Photos of the authors and their books from last Saturday's Big Valley Book Fest.

Banned Books Week: September 25 - October 2, 2010. Celebrate the freedom to read by reading something someone else didn't want you to read.

BIG VALLEY BOOK FEST

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010

10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M.

@

THE HANFORD MALL

1675 WEST LACEY BLVD.

HANFORD, CA 93230

• Meet over 35 local authors
• Buy a signed book
• Ask authors questions

Sponsored by the Hanford Mall

&

Kings County Library

For more information call (559) 582-0261 ext. 104

http://www.kingscountylibrary.org/news/Bookfest%201010.pdf

THE CHILDREN'S ROOM WAS OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. THE TEEN SPACE AREA WAS ALSO MOVED INTO THE CHILDREN'S ROOM.

CONSTRUCTION ALERT/AUGUST 25, 2010
THE NORTH SIDEWALK OF THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED OFF. A NEW CONCRETE WALKWAY IS BEING POURED.

Congratulations to all of the winners of the Kings County Library's Children's and Adult summer reading program drawing. Below are photos of the readers who won the iPod Nano and Wii home video game system.

2010 TeenRead Summer Reading Program

June 5 to August 7

Sign up.

Get a free book!

Fill out a ticket for each 100 pages read.

Put your ticket in a prize box for a chance to win a prize!

For more information, please contact:

Kings County Library

Hanford Branch

401 North Douty Street

Hanford, CA 93230

559-582-0261

www.kingscountylibrary.org

This summer, dip your toes into reading!

"Water Your Mind"

2010 Adult Summer Reading Program

KINGS COUNTY LIBRARY-

HANFORD BRANCH

June 5 to July 24, 2010

Join us for special programs, prizes, events, and more.

No minimum reading requirements!

Open to adults 18 years and older.

For more information, contact your local Kings County Library at:

559-582-0261 x103

www.kingscountylibrary.org

All programs free of charge.

Tim Z. Hernandez comes to the Kings Art Center to do a reading from his latest work "Breathing, In Dust."

Tim Z. Hernandez's MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/timzhernandez

Poetry reading and discussion with Tim Z. Hernandez from Colorado. May 22, 2010, Saturday afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Reading will be at Kings Art Center, 605 North Douty Street, Hanford, CA 93230. This event is co-sponsored by: Kings Art Center, Kings County Library, Center for the Book, and "Poets and Writers." For more information call: 559-582-0261 x104. Or visit http://www.kingsartcenter.org/ and http://www.unco.edu/colopoets/poets/hernandez_tim/

Don't forget that the library's book sale will be this Saturday, May 8, 2010. The sale starts at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m. If you wish to donate your books or DVDs to the library, drop them off at any branch library.