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CHILDREN' S DEPARTMENT 813.2 IRV IRVING, Washington old Christmas A charming volume of early English Christmas customs, with illustratons by Randolph Caldecott. The warmth, merriment and humour of the early nineteenth century captured beautifully by both author and illustrator. BALDWIN, Ed Celebrations of Christmas Music, menus, toys and decorations! Holiday themes, tips and techniques for hand crafted gifts and recipes from Victorian stockings to pinatas, treacle pie to Mexican bread pudding. Well illustrated with a rich selection of ideas for decor and gift giving. Dinosaurmania: All 5 to 8 year old dinosaur lovers are invited to a special program featuring a film and stories about those fascinating creatures who lived 64,000,000 years ago. Please call 926--3291 to register. Saturday, November 26th at 2 p.m. NO1/EA1BER MI LIBRA RY NEWS r 4 745.5 BAL )Pre-School Storytime: Half an hour of fun, stories, songs and film strips for 3 to 5 year lds. 9 ,V Every Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. V Drop in! Author visits: The Library will be hosting visits by three outstanding children's authors during November. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with and talk to three remarkable writers of books for children. Martyn Godfrey author of Here She Is, Ms. Teeny Wonderful, Wild Night and many other popular teenage novels will be here on Thursday, November 3rd, at 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome! Meir Gottesman, author of the witty and entertaining Shpeter stories, will be here, together with Welwyn Katz, who is well known for such highly acclaimed books as False Face and Witchery Hill. Monday, November 14th, at 1:30 p.m. Drop in! When Municipal Council voted on October 24th to begin accumulating funds for expansion of the Memorial Library, the members were giving recognition to the fact that the impact and value of West Van's major cultural resource continues to grow. Utilization of what has frequently been called North America's busiest library has also continued to grow by more than 25% in the l980s alone. -- 745.5941 LINSLEY, Leslie Night before Christmas craft book Last minute hand crafted gifts, decorations and ornaments. Stenciling, fabric crafts, knitting, calligraphy and more. Well illustrated with full size patterns, diagrams and charts. Even the busiest person will find the creative urge irresistible. and in LARGE PRINT LP 247.33 GUI Council's decision also represents the rejection of what at first glance appears to be a range of alternatives to expanding the present building once again, such as (a) putting up an entirely new building somewhere else; (b) opening a branch library, for instance on the Caulfeild Plateau, at Horseshoe Bay or Park Royal; (c) taking deliberate steps to reduce utilization of the Memorial Library. The Library Board, in recommending expansion of the existing library, pointed out that this would involve much lower construction costs than (a). The Board also emphasized that given our community's geography and lack of The Guidepost to Christmas Celebration A collection of Christmas meditations and literary collections. LIBRARY HOURS Monday to Friday 10 a.m. Saturday 10 a.m. Sunday (Oct.-Apr.) 1 p.m. 1988 - - - 9 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. `w WEST VANCOIJVKR MEMORThL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Drive West Vancouver B.C. V7V 1J8 (604)926--3291