made the instruments!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7902892112084904466?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7902892112084904466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/richmond-indigenous-gourd-orchestra_23.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7902892112084904466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7902892112084904466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/richmond-indigenous-gourd-orchestra_23.html' title='Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8WONysurJw/TgOnKcSzEAI/AAAAAAAABi8/hotyEKPV-F8/s72-c/Picture+007+final.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4815991086828700432</id><published>2011-06-22T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T13:11:19.242-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uORzCMRNdXw/TgJLP8TziBI/AAAAAAAABi4/S-q_vggz7dU/s1600/RIGO+Ohio+Gourd+Show+booth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uORzCMRNdXw/TgJLP8TziBI/AAAAAAAABi4/S-q_vggz7dU/s320/RIGO+Ohio+Gourd+Show+booth.jpg" width="275" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for great live music played on instruments fashioned from locally grown gourds. It sounds complicated, but it will be fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This fun program is for the whole family and no registration is required. Just drop in Thursday, 6/23, at 3:00 and have a wonderful time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4815991086828700432?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4815991086828700432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/richmond-indigenous-gourd-orchestra.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4815991086828700432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4815991086828700432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/richmond-indigenous-gourd-orchestra.html' title='Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uORzCMRNdXw/TgJLP8TziBI/AAAAAAAABi4/S-q_vggz7dU/s72-c/RIGO+Ohio+Gourd+Show+booth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-442339868615684580</id><published>2011-06-17T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T10:05:11.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Reading Kickoff Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9XW6pjACN4/TfuI6hCz2VI/AAAAAAAABi0/FfBn2Wejjag/s1600/picture2life_93666_originalfinal.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9XW6pjACN4/TfuI6hCz2VI/AAAAAAAABi0/FfBn2Wejjag/s320/picture2life_93666_originalfinal.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Summer Reading Kickoff Party was a great success! Everyone enjoyed the cake and punch and the visits from Ralph, Biscuit, and the face painter made the day really special!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-442339868615684580?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/442339868615684580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reading-kickoff-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/442339868615684580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/442339868615684580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reading-kickoff-party.html' title='Summer Reading Kickoff Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9XW6pjACN4/TfuI6hCz2VI/AAAAAAAABi0/FfBn2Wejjag/s72-c/picture2life_93666_originalfinal.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1363908059512718151</id><published>2011-06-14T16:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T16:41:08.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Elephant and Piggie Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUwdB4v5aVE/Tffws_YB49I/AAAAAAAABis/Sgglaa843yk/s1600/Elephant+and+Piggie+003blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUwdB4v5aVE/Tffws_YB49I/AAAAAAAABis/Sgglaa843yk/s320/Elephant+and+Piggie+003blog.jpg" width="275" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Elephant and Piggie party was so much fun! We had special guests, shared our favorite stories, played games, and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for more Blankets and Books every Tuesday @ 6:30!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is fun for the whole family and no registration is required.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1363908059512718151?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1363908059512718151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/elephant-and-piggie-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1363908059512718151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1363908059512718151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/elephant-and-piggie-party.html' title='Elephant and Piggie Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUwdB4v5aVE/Tffws_YB49I/AAAAAAAABis/Sgglaa843yk/s72-c/Elephant+and+Piggie+003blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2295840909964293840</id><published>2011-06-13T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T10:27:42.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Reading!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lrx__CrUePc/TfZINm1L2TI/AAAAAAAABio/pY1Qm5pwoz0/s1600/F90796EF-0531-3F6C-EC47-BDA31938A25Dwallpaper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lrx__CrUePc/TfZINm1L2TI/AAAAAAAABio/pY1Qm5pwoz0/s320/F90796EF-0531-3F6C-EC47-BDA31938A25Dwallpaper.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Summer Reading has begun! Join us for fun adventures June 13- July 30!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This summer we will be visited by a magician, musicians, reptiles, a traveling dog, an adventurous Yoda, a cartoonist, and more!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2295840909964293840?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2295840909964293840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reading.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2295840909964293840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2295840909964293840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reading.html' title='Summer Reading!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lrx__CrUePc/TfZINm1L2TI/AAAAAAAABio/pY1Qm5pwoz0/s72-c/F90796EF-0531-3F6C-EC47-BDA31938A25Dwallpaper.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7239411105525695312</id><published>2011-05-18T10:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T10:59:26.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One World, Many Stories!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TFTfKCE62Hk/TdQIjGgwheI/AAAAAAAABew/GuyCBj81NOk/s1600/BusteratStonehengeFinalFinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="243" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TFTfKCE62Hk/TdQIjGgwheI/AAAAAAAABew/GuyCBj81NOk/s320/BusteratStonehengeFinalFinal.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Summer Reading Program begins June 13th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's theme is One World, Many Stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tune in for Buster's many adventures as he travels the world!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7239411105525695312?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7239411105525695312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-world-many-stories.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7239411105525695312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7239411105525695312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-world-many-stories.html' title='One World, Many Stories!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TFTfKCE62Hk/TdQIjGgwheI/AAAAAAAABew/GuyCBj81NOk/s72-c/BusteratStonehengeFinalFinal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-514484770060419226</id><published>2011-05-03T15:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T15:47:31.314-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fairy Houses Part 2!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMD8CKVCw4s/TcCFoUIOhLI/AAAAAAAABeU/Xdyu_Tpr2BM/s1600/Fairy+Collagwe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMD8CKVCw4s/TcCFoUIOhLI/AAAAAAAABeU/Xdyu_Tpr2BM/s320/Fairy+Collagwe.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Fairy House program was so popular we had to have a part 2!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many fairy visitors should we be expecting?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-514484770060419226?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/514484770060419226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/fairy-houses-part-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/514484770060419226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/514484770060419226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/fairy-houses-part-2.html' title='Fairy Houses Part 2!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMD8CKVCw4s/TcCFoUIOhLI/AAAAAAAABeU/Xdyu_Tpr2BM/s72-c/Fairy+Collagwe.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1320317985533320471</id><published>2011-05-02T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T08:25:40.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Book...er, Wall Art!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v8c0C1rVdYY/Tb7Me4tQ4qI/AAAAAAAABeI/ZnkmygkxOew/s1600/779009A9-6B5D-FD0E-8BDB-A5CB0FB54A73wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v8c0C1rVdYY/Tb7Me4tQ4qI/AAAAAAAABeI/ZnkmygkxOew/s320/779009A9-6B5D-FD0E-8BDB-A5CB0FB54A73wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ms. Elizabeth also went to Florida and had the opportunity to visit the Vero Beach Book Center. This book store is frequented by the likes of David Shannon and Lane Smith...check out their beautiful wall art!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1320317985533320471?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1320317985533320471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/booker-wall-art.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1320317985533320471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1320317985533320471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/booker-wall-art.html' title='Book...er, Wall Art!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v8c0C1rVdYY/Tb7Me4tQ4qI/AAAAAAAABeI/ZnkmygkxOew/s72-c/779009A9-6B5D-FD0E-8BDB-A5CB0FB54A73wallpaper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8932408118520401702</id><published>2011-05-02T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T08:22:10.124-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Buster is Back!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNj164mRp1w/Tb7L2J9VROI/AAAAAAAABeE/WQkMdOit2wc/s1600/34CBF87E-481A-1A5F-1BD5-C9059839540Dwallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNj164mRp1w/Tb7L2J9VROI/AAAAAAAABeE/WQkMdOit2wc/s320/34CBF87E-481A-1A5F-1BD5-C9059839540Dwallpaper.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buster is back from his travels to Florida!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He had a wonderful time visiting his grandparents. The flight was strange, the beach was crazy, and the sun was hot, but he had a blast!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8932408118520401702?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8932408118520401702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/buster-is-back.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8932408118520401702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8932408118520401702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/05/buster-is-back.html' title='Buster is Back!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNj164mRp1w/Tb7L2J9VROI/AAAAAAAABeE/WQkMdOit2wc/s72-c/34CBF87E-481A-1A5F-1BD5-C9059839540Dwallpaper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7786757671525379883</id><published>2011-04-20T07:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T07:16:53.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Buster's Travels!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-04v75EzhrfM/Ta7puEUtN9I/AAAAAAAABdU/0eyQUCnrfzo/s1600/BusterTravel.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-04v75EzhrfM/Ta7puEUtN9I/AAAAAAAABdU/0eyQUCnrfzo/s200/BusterTravel.jpeg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Buster is taking his first trip on a plane!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He will be taking pictures of his adventures and can't wait to share!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buster has even packed his favorite books for the plane: &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xmatilda&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D/Xmatilda&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;SUBKEY=matilda/1%2C45%2C45%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xmatilda&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;10%2C10%2C"&gt;Matilda&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xelephant+and+piggie&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/Xelephant+and+piggie&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=elephant%20and%20piggie/1%2C11%2C11%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xelephant+and+piggie&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;8%2C8%2C"&gt;Today I Will Fly&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xolivia&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/Xolivia&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=olivia/1%2C141%2C141%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xolivia&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;Olivia Goes to Venice&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xstarring+sally+j+freedman&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/Xstarring+sally+j+freedman&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=starring%20sally%20j%20freedman/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xstarring+sally+j+freedman&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7786757671525379883?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7786757671525379883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/busters-travels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7786757671525379883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7786757671525379883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/busters-travels.html' title='Buster&apos;s Travels!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-04v75EzhrfM/Ta7puEUtN9I/AAAAAAAABdU/0eyQUCnrfzo/s72-c/BusterTravel.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8789240523635059107</id><published>2011-04-16T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T09:48:24.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Reading: One World, Many Stories</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ortyp0QVHcs/TanIAXF7eMI/AAAAAAAABdQ/-AbSkUzzyMA/s1600/BusterSunFinal.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ortyp0QVHcs/TanIAXF7eMI/AAAAAAAABdQ/-AbSkUzzyMA/s200/BusterSunFinal.jpeg" width="172" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get ready for the Summer Reading Program: One World, Many Stories&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting Date: June 13th&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8789240523635059107?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8789240523635059107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/summer-reading-one-world-many-stories.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8789240523635059107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8789240523635059107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/summer-reading-one-world-many-stories.html' title='Summer Reading: One World, Many Stories'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ortyp0QVHcs/TanIAXF7eMI/AAAAAAAABdQ/-AbSkUzzyMA/s72-c/BusterSunFinal.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7265042033319638218</id><published>2011-04-16T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-16T08:38:37.665-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Northside Mystery Team!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a4whjhh8N-8/Tam3h6sBJuI/AAAAAAAABdM/k_hJ-vOEYiY/s1600/Disguise.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a4whjhh8N-8/Tam3h6sBJuI/AAAAAAAABdM/k_hJ-vOEYiY/s200/Disguise.jpeg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our&amp;nbsp; mystery team did a great job solving the crime! They uncovered the culprit (Sarah) and found the missing book!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7265042033319638218?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7265042033319638218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/northside-mystery-team_16.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7265042033319638218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7265042033319638218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/northside-mystery-team_16.html' title='Northside Mystery Team!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a4whjhh8N-8/Tam3h6sBJuI/AAAAAAAABdM/k_hJ-vOEYiY/s72-c/Disguise.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5018109102293572491</id><published>2011-04-07T13:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T13:22:25.972-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fairy Houses!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VepcD37lcWI/TZ4crbt86PI/AAAAAAAABcw/uFNVMFUAAo0/s1600/Beautiful+Fairy+House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VepcD37lcWI/TZ4crbt86PI/AAAAAAAABcw/uFNVMFUAAo0/s200/Beautiful+Fairy+House.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Children and adults created spectacular fairy houses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now all they have to do is wait for the fairies....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out more pictures from the program &lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/swistock.elizabeth/FairyHouses?feat=directlink"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5018109102293572491?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5018109102293572491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/fairy-houses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5018109102293572491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5018109102293572491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/fairy-houses.html' title='Fairy Houses!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VepcD37lcWI/TZ4crbt86PI/AAAAAAAABcw/uFNVMFUAAo0/s72-c/Beautiful+Fairy+House.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3898154796059532113</id><published>2011-04-02T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T09:45:21.141-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Northside Mystery Team</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hsifdo2JK_8/TZdQbATaDzI/AAAAAAAABbQ/BFVULGiSmz4/s1600/Mystery+Team+Buster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="142" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hsifdo2JK_8/TZdQbATaDzI/AAAAAAAABbQ/BFVULGiSmz4/s200/Mystery+Team+Buster.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Join our team of detectives as we master the art of disguise, gather clues, and solve the mystery!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 14th @ 4:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For grades 3 and up &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration is required&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3898154796059532113?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3898154796059532113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/northside-mystery-team.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3898154796059532113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3898154796059532113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/04/northside-mystery-team.html' title='Northside Mystery Team'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hsifdo2JK_8/TZdQbATaDzI/AAAAAAAABbQ/BFVULGiSmz4/s72-c/Mystery+Team+Buster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7126476300673467100</id><published>2011-03-17T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T12:34:45.234-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nancy Drew at the Central Library!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DlWwRKcNwXI/TYJf672faII/AAAAAAAABZw/OeSkb8FxVSE/s1600/Nancy+Outline.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DlWwRKcNwXI/TYJf672faII/AAAAAAAABZw/OeSkb8FxVSE/s200/Nancy+Outline.GIF" width="129" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;April 1, 2011&lt;br /&gt;11:00 am @ the Central Library!&lt;br /&gt;For all ages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's Nancy Drew Sleuth Convention is being held in Charlottesville!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us as we "Search for the Hidden Window". Presenters include Nancy Drew Warner Brothers movie consultant Jennifer Fisher and former Nancy Drew ghostwriter Alison Hart. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 class="upperBlight"&gt;&lt;span class="cufon cufon-canvas" style="height: 19.2px; width: 68px;"&gt;&lt;span class="cufon-alt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="cufon cufon-canvas" style="height: 19.2px; width: 75px;"&gt;&lt;span class="cufon-alt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7126476300673467100?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7126476300673467100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/nancy-drew-at-central-library.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7126476300673467100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7126476300673467100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/nancy-drew-at-central-library.html' title='Nancy Drew at the Central Library!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DlWwRKcNwXI/TYJf672faII/AAAAAAAABZw/OeSkb8FxVSE/s72-c/Nancy+Outline.GIF' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5052739094375488759</id><published>2011-03-12T08:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T08:29:20.265-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Art Extravaganza!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JkocDOH9W-A/TXuegdbghWI/AAAAAAAABVA/uga_vnHPilg/s1600/Facepainting+by+Ginny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JkocDOH9W-A/TXuegdbghWI/AAAAAAAABVA/uga_vnHPilg/s200/Facepainting+by+Ginny.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Our Art Extravaganza was so much fun! We had facepainting, an art gallery, and a research center. Everyone had a chance to create their own art- both Abstract and Pop!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/swistock.elizabeth/ArtExtravaganza?feat=directlink"&gt;See our artists in action as they channel Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are you celebrating Youth Art Month?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5052739094375488759?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5052739094375488759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/art-extravaganza.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5052739094375488759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5052739094375488759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/art-extravaganza.html' title='Art Extravaganza!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JkocDOH9W-A/TXuegdbghWI/AAAAAAAABVA/uga_vnHPilg/s72-c/Facepainting+by+Ginny.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1868931928481948015</id><published>2011-03-03T14:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T14:27:48.816-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish in Motion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HwrnsqyJksg/TXAVCMXTiiI/AAAAAAAABSE/OPCXBRldCcU/s1600/Ms.+Ali+dancing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HwrnsqyJksg/TXAVCMXTiiI/AAAAAAAABSE/OPCXBRldCcU/s200/Ms.+Ali+dancing.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Ali and Ralph visited the library for a bilingual puppet show! We learned all about Little Red Riding Hood and we even got to dance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-50_1F-H3TkM/TXAVce6wxXI/AAAAAAAABSI/X5UKfI9-HIQ/s1600/Ms.+Ali+and+Ralph+Chat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-50_1F-H3TkM/TXAVce6wxXI/AAAAAAAABSI/X5UKfI9-HIQ/s200/Ms.+Ali+and+Ralph+Chat.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9OMppM5Rr2s/TXAVjJU7SmI/AAAAAAAABSM/1mx8KvNt4KI/s1600/EyesLosOjos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9OMppM5Rr2s/TXAVjJU7SmI/AAAAAAAABSM/1mx8KvNt4KI/s200/EyesLosOjos.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mlT9ozrc8IU/TXAU43DdXQI/AAAAAAAABSA/4sIomeVrMVY/s1600/Ms.+Ali+and+Ralph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mlT9ozrc8IU/TXAU43DdXQI/AAAAAAAABSA/4sIomeVrMVY/s200/Ms.+Ali+and+Ralph.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1868931928481948015?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1868931928481948015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/spanish-in-motion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1868931928481948015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1868931928481948015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/spanish-in-motion.html' title='Spanish in Motion!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HwrnsqyJksg/TXAVCMXTiiI/AAAAAAAABSE/OPCXBRldCcU/s72-c/Ms.+Ali+dancing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1931083402803782609</id><published>2011-03-03T06:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T06:39:57.184-08:00</updated><title type='text'>March is Youth Art Month!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YfH3-i6lWxw/TW-nwyQ98sI/AAAAAAAABR4/0Nmz3W_0uzU/s1600/Art+Wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YfH3-i6lWxw/TW-nwyQ98sI/AAAAAAAABR4/0Nmz3W_0uzU/s200/Art+Wall.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--7iKrd63Ww0/TW-ny78JPNI/AAAAAAAABR8/F26eup1LTMY/s1600/Art+Display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="151" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--7iKrd63Ww0/TW-ny78JPNI/AAAAAAAABR8/F26eup1LTMY/s200/Art+Display.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March is Youth Art Month!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit the library to see artwork by local students. It looks fantastic! Artwork will be on display for the month of March. You can see more artwork on display at Fashion Square Mall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, check out the fun display created by Ms. Heather and Ms. Elizabeth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1931083402803782609?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1931083402803782609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-is-youth-art-month.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1931083402803782609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1931083402803782609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-is-youth-art-month.html' title='March is Youth Art Month!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YfH3-i6lWxw/TW-nwyQ98sI/AAAAAAAABR4/0Nmz3W_0uzU/s72-c/Art+Wall.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3689899674903605593</id><published>2011-03-02T12:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T12:27:57.135-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Have Fun at the Library!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gPyCh5WiTrk/TW6n2WIb5GI/AAAAAAAABR0/WEdoCmsJiCk/s1600/700829290_382103.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gPyCh5WiTrk/TW6n2WIb5GI/AAAAAAAABR0/WEdoCmsJiCk/s200/700829290_382103.gif" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Working hard? Need a break?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for Spanish in Motion!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, March 3 @ 4:00&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For ages 3 - 7 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Registration is not required&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join Ms. Ali and her dog, Ralph, for this bilingual puppet show&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3689899674903605593?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3689899674903605593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-fun-at-library.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3689899674903605593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3689899674903605593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-fun-at-library.html' title='Have Fun at the Library!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gPyCh5WiTrk/TW6n2WIb5GI/AAAAAAAABR0/WEdoCmsJiCk/s72-c/700829290_382103.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1209122289999147256</id><published>2011-02-22T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T13:31:59.541-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Northside's Art Extravaganza!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y9RSKCJTJik/TWQp3iJ9GTI/AAAAAAAABRk/j03vIWyCA7Q/s1600/Warhol+Buster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="127" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y9RSKCJTJik/TWQp3iJ9GTI/AAAAAAAABRk/j03vIWyCA7Q/s200/Warhol+Buster.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thursday, March 10th @ 4:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For grades 1st and up. Face painting, abstract art, pop art, and more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration is required and begins this Thursday, February 24th!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1209122289999147256?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1209122289999147256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/northsides-art-extravaganza.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1209122289999147256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1209122289999147256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/northsides-art-extravaganza.html' title='Northside&apos;s Art Extravaganza!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y9RSKCJTJik/TWQp3iJ9GTI/AAAAAAAABRk/j03vIWyCA7Q/s72-c/Warhol+Buster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3836506217862619588</id><published>2011-02-15T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T11:35:31.438-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_YFNAQf4R1w/TVrVTL2u8aI/AAAAAAAABOE/CrzpFEa0PWk/s1600/Curl+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_YFNAQf4R1w/TVrVTL2u8aI/AAAAAAAABOE/CrzpFEa0PWk/s200/Curl+up.jpg" width="172" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring your blanket and curl up with some books for storytime!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesdays @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun for the whole family. No registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3836506217862619588?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3836506217862619588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/blankets-and-books_15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3836506217862619588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3836506217862619588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/blankets-and-books_15.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_YFNAQf4R1w/TVrVTL2u8aI/AAAAAAAABOE/CrzpFEa0PWk/s72-c/Curl+up.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2019068411581191669</id><published>2011-02-11T11:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T11:51:59.493-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Valentine's Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3G0nMbLscU/TVWS5_kB-iI/AAAAAAAABOA/9B2f6aJw-YM/s1600/Sleepy+valentine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3G0nMbLscU/TVWS5_kB-iI/AAAAAAAABOA/9B2f6aJw-YM/s200/Sleepy+valentine.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Valentine's Day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spend the day with your favorite book...do you have a book you absolutely love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buster's favorite book: &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/aWillems%2C+Mo./awillems+mo/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=awillems+mo&amp;amp;5%2C%2C30"&gt;Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2019068411581191669?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2019068411581191669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2019068411581191669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2019068411581191669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy Valentine&apos;s Day!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3G0nMbLscU/TVWS5_kB-iI/AAAAAAAABOA/9B2f6aJw-YM/s72-c/Sleepy+valentine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5129509774260850494</id><published>2011-02-10T14:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T14:47:27.013-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Chocolate Olympics!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Rl8Oe-RMMk/TVRpGg7E2yI/AAAAAAAABN8/hkt5450L-fM/s1600/Chocolate+Relay+Race.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Rl8Oe-RMMk/TVRpGg7E2yI/AAAAAAAABN8/hkt5450L-fM/s200/Chocolate+Relay+Race.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Chocolate Olympics was so much fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We tried all kinds of chocolate, from Chili chocolate to Cookies and Cream, and Dove milk chocolate ended up winning the most votes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the relay race (unwrapping Hershey kisses while wearing oven mitts) to playing Hot Chocolate (our version of Hot Potato), this program was a lot of fun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HI1ewtvX7D4/TVRpELADjyI/AAAAAAAABN4/MRQl8Ad9Jwk/s1600/so+much+chocolate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HI1ewtvX7D4/TVRpELADjyI/AAAAAAAABN4/MRQl8Ad9Jwk/s200/so+much+chocolate.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you love chocolate? Try these books: &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D/Xcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;SUBKEY=charlie%20and%20the%20chocolate%20factory/1%2C15%2C15%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;5%2C5%2C"&gt;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xchocolate+touch&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/Xchocolate+touch&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=chocolate%20touch/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xchocolate+touch&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;The Chocolate Touch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xchocolate+fever&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/Xchocolate+fever&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=chocolate%20fever/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xchocolate+fever&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;4%2C4%2C"&gt;Chocolate Fever&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9/?searchtype=X&amp;amp;searcharg=candymakers&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;amp;searchlimits=&amp;amp;searchorigarg=Xchocolate+fever%26SORT%3DDZ"&gt;The Candymakers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5129509774260850494?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5129509774260850494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-olympics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5129509774260850494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5129509774260850494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-olympics.html' title='The Chocolate Olympics!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Rl8Oe-RMMk/TVRpGg7E2yI/AAAAAAAABN8/hkt5450L-fM/s72-c/Chocolate+Relay+Race.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1037866488348301932</id><published>2011-02-09T06:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T06:33:27.728-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We Love Pigs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVKlbDPWYlI/AAAAAAAABN0/ny4gzMfD-lM/s1600/We+Love+Pigs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVKlbDPWYlI/AAAAAAAABN0/ny4gzMfD-lM/s200/We+Love+Pigs.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's almost Valentine's Day and Northside is showing its love for pigs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come check out Ms. Linda's adorable display. From Olivia to Poppleton...we love them all!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1037866488348301932?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1037866488348301932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-love-pigs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1037866488348301932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1037866488348301932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-love-pigs.html' title='We Love Pigs!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVKlbDPWYlI/AAAAAAAABN0/ny4gzMfD-lM/s72-c/We+Love+Pigs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1513826905015869560</id><published>2011-02-08T10:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T10:47:34.227-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVGPlR_IodI/AAAAAAAABNw/T3LoIAv6-WU/s1600/Bandb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVGPlR_IodI/AAAAAAAABNw/T3LoIAv6-WU/s200/Bandb.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us this evening for Blankets and Books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun for all ages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1513826905015869560?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1513826905015869560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/blankets-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1513826905015869560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1513826905015869560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/blankets-and-books.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TVGPlR_IodI/AAAAAAAABNw/T3LoIAv6-WU/s72-c/Bandb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3396978940023469382</id><published>2011-02-03T06:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T06:25:35.790-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Babies and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUq6kru7o0I/AAAAAAAABNo/pLHr1AijQ7U/s1600/Babies+and+Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUq6kru7o0I/AAAAAAAABNo/pLHr1AijQ7U/s200/Babies+and+Books.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us this afternoon for Babies and Books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prewalkers: 1:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walkers: 2:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No registration required. For babies 0-24 months with accompanying caregiver.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3396978940023469382?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3396978940023469382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/babies-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3396978940023469382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3396978940023469382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/02/babies-and-books.html' title='Babies and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUq6kru7o0I/AAAAAAAABNo/pLHr1AijQ7U/s72-c/Babies+and+Books.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8892764087136560142</id><published>2011-01-29T07:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T08:01:31.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No Sew Fleece Blankets!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQ1ckNoQ8I/AAAAAAAABM4/_PsV_w2xyiE/s1600/Fleece+Blanket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQ1ckNoQ8I/AAAAAAAABM4/_PsV_w2xyiE/s200/Fleece+Blanket.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The No Sew Fleece Blankets were so much fun to make!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tying wore our fingers out, but the end result was worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/swistock.elizabeth/NoSewFleece?feat=directlink"&gt;More pictures!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8892764087136560142?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8892764087136560142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-sew-fleece-blankets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8892764087136560142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8892764087136560142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-sew-fleece-blankets.html' title='No Sew Fleece Blankets!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQ1ckNoQ8I/AAAAAAAABM4/_PsV_w2xyiE/s72-c/Fleece+Blanket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7688149786975494575</id><published>2011-01-29T07:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T07:36:41.597-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Babies and Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQzDcHl0BI/AAAAAAAABM0/c2GeDgkXJ8o/s1600/Babies+and+Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQzDcHl0BI/AAAAAAAABM0/c2GeDgkXJ8o/s200/Babies+and+Books.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Join us for a 15 minute program of fingerplays, rhymes, and songs followed by 10 minutes of playtime! Registration is not required. For babies ages 0-24 months with accompanying caregiver. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursdays, January 27th- August 28th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prewalkers: 1:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walkers: 2:15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7688149786975494575?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7688149786975494575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/babies-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7688149786975494575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7688149786975494575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/babies-and-books.html' title='Babies and Books'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TUQzDcHl0BI/AAAAAAAABM0/c2GeDgkXJ8o/s72-c/Babies+and+Books.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7708500328391588390</id><published>2011-01-25T12:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T17:33:26.466-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TT951vhui3I/AAAAAAAABMg/3p2mFT9MPwc/s1600/Bandb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TT951vhui3I/AAAAAAAABMg/3p2mFT9MPwc/s200/Bandb.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TT82vXNd6fI/AAAAAAAABMc/hMDGaUJLWRQ/s1600/Stuffed+Animal+Sleepover+July+2009+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TT81pljQMCI/AAAAAAAABMY/5orjr1k8o9I/s1600/u13622088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for Blankets and Books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesdays @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A storytime for all ages! No registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7708500328391588390?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7708500328391588390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/blankets-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7708500328391588390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7708500328391588390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/blankets-and-books.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TT951vhui3I/AAAAAAAABMg/3p2mFT9MPwc/s72-c/Bandb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5318146594702124910</id><published>2011-01-19T11:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T11:37:17.927-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Bugs Sign Ups!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TTc9CqiRnzI/AAAAAAAABKk/HmI6BOsF-l0/s1600/Jacket.aspx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TTc9CqiRnzI/AAAAAAAABKk/HmI6BOsF-l0/s200/Jacket.aspx.jpg" width="128" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Bug Sign Ups begin Thursday, January 20th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Bugs is a book group intended for older J readers. Books and snacks are provided.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next Book Bugs: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. We will meet Thursday, February 24th @ 4:00. Registration is required.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5318146594702124910?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5318146594702124910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-bugs-sign-ups.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5318146594702124910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5318146594702124910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-bugs-sign-ups.html' title='Book Bugs Sign Ups!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TTc9CqiRnzI/AAAAAAAABKk/HmI6BOsF-l0/s72-c/Jacket.aspx.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1199292952468374445</id><published>2011-01-13T14:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T14:15:51.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Super Kicks Karate: Jr. Edition!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS95T99QMmI/AAAAAAAABKY/i9xJbIxH4CE/s1600/super+kicks+jr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS95T99QMmI/AAAAAAAABKY/i9xJbIxH4CE/s200/super+kicks+jr.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sam Wegert of Super Kicks Karate highlighted character developement through martial arts. Kids ages 5-10 had a great time focusing on attitude and confidence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1199292952468374445?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1199292952468374445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/super-kicks-karate-jr-edition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1199292952468374445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1199292952468374445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/super-kicks-karate-jr-edition.html' title='Super Kicks Karate: Jr. Edition!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS95T99QMmI/AAAAAAAABKY/i9xJbIxH4CE/s72-c/super+kicks+jr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4880133563800731951</id><published>2011-01-13T14:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T14:14:07.918-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Super Kicks Karate: Mini Edition!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS94dGdjYRI/AAAAAAAABKU/_q2OG3loN24/s1600/mini+edition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS94dGdjYRI/AAAAAAAABKU/_q2OG3loN24/s200/mini+edition.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sam Wegert of Super Kicks Karate highlighted character building through martial arts for the mini crowd. The 3-6 year-olds had a great time!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4880133563800731951?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4880133563800731951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/super-kicks-karate-mini-edition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4880133563800731951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4880133563800731951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/super-kicks-karate-mini-edition.html' title='Super Kicks Karate: Mini Edition!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TS94dGdjYRI/AAAAAAAABKU/_q2OG3loN24/s72-c/mini+edition.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4435880114870614801</id><published>2011-01-10T07:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T08:14:47.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Programs at Northside!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSselOqb_1I/AAAAAAAABKE/yR3NrnhouYc/s1600/in+a+rut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSselOqb_1I/AAAAAAAABKE/yR3NrnhouYc/s200/in+a+rut.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In a rut? Tired of the cold weather?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change it up at the library! We have wonderful, fun, free programs for all ages!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week: Super Kicks Karate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, January 13th, @ 3:00 (ages 3-6) and @ 4:00 (ages 6-11)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4435880114870614801?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4435880114870614801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/programs-at-northside.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4435880114870614801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4435880114870614801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/programs-at-northside.html' title='Programs at Northside!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSselOqb_1I/AAAAAAAABKE/yR3NrnhouYc/s72-c/in+a+rut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-649181164185231610</id><published>2011-01-08T07:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T07:18:32.598-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Bugs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh-eY-JZ_I/AAAAAAAABJ0/V1JLPW3Izpc/s1600/discussing+the+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh-eY-JZ_I/AAAAAAAABJ0/V1JLPW3Izpc/s200/discussing+the+book.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Book Bugs met to discuss When You Reach Me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The book was a hit!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh_mXyVgLI/AAAAAAAABKA/jR-z4uS_lqo/s1600/trivia+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh_mXyVgLI/AAAAAAAABKA/jR-z4uS_lqo/s200/trivia+2.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Next Book Bugs book: &lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/aSelznick%2C+Brian./aselznick+brian/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=aselznick+brian&amp;amp;10%2C%2C21"&gt;The Invention of Hugo Cabret&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt; Registration will begin on January 20th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh_mXyVgLI/AAAAAAAABKA/jR-z4uS_lqo/s1600/trivia+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-649181164185231610?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/649181164185231610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-bugs_08.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/649181164185231610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/649181164185231610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-bugs_08.html' title='Book Bugs!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSh-eY-JZ_I/AAAAAAAABJ0/V1JLPW3Izpc/s72-c/discussing+the+book.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3631625956547546473</id><published>2011-01-03T08:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T12:13:00.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Memory Boxes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSHzpAoCrUI/AAAAAAAABJY/p3TZTVF_ai4/s1600/memory+boxes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSHzpAoCrUI/AAAAAAAABJY/p3TZTVF_ai4/s200/memory+boxes.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another, we created Memory Boxes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSItsB_HN6I/AAAAAAAABJg/G2JX1lotwZg/s1600/A+surprise+inside+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSItsB_HN6I/AAAAAAAABJg/G2JX1lotwZg/s200/A+surprise+inside+new.jpg" width="172" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;...some decorated the inside of the box as well!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3631625956547546473?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3631625956547546473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/memory-boxes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3631625956547546473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3631625956547546473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2011/01/memory-boxes.html' title='Memory Boxes!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TSHzpAoCrUI/AAAAAAAABJY/p3TZTVF_ai4/s72-c/memory+boxes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-6462395578121135744</id><published>2010-12-29T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T14:53:09.498-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Bugs Snow Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRu7viyzueI/AAAAAAAABJA/fxK5bLMYXs4/s1600/67213666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRu7viyzueI/AAAAAAAABJA/fxK5bLMYXs4/s200/67213666.JPG" width="135" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book Bugs will meet on Thursday, January 6 @ 4:00 to make up for our missed session!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration is required. Please contact Ms. Elizabeth for more information.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-6462395578121135744?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/6462395578121135744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-bugs-snow-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6462395578121135744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6462395578121135744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-bugs-snow-day.html' title='Book Bugs Snow Day!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRu7viyzueI/AAAAAAAABJA/fxK5bLMYXs4/s72-c/67213666.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4472421297817829723</id><published>2010-12-28T09:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T09:49:34.626-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRoilNKUR4I/AAAAAAAABIE/sV01-sW00hE/s1600/Buster+Happy+New+Year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="135" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRoilNKUR4I/AAAAAAAABIE/sV01-sW00hE/s200/Buster+Happy+New+Year.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRoilNKUR4I/AAAAAAAABIE/sV01-sW00hE/s1600/Buster+Happy+New+Year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Happy New Year from Buster, Elizabeth, Heather and Linda!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northside will be closed on Saturday, January 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will reopen on Sunday, January 2nd, @ 1:00.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4472421297817829723?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4472421297817829723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4472421297817829723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4472421297817829723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRoilNKUR4I/AAAAAAAABIE/sV01-sW00hE/s72-c/Buster+Happy+New+Year.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1724027527721155465</id><published>2010-12-22T10:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T10:38:32.597-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRJFQum2DRI/AAAAAAAABHw/ruOUvZK8_lg/s1600/Happy+Holidays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRJFQum2DRI/AAAAAAAABHw/ruOUvZK8_lg/s200/Happy+Holidays.jpg" width="170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Holidays from Northside Kids and Buster!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The library will be closed Friday (12/24), Saturday (12/25), and Sunday (12/26).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will reopen at 12:00 on Monday, December 27th.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1724027527721155465?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1724027527721155465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1724027527721155465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1724027527721155465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TRJFQum2DRI/AAAAAAAABHw/ruOUvZK8_lg/s72-c/Happy+Holidays.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-6776643090000441202</id><published>2010-12-16T11:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T11:31:39.721-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow, Snow, Snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQpoukuXv6I/AAAAAAAABHo/2L5mZUOV8hE/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQpoukuXv6I/AAAAAAAABHo/2L5mZUOV8hE/s200/017.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Snow has visited Charlottesville, causing JMRL to close early (1:00)! Book Bugs will not be meeting this afternoon. I will try to reschedule for early January. Enjoy the snow!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-6776643090000441202?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/6776643090000441202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow-snow-snow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6776643090000441202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6776643090000441202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow-snow-snow.html' title='Snow, Snow, Snow'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQpoukuXv6I/AAAAAAAABHo/2L5mZUOV8hE/s72-c/017.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1557407889252668910</id><published>2010-12-14T17:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T17:39:56.112-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December Drop-Ins!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQgb7PGJlFI/AAAAAAAABHk/0Ciu7rxllaE/s1600/Bear+Hunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQgb7PGJlFI/AAAAAAAABHk/0Ciu7rxllaE/s200/Bear+Hunt.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for our last week of December Drop-Ins! Read winter stories, play Decorate the Snowman, and create your own mittens!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday OR Thursday @ 10:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun for all ages, no registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1557407889252668910?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1557407889252668910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-drop-ins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1557407889252668910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1557407889252668910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-drop-ins.html' title='December Drop-Ins!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQgb7PGJlFI/AAAAAAAABHk/0Ciu7rxllaE/s72-c/Bear+Hunt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8396255426154397735</id><published>2010-12-13T06:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T06:47:38.755-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Swap and Pizza Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQYxvNWLzRI/AAAAAAAABGs/lWADsxfkjyM/s1600/Book+Bingo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQYxvNWLzRI/AAAAAAAABGs/lWADsxfkjyM/s200/Book+Bingo.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Book Swap and Pizza Party was a lot of fun! Everyone left with a great book to read. Pizza was a highlight of the afternoon, though Book Bingo and Book Charades were popular as well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8396255426154397735?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8396255426154397735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-swap-and-pizza-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8396255426154397735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8396255426154397735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-swap-and-pizza-party.html' title='Book Swap and Pizza Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQYxvNWLzRI/AAAAAAAABGs/lWADsxfkjyM/s72-c/Book+Bingo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5014618057637700860</id><published>2010-12-09T08:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T08:49:15.954-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December Drop-Ins: Week 2!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQEIDcrU1aI/AAAAAAAABGg/e540j3-LpK0/s1600/Ms+Linda+reads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQEIDcrU1aI/AAAAAAAABGg/e540j3-LpK0/s200/Ms+Linda+reads.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ms. Linda and Ms. Elizabeth read stories about Penguins! Everyone got to show off their penguin walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next week's theme: Winter Wonderland!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No registration is required, all ages are welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday OR Thursday @ 10:30&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5014618057637700860?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5014618057637700860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-drop-ins-week-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5014618057637700860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5014618057637700860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-drop-ins-week-2.html' title='December Drop-Ins: Week 2!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TQEIDcrU1aI/AAAAAAAABGg/e540j3-LpK0/s72-c/Ms+Linda+reads.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7135237860987163513</id><published>2010-12-07T15:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T11:19:34.946-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter/Spring Storytime Registration!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TP7GdgUAPfI/AAAAAAAABDU/wj1Vwqijqu0/s1600/DecDropInHeather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TP7GdgUAPfI/AAAAAAAABDU/wj1Vwqijqu0/s200/DecDropInHeather.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Registrations for our morning storytimes will be accepted from Wednesday, December 15- Saturday, January 8. Storytime will run January 27- April 28. Call for more details!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7135237860987163513?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7135237860987163513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/winterspring-storytimes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7135237860987163513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7135237860987163513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/winterspring-storytimes.html' title='Winter/Spring Storytime Registration!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TP7GdgUAPfI/AAAAAAAABDU/wj1Vwqijqu0/s72-c/DecDropInHeather.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4396336849279767129</id><published>2010-12-04T07:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T07:19:07.087-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We Have a Winner!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPpbie6cB5I/AAAAAAAABBg/3hcHDyQbWrw/s1600/Successful+BUster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPpbie6cB5I/AAAAAAAABBg/3hcHDyQbWrw/s200/Successful+BUster.jpg" width="156" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successful Buster is the winner! He received 60% of the votes in our Buster photo contest. It could be the mustache, but I think it's the teeth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4396336849279767129?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4396336849279767129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-have-winner.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4396336849279767129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4396336849279767129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-have-winner.html' title='We Have a Winner!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPpbie6cB5I/AAAAAAAABBg/3hcHDyQbWrw/s72-c/Successful+BUster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1857681774643771247</id><published>2010-12-02T10:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T10:07:27.528-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPff_pIVMXI/AAAAAAAABBY/hkRq0FB0jh8/s1600/Bear+Hunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPff_pIVMXI/AAAAAAAABBY/hkRq0FB0jh8/s200/Bear+Hunt.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date: &lt;/b&gt;Wednesday, December 8 OR Thursday, December 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Time: &lt;/b&gt;10:30 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all ages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;Join us for winter stories, winter fingerplays, and a winter craft! Fun for the whole family! Next theme: Penguins!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1857681774643771247?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1857681774643771247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/date-wednesday-december-8-or-thursday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1857681774643771247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1857681774643771247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/12/date-wednesday-december-8-or-thursday.html' title=''/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPff_pIVMXI/AAAAAAAABBY/hkRq0FB0jh8/s72-c/Bear+Hunt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1761941921983118597</id><published>2010-11-29T12:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T12:22:20.801-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December Drop Ins!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPQK6k55bgI/AAAAAAAABBA/bDWB1aZI8cU/s1600/making+craft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPQK0z91IBI/AAAAAAAABA8/CgeLeaioxvQ/s1600/Snow+crowns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPQK0z91IBI/AAAAAAAABA8/CgeLeaioxvQ/s200/Snow+crowns.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date: &lt;/b&gt;Wednesday, December 1 OR Thursday, December 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Time: &lt;/b&gt;10:30 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all ages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;Join us for winter stories, winter fingerplays, and a winter craft! Fun for the whole family!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1761941921983118597?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1761941921983118597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/december-drop-ins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1761941921983118597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1761941921983118597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/december-drop-ins.html' title='December Drop Ins!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TPQK0z91IBI/AAAAAAAABA8/CgeLeaioxvQ/s72-c/Snow+crowns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8847118489488221422</id><published>2010-11-23T13:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T13:17:03.314-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOwo2cBoO9I/AAAAAAAABAg/DkCBHKIby74/s1600/A1914C0B-9845-4EED-976B-7F793E55436F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOwo2cBoO9I/AAAAAAAABAg/DkCBHKIby74/s400/A1914C0B-9845-4EED-976B-7F793E55436F.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northside Library will close at 5:00 on Wednesday, November 24th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The library will be closed on Thursday, November 25 th and Friday, November 26th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8847118489488221422?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8847118489488221422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8847118489488221422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8847118489488221422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOwo2cBoO9I/AAAAAAAABAg/DkCBHKIby74/s72-c/A1914C0B-9845-4EED-976B-7F793E55436F.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1852820579622189566</id><published>2010-11-15T11:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T10:52:32.309-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Buster!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOGIWI6GpBI/AAAAAAAAA8U/4dsINuR7yzI/s1600/P1010499.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOGIWI6GpBI/AAAAAAAAA8U/4dsINuR7yzI/s200/P1010499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539858930572108818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOGJRrG79sI/AAAAAAAAA8c/bQZS4_pa3_w/s1600/001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOGJRrG79sI/AAAAAAAAA8c/bQZS4_pa3_w/s200/001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539859953365022402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet Buster!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buster is Ms. Elizabeth's dog and Northside Library's mascot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buster enjoys playing with his many toys, eating (especially treats and bacon), sleeping, going for walks, storytime, and spending time with Ms. Elizabeth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1852820579622189566?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1852820579622189566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/meet-buster.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1852820579622189566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1852820579622189566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/11/meet-buster.html' title='Meet Buster!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TOGIWI6GpBI/AAAAAAAAA8U/4dsINuR7yzI/s72-c/P1010499.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2643426985014255667</id><published>2010-10-29T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T13:23:17.265-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Haunted Readers Theater!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMssRb1AcmI/AAAAAAAAA5k/V8mdQkecUcw/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMssRb1AcmI/AAAAAAAAA5k/V8mdQkecUcw/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533565245194269282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMssR6R2a-I/AAAAAAAAA5s/M0m6BgK_5GM/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMssR6R2a-I/AAAAAAAAA5s/M0m6BgK_5GM/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533565253368310754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miss Heather's Haunted Readers Theater was a lot of fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids performed their own version of the Hallo-wiener and told scary stories. Then they played fun games like Candy Corn toss and Mummy Wrap. Miss Heather ended the program by having the kids put on crazy costumes and pose for pictures!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2643426985014255667?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2643426985014255667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/haunted-readers-theater.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2643426985014255667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2643426985014255667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/haunted-readers-theater.html' title='Haunted Readers Theater!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMssRb1AcmI/AAAAAAAAA5k/V8mdQkecUcw/s72-c/Blog+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-9110497736589380128</id><published>2010-10-29T13:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T13:17:40.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mo Willems!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMsrDb7fH9I/AAAAAAAAA5c/KbmjGUHwi3o/s1600/Mo+Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMsrDb7fH9I/AAAAAAAAA5c/KbmjGUHwi3o/s200/Mo+Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533563905191649234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out our fun display board with Pigeon, Elephant, Piggie, and more Mo Willems characters!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-9110497736589380128?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/9110497736589380128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/mo-willems.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/9110497736589380128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/9110497736589380128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/mo-willems.html' title='Mo Willems!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TMsrDb7fH9I/AAAAAAAAA5c/KbmjGUHwi3o/s72-c/Mo+Blog+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3588954970111214976</id><published>2010-10-19T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T09:55:48.159-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TL3NctD_i8I/AAAAAAAAA40/N8LN-oXsZW8/s1600/Stuffed+Animal+Sleepover+July+2009+011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TL3NctD_i8I/AAAAAAAAA40/N8LN-oXsZW8/s200/Stuffed+Animal+Sleepover+July+2009+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529801810497211330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Join us Tuesdays at 6:30 for a fun storytime. Wear your pajamas and snuggle down with your favorite stuffed animal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This storytime is for all ages! No registration is required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3588954970111214976?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3588954970111214976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/blankets-and-books_19.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3588954970111214976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3588954970111214976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/blankets-and-books_19.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TL3NctD_i8I/AAAAAAAAA40/N8LN-oXsZW8/s72-c/Stuffed+Animal+Sleepover+July+2009+011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2467457080412981707</id><published>2010-10-08T09:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T09:18:09.549-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Play with your Food!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK9DTBN0HnI/AAAAAAAAA28/Ado3XgLFQDg/s1600/Blog2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK9DTBN0HnI/AAAAAAAAA28/Ado3XgLFQDg/s200/Blog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525709261829840498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK9DSx2QBuI/AAAAAAAAA20/nIGtA60wp-w/s1600/Blog1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK9DSx2QBuI/AAAAAAAAA20/nIGtA60wp-w/s200/Blog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525709257704474338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Play with your Food was so much fun! After completing the different stations (marshmallow teacups, pixy stix bracelets, candy sushi, and Milky Way cars), the kids got creative and made marshmallow towers, marshmallow hammers, and more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a great program and I hope to do it again in the spring.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2467457080412981707?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2467457080412981707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/play-with-your-food.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2467457080412981707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2467457080412981707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/play-with-your-food.html' title='Play with your Food!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK9DTBN0HnI/AAAAAAAAA28/Ado3XgLFQDg/s72-c/Blog2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-78658001469105748</id><published>2010-10-07T07:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T07:45:25.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy October!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK3cZ54H0rI/AAAAAAAAA2o/1Vf1ohwaUkI/s1600/October.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK3cZ54H0rI/AAAAAAAAA2o/1Vf1ohwaUkI/s200/October.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525314655444521650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out Ms. Heather's fun display!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-78658001469105748?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/78658001469105748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-october.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/78658001469105748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/78658001469105748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-october.html' title='Happy October!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TK3cZ54H0rI/AAAAAAAAA2o/1Vf1ohwaUkI/s72-c/October.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8220393281532867455</id><published>2010-10-02T12:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T12:03:46.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKeB-qe0bFI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/OtabjAbMcqA/s1600/Picture1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKeB-qe0bFI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/OtabjAbMcqA/s200/Picture1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523526381548629074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for Blankets and Books! Enjoy storytime in your pajamas! No registration required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesdays @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 14- November 2&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8220393281532867455?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8220393281532867455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/blankets-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8220393281532867455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8220393281532867455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/10/blankets-and-books.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKeB-qe0bFI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/OtabjAbMcqA/s72-c/Picture1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-6462559841113649471</id><published>2010-09-30T06:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T06:31:16.549-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Babies and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKSQbE5bLyI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/FsOCxRl2zMU/s1600/Picture1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKSQbE5bLyI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/FsOCxRl2zMU/s200/Picture1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522697837908537122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Join us for songs, bouncing rhymes, and (board) books (No registration required)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursdays @ 1:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 16- November 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For babies ages 0-24 months and an accompanying caregiver&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-6462559841113649471?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/6462559841113649471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/babies-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6462559841113649471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6462559841113649471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/babies-and-books.html' title='Babies and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TKSQbE5bLyI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/FsOCxRl2zMU/s72-c/Picture1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5614100597835889954</id><published>2010-09-21T09:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T09:16:45.919-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJjaV0b5j6I/AAAAAAAAA2E/Dc0N9MdBHi0/s1600/Blog+Slide+9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJjaV0b5j6I/AAAAAAAAA2E/Dc0N9MdBHi0/s200/Blog+Slide+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519401411730313122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Join us this evening for Blankets and Books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday @ 6:30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No registration required. Fun for the whole family!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5614100597835889954?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5614100597835889954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/blankets-and-books_21.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5614100597835889954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5614100597835889954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/blankets-and-books_21.html' title='Blankets and Books!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJjaV0b5j6I/AAAAAAAAA2E/Dc0N9MdBHi0/s72-c/Blog+Slide+9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7777987860053553285</id><published>2010-09-17T11:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T11:30:53.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fran Cannon Slayton!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJOzMTk7jOI/AAAAAAAAA0w/idbkiYz4TVg/s1600/Fran+Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJOzMTk7jOI/AAAAAAAAA0w/idbkiYz4TVg/s200/Fran+Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517950992453962978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local author Fran Cannon Slayton visited the library on Thursday, September 16! She told aspiring writers all about her writing experience and also led a writing exercise. It was fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/aSlayton%2C+Fran+Cannon./aslayton+fran+cannon/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=aslayton+fran+cannon&amp;amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;Check out Fran's book!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7777987860053553285?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7777987860053553285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/fran-cannon-slayton.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7777987860053553285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7777987860053553285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/fran-cannon-slayton.html' title='Fran Cannon Slayton!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TJOzMTk7jOI/AAAAAAAAA0w/idbkiYz4TVg/s72-c/Fran+Blog+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1195174554039647375</id><published>2010-09-14T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T09:19:57.174-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Author Visit: Fran Cannon Slayton!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=JEFFERSON&amp;amp;Password=BT0248&amp;amp;Return=T&amp;amp;Type=L&amp;amp;Value=9780399251894"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 256px;" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=JEFFERSON&amp;amp;Password=BT0248&amp;amp;Return=T&amp;amp;Type=L&amp;amp;Value=9780399251894" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, September 16 @ 4:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For children grades 3-5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet local author Fran Cannon Slayton! Fran will share her tips on storytelling, tales of her own publishing experience, and even a writing exercise!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration is required and begins on Thursday, August 26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/NORTHS%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1195174554039647375?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1195174554039647375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/author-visit-fran-cannon-slayton.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1195174554039647375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1195174554039647375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/author-visit-fran-cannon-slayton.html' title='Author Visit: Fran Cannon Slayton!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2061870480408329005</id><published>2010-09-14T09:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T09:19:40.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blankets and Books @ 6:30!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TI-f4i2Q_gI/AAAAAAAAA0o/b1dv8GBfhEc/s1600/P1010474.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TI-f4i2Q_gI/AAAAAAAAA0o/b1dv8GBfhEc/s200/P1010474.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516803862328049154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us this evening for Blankets and Books @ 6:30! Bring your favorite stuffed animal, wear your pajamas, and listen to fantastic stories read by Ms Elizabeth and Ms Heather! Fun for the whole family- no registration required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2061870480408329005?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2061870480408329005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/blankets-and-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2061870480408329005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2061870480408329005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/blankets-and-books.html' title='Blankets and Books @ 6:30!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TI-f4i2Q_gI/AAAAAAAAA0o/b1dv8GBfhEc/s72-c/P1010474.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8610401355097039745</id><published>2010-09-07T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T09:33:03.608-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fall Programs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TIZpEqgw71I/AAAAAAAAA0g/UpuLfNoAnnQ/s1600/Food.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TIZpEqgw71I/AAAAAAAAA0g/UpuLfNoAnnQ/s200/Food.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514210322613858130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is time...our fall programs will begin next week! Check out our website for details!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8610401355097039745?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8610401355097039745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-programs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8610401355097039745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8610401355097039745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-programs.html' title='Fall Programs!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TIZpEqgw71I/AAAAAAAAA0g/UpuLfNoAnnQ/s72-c/Food.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4041359956590806534</id><published>2010-08-11T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T06:39:49.463-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Storytime Registration Begins Wednesday, August 11!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="boldblue"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Registration is required. Registration will be accepted in person at the Northside Information Desk or over the phone Aug 11-28.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two’s and Three’s Together!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;For ages 2 - 3.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Bookman Old Style&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;                                                                          Wednesdays,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;September 15 – November 3,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;10:15 AM &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;OR&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thursdays,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;September 16 – November 4,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;11:00 AM. &lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;A 30-minute program of stories, songs, and fingerplays designed for 2 and 3 year olds with an accompanying adult. &lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Preschool Storytime!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;For ages 3 - 5.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Wednesdays, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;September 15 – November 3, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;11:00 AM &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;OR&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Thursdays, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;September 16 – November 4, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;10:15 AM.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Bookman Old Style&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;A 30-minute program of stories, songs, and fingerplays designed for 3, 4, and 5-year-olds who are ready to enjoy storytime on their own. &lt;i style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;p&gt;       &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 62px; padding-bottom: 18.2px;" class="cufon cufon-canvas"&gt;&lt;canvas style="top: -1px; left: -3px;" height="22" width="78"&gt;&lt;/canvas&gt;&lt;span class="cufon-alt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 45px; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 99px; padding-bottom: 18.2px;" class="cufon cufon-canvas"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4041359956590806534?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4041359956590806534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/storytime-registration-begins-wednesday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4041359956590806534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4041359956590806534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/storytime-registration-begins-wednesday.html' title='Storytime Registration Begins Wednesday, August 11!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2079212245843277644</id><published>2010-08-04T07:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T10:42:18.730-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wacky Wednesday: Mad Science!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFl814bfD1I/AAAAAAAAAzE/fbjgVkT6RAc/s1600/Blog+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFl814bfD1I/AAAAAAAAAzE/fbjgVkT6RAc/s200/Blog+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501565684932349778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFl81RiVOLI/AAAAAAAAAy8/6oF1Hz1iirY/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFl81RiVOLI/AAAAAAAAAy8/6oF1Hz1iirY/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501565674492082354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFmlvIcPI0I/AAAAAAAAAzM/EHhd4fLjW3c/s1600/Max+Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFmlvIcPI0I/AAAAAAAAAzM/EHhd4fLjW3c/s200/Max+Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501610648948122434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wacky Wednesday was crazy and fun. Mad Scientists invaded the library and ran experiments throughout the day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max visited us (Ruby was unable to attend) and Ginny from Expressions! made everyone beautiful with her face painting creations!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2079212245843277644?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2079212245843277644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/wacky-wednesday-mad-science.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2079212245843277644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2079212245843277644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/wacky-wednesday-mad-science.html' title='Wacky Wednesday: Mad Science!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFl814bfD1I/AAAAAAAAAzE/fbjgVkT6RAc/s72-c/Blog+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-381325990829327418</id><published>2010-08-02T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T14:07:32.065-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Reading Program 2010!</title><content type='html'>This summer was a success!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 Book Bugs meetings&lt;br /&gt;2 Special Programs&lt;br /&gt;7 Regional Programs&lt;br /&gt;36 Storytimes&lt;br /&gt;116 Pieces of Candy&lt;br /&gt;682 Candy Guesses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...and 1341 kids signed up for Summer Reading!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This information is only regarding the Northside Branch! Wow, just imagine the JMRL totals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to everyone for making our Summer Reading Program so much fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-381325990829327418?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/381325990829327418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-reading-program-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/381325990829327418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/381325990829327418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-reading-program-2010.html' title='Summer Reading Program 2010!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1463578333783202156</id><published>2010-07-28T07:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T07:34:16.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFA_mouTSNI/AAAAAAAAAvE/91NN8AzWErA/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFA_mouTSNI/AAAAAAAAAvE/91NN8AzWErA/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498965078018574546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFA_nK9KpDI/AAAAAAAAAvM/hGWjw7nZVqk/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFA_nK9KpDI/AAAAAAAAAvM/hGWjw7nZVqk/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498965087207728178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sleepover was a lot of fun. Some animals ate candy, some listened to music, some read books, and they all slept- eventually!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1463578333783202156?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1463578333783202156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/stuffed-animal-sleepover-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1463578333783202156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1463578333783202156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/stuffed-animal-sleepover-party.html' title='Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TFA_mouTSNI/AAAAAAAAAvE/91NN8AzWErA/s72-c/Blog+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1110057403483806595</id><published>2010-07-23T07:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T07:14:02.801-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cathy and Ross Bollinger!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TEmjQcgh9zI/AAAAAAAAAsU/JXzju-lVPrs/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TEmjQcgh9zI/AAAAAAAAAsU/JXzju-lVPrs/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497104323108271922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TEmjP66DfbI/AAAAAAAAAsM/NMOrpN-fmsk/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TEmjP66DfbI/AAAAAAAAAsM/NMOrpN-fmsk/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497104314088521138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cathy and her son Ross visited Northside along with their friend Lindsay. The show was fantastic and kids had a blast dancing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1110057403483806595?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1110057403483806595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/cathy-and-ross-bollinger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1110057403483806595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1110057403483806595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/cathy-and-ross-bollinger.html' title='Cathy and Ross Bollinger!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TEmjQcgh9zI/AAAAAAAAAsU/JXzju-lVPrs/s72-c/Blog+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-989955267619453021</id><published>2010-07-16T10:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T10:42:22.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Wildlife Center of Virginia: Home Sweet Habitat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY9_66bJI/AAAAAAAAAqw/39Btzft5N78/s1600/Blog+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY9_66bJI/AAAAAAAAAqw/39Btzft5N78/s200/Blog+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494559736289979538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY9VgU12I/AAAAAAAAAqo/L1e1NYN3sbY/s1600/Blog+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY9VgU12I/AAAAAAAAAqo/L1e1NYN3sbY/s200/Blog+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494559724904175458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY8waNLiI/AAAAAAAAAqg/c92hU0TtnYg/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY8waNLiI/AAAAAAAAAqg/c92hU0TtnYg/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494559714946395682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY8Q8nk0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/5n2PTkL9MnQ/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY8Q8nk0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/5n2PTkL9MnQ/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494559706500797250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was great having so many wonderful creatures in our library!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-989955267619453021?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/989955267619453021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/wildlife-center-of-virginia-home-sweet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/989955267619453021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/989955267619453021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/wildlife-center-of-virginia-home-sweet.html' title='The Wildlife Center of Virginia: Home Sweet Habitat'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TECY9_66bJI/AAAAAAAAAqw/39Btzft5N78/s72-c/Blog+4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8381783121893254688</id><published>2010-07-14T14:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T07:33:44.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Camp Half Blood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zfTQmydI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/3ZR_3o0KMFo/s1600/Blog+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zfTQmydI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/3ZR_3o0KMFo/s200/Blog+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493885208277469650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4ze0YgebI/AAAAAAAAAqI/ZPh49P14Ldg/s1600/Blog+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4ze0YgebI/AAAAAAAAAqI/ZPh49P14Ldg/s200/Blog+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493885199989111218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zd21ENjI/AAAAAAAAAp4/chw5VQwkyBo/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zd21ENjI/AAAAAAAAAp4/chw5VQwkyBo/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493885183465895474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zeSrw9yI/AAAAAAAAAqA/FHpGzHZwg54/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zeSrw9yI/AAAAAAAAAqA/FHpGzHZwg54/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493885190943078178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camp Half Blood was amazing. The demigods battled the hydra, became experts at sword fighting, and ate comforting blue foods.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8381783121893254688?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8381783121893254688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/camp-half-blood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8381783121893254688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8381783121893254688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/camp-half-blood.html' title='Camp Half Blood'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TD4zfTQmydI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/3ZR_3o0KMFo/s72-c/Blog+4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3336833263383980971</id><published>2010-07-10T07:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-10T08:01:11.811-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World Beat Workshop!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDiLFxygo9I/AAAAAAAAAo0/srKbeccXffM/s1600/World+Beat+Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDiLFxygo9I/AAAAAAAAAo0/srKbeccXffM/s200/World+Beat+Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492292676959118290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDiJvcEb6LI/AAAAAAAAAoo/YK6TFlZBq50/s1600/World+Beat+Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDiJvcEb6LI/AAAAAAAAAoo/YK6TFlZBq50/s200/World+Beat+Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492291193659975858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3336833263383980971?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3336833263383980971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/world-beat-workshop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3336833263383980971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/3336833263383980971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/world-beat-workshop.html' title='World Beat Workshop!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDiLFxygo9I/AAAAAAAAAo0/srKbeccXffM/s72-c/World+Beat+Blog+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-215489399141954999</id><published>2010-07-06T15:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T15:19:35.734-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Creative Writing with Elizabeth Massie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOra_hvKfI/AAAAAAAAAlw/xCv0EDCESrU/s1600/Blog+Pic+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOra_hvKfI/AAAAAAAAAlw/xCv0EDCESrU/s200/Blog+Pic+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490920850912651762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Local author Elizabeth Massie ran a Creative Writing workshop for grades 4, 5, and 6. Young writers had a great time learning from a pro.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-215489399141954999?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/215489399141954999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/creative-writing-with-elizabeth-massie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/215489399141954999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/215489399141954999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/creative-writing-with-elizabeth-massie.html' title='Creative Writing with Elizabeth Massie'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOra_hvKfI/AAAAAAAAAlw/xCv0EDCESrU/s72-c/Blog+Pic+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5203023107021299736</id><published>2010-07-06T13:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T13:41:31.227-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Bugs: The Lightning Thief</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOUGYDpN6I/AAAAAAAAAlg/c5de0jxh-sw/s1600/Blog+Pic+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOUGYDpN6I/AAAAAAAAAlg/c5de0jxh-sw/s200/Blog+Pic+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490895207952627618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOUFN7tXVI/AAAAAAAAAlI/omcYpV3fxtw/s1600/Blog+Pic+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOUFN7tXVI/AAAAAAAAAlI/omcYpV3fxtw/s200/Blog+Pic+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490895188055121234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ginny Sieminski made our Book Bugs extra special with her Lightning Thief themed face painting. She even created a Grover and a Smelly Gabe. The kids looked fantastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Expressions! Face Painting by Ginny: ginny@expressionsfacepainting.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5203023107021299736?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5203023107021299736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/book-bugs-lightning-thief.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5203023107021299736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5203023107021299736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/book-bugs-lightning-thief.html' title='Book Bugs: The Lightning Thief'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDOUGYDpN6I/AAAAAAAAAlg/c5de0jxh-sw/s72-c/Blog+Pic+4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1080758818451297163</id><published>2010-07-06T13:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T13:29:39.114-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Word Play with Megan Hicks!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDORoozHgCI/AAAAAAAAAlA/pkIZe7tkPQE/s1600/Blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDORoozHgCI/AAAAAAAAAlA/pkIZe7tkPQE/s200/Blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490892498027380770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDORoGU2wBI/AAAAAAAAAk4/OUHicOyYHzY/s1600/Blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDORoGU2wBI/AAAAAAAAAk4/OUHicOyYHzY/s200/Blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490892488773648402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The storytelling empress and origami swami visited Northside and it was a great show! The kids heard fantastic stories and even had their fingers tasted for flavor.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1080758818451297163?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1080758818451297163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/word-play-with-megan-hicks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1080758818451297163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1080758818451297163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/word-play-with-megan-hicks.html' title='Word Play with Megan Hicks!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TDORoozHgCI/AAAAAAAAAlA/pkIZe7tkPQE/s72-c/Blog+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-6069726201476168437</id><published>2010-07-01T10:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:29:20.227-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Northside's Aquarium!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCzPuSBcMFI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qTTRydxVe9Y/s1600/Display+Case+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCzPuSBcMFI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qTTRydxVe9Y/s200/Display+Case+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488990439876603986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miss Heather set up a great aquarium! Come and see our friendly sea creatures, from Sally the Seahorse to Carl the Crab!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-6069726201476168437?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/6069726201476168437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/northsides-aquarium.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6069726201476168437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/6069726201476168437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/07/northsides-aquarium.html' title='Northside&apos;s Aquarium!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCzPuSBcMFI/AAAAAAAAAkw/qTTRydxVe9Y/s72-c/Display+Case+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-7866655692348561325</id><published>2010-06-28T11:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T12:20:08.739-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Nicolo Whimsey Show!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCj0XDu9SjI/AAAAAAAAAfE/G7Ld4L_r-GI/s1600/nicolo+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCj0XDu9SjI/AAAAAAAAAfE/G7Ld4L_r-GI/s200/nicolo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487904822927378994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCjqgDTAqTI/AAAAAAAAAe8/6oOOcVcMvfw/s1600/Nicolo+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCjqgDTAqTI/AAAAAAAAAe8/6oOOcVcMvfw/s200/Nicolo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487893982312704306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCjqfvwbspI/AAAAAAAAAe0/ajkE72qRmIY/s1600/Nicolo+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCjqfvwbspI/AAAAAAAAAe0/ajkE72qRmIY/s200/Nicolo+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487893977067401874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the storm hit and our power went out, we were visited by Nicolo the Jester and the Amazing Queen of Whimsey. It was a really great show!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-7866655692348561325?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/7866655692348561325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/nicolo-whimsey-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7866655692348561325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/7866655692348561325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/nicolo-whimsey-show.html' title='The Nicolo Whimsey Show!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TCj0XDu9SjI/AAAAAAAAAfE/G7Ld4L_r-GI/s72-c/nicolo+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-5748084195400120977</id><published>2010-06-21T14:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T14:53:03.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Sprink the Whale!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TB_e3FA0a8I/AAAAAAAAAes/F03h8cAHC1g/s1600/sprink+the+whale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TB_e3FA0a8I/AAAAAAAAAes/F03h8cAHC1g/s200/sprink+the+whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485347908980337602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our whale has been given a name!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, Northside proudly presents...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SPRINK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(named by Samuel, age 4)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-5748084195400120977?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/5748084195400120977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/meet-sprink-whale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5748084195400120977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/5748084195400120977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/meet-sprink-whale.html' title='Meet Sprink the Whale!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TB_e3FA0a8I/AAAAAAAAAes/F03h8cAHC1g/s72-c/sprink+the+whale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4489779832994399473</id><published>2010-06-15T09:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T08:58:05.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Reading!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBeu2ZoZkuI/AAAAAAAAAbM/hDpYTfHFpO8/s1600/name+game.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBeu2ZoZkuI/AAAAAAAAAbM/hDpYTfHFpO8/s200/name+game.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483043320963371746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer Reading has begun! Make a Splash at the library by signing up for our Summer Reading Program! Join us for prizes and programs galore!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4489779832994399473?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4489779832994399473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-reading.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4489779832994399473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4489779832994399473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-reading.html' title='Summer Reading!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBeu2ZoZkuI/AAAAAAAAAbM/hDpYTfHFpO8/s72-c/name+game.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-8840717752387542796</id><published>2010-04-17T07:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T10:39:37.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time Travel: Tie Dye!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBe6x9N8rYI/AAAAAAAAAbk/p4H1wWApupE/s1600/70s+blog+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBe6x9N8rYI/AAAAAAAAAbk/p4H1wWApupE/s200/70s+blog+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483056438756289922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBe6si8Nc5I/AAAAAAAAAbc/dOXz_xl2tvE/s1600/70s+blog+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBe6si8Nc5I/AAAAAAAAAbc/dOXz_xl2tvE/s200/70s+blog+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483056345803223954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our time travel program ended with Sharpie tie dying. Some used the Sharpies to create patterns while others went with the more traditional splotches of color. It was a lot of fun and the shirts looked great. The room, however, did not smell so wonderful....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-8840717752387542796?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/8840717752387542796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-travel-tie-dye.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8840717752387542796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/8840717752387542796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-travel-tie-dye.html' title='Time Travel: Tie Dye!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBe6x9N8rYI/AAAAAAAAAbk/p4H1wWApupE/s72-c/70s+blog+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-2885632817493570961</id><published>2010-04-07T08:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T13:03:26.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcY40APJI/AAAAAAAAAb8/sDwovgK8o5M/s1600/SAS+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcY40APJI/AAAAAAAAAb8/sDwovgK8o5M/s200/SAS+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483093391472344210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcYqyViAI/AAAAAAAAAb0/bK3HfXfr2gY/s1600/SAS+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcYqyViAI/AAAAAAAAAb0/bK3HfXfr2gY/s200/SAS+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483093387707254786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcX65-pZI/AAAAAAAAAbs/gnenW7-HV2Q/s1600/SAS+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcX65-pZI/AAAAAAAAAbs/gnenW7-HV2Q/s200/SAS+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483093374854407570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sleepover was a lot of fun! We read books, listened to music, snacked, told ghost stories, and more. Oh, and we even remembered to brush our teeth! We can't wait to do it again this summer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-2885632817493570961?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/2885632817493570961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/stuffed-animal-sleepover-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2885632817493570961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/2885632817493570961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/stuffed-animal-sleepover-party.html' title='Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcY40APJI/AAAAAAAAAb8/sDwovgK8o5M/s72-c/SAS+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-4792504061464699432</id><published>2010-04-05T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T08:13:49.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TV Turn Off!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/S8nQJeFW67I/AAAAAAAAAYU/s3n42A59Hd8/s1600/tv.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/S8nQJeFW67I/AAAAAAAAAYU/s3n42A59Hd8/s200/tv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461124884276374450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Participate in the TV Turn Off poster contest! We will be accepting entries from April 1-15. Posters will be on display at the library from April 16-30!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-4792504061464699432?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/4792504061464699432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/tv-turn-off.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4792504061464699432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/4792504061464699432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/tv-turn-off.html' title='TV Turn Off!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/S8nQJeFW67I/AAAAAAAAAYU/s3n42A59Hd8/s72-c/tv.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-1945269300582678422</id><published>2010-04-05T06:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T13:06:49.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Poetree!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcyllcM-I/AAAAAAAAAcM/mNlsDZBpXPo/s1600/Poetree+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcyllcM-I/AAAAAAAAAcM/mNlsDZBpXPo/s200/Poetree+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483093832987587554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcyCpS0yI/AAAAAAAAAcE/K0NF25gcsk0/s1600/Poetree+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcyCpS0yI/AAAAAAAAAcE/K0NF25gcsk0/s200/Poetree+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483093823608509218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come and see our Poetree! Celebrate National Poetry Month by adding your own poem!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-1945269300582678422?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/1945269300582678422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/our-poetree.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1945269300582678422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5070749483231924880/posts/default/1945269300582678422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/2010/04/our-poetree.html' title='Our Poetree!'/><author><name>Elizabeth Swistock</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gl7COnPiFvI/TBfcyllcM-I/AAAAAAAAAcM/mNlsDZBpXPo/s72-c/Poetree+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3413747802172589005</id><published>2010-03-30T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T09:49:25.278-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Book Bugs</title><content type='html'>The Book Bugs have chosen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The votes have been tallied and the Book Bugs have made their summer choices:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/Xlightning+thief&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D/Xlightning+thief&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;SUBKEY=lightning%20thief/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=Xlightning+thief&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=D&amp;amp;2%2C2%2C"&gt;The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://aries.jmrl.org/search%7ES9?/X11+birthdays&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ/X11+birthdays&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;extended=0&amp;amp;SUBKEY=11%20birthdays/1%2C5%2C5%2CB/frameset&amp;amp;FF=X11+birthdays&amp;amp;searchscope=9&amp;amp;SORT=DZ&amp;amp;1%2C1%2C"&gt;11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm looking forward to this summer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3413747802172589005?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070749483231924880.post-3412622240013622936</id><published>2010-03-29T08:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T08:45:56.145-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This Week at Northside!</title><content type='html'>Join us for our Poetry Palooza!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kick off National Poetry Month by celebrating poems and creating your own for the library's Poet-Tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, April 1 @ 4:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ages 8-11&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5070749483231924880-3412622240013622936?l=northsidekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://northsidekids.blogspot.com/feeds/3412622240013622936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' 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