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Oshkosh aka Tinseltown - View photos from the filming of "Public Enemies".  Find out how to contribute your photos and videos to the Library's collection. 

New Automotive & Small Engine Repair Databases - find out how you can access this information from home.

Wisconsin Street Bridge & Ohio Street Closure - detours during the reconstruction of Ohio Street and the new Wisconsin Street bridge.

Tax Rebate Checks - find out when your economic stimulus payment will arrive

Digital Television Transition - how to get your coupon and do really need the converter box

Storytime for 2 and 3 year olds

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Mar 31 2008 - 10:00am
Mar 31 2008 - 10:30am

Storytime for children ages 2 and 3.

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Teen Picks

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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

I loved the concept of this book and I loved the film.

Submitted by Kasha N.

Seeing Green by M.C. King

This book is a Hannah Montana book and is about Miley and Jake. Miley and Jake like each other but Miley pretends to go out with guy named Willis and make Jake jealous. In the end, they both go out.

Submitted by Justine P.

Pearl the Cloud Fairy by Daisy Meadows

This book is about trying to find the three magic feathers. Kristy, Rachel and Pearl have to find the magic feathers. The mean goblin is making everyone in Wetherbury gloomy and in the end the girls find the feathers and everyone is happy again.

Submitted by Justine P.

Eldest by Christopher Paolini

I loved the story because he put so much heart into it. It's the best fantast book I've read so far.

Submitted by Kasha N.

A Walk to Remember by Nicolas Sparks

It's a very good story about a young guy who slowly falls in love. I loved this book because it's sad and it's about love.

Submitted by Kasha N.

Tabby in the Tub by Baglio, Ben M.

A tabby cat has been at a welfare farm and is about to have kittens. The mailman rescued the cat and allowed the cat to live in his garden shed but the tabby is not the only pregnant cat in the neighborhood.

Submitted by Justine P.

The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

This book is very good and interesting. It's about the gangs that shaped the city of New York

Submitted by Kasha N.

Doom by John Shirley

This is a thrilling book and very much like the movie and the video games they're based on.

Submitted by Kasha N.

The Green Mile by Stephen King

It's a thrilling book that leaves you on the edge of your seat.

Submitted by Kasha N.

Milwaukee Bucks Read to Achieve

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Take a Timeout for Reading!
Become an All-Star Reader and take the Milwaukee Bucks Library Reading Challenge to earn a free ticket to a Bucks home game at the Bradley Center! Score points by reading books, magazines and newspapers.
   
Rules of the Game
Who can play? Any Wisconsin child in third through tenth grades. Pick up your scorecard at the Information Desk on the first floor at the Oshkosh Public Library.
How to Score Points: Score a point for each page you read from a book, magazine, or newspaper. There is a 100-point limit to the points you can score by reading magazines and newspapers. There is no limit to the points you can score by reading books.
The Challenge: Score 500 points-for-pages to become an All-Star Reader. You'll earn a voucher good for a free ticket to a Bucks home game at the Bradley Center!
Overtime: Don't stop at 500 points! Participants who read more than 750 pages/points will have their names entered into a drawing for an official Milwuakee Bucks autographed basketball; also, eight randomly selected children will participate in the Milwaukee Bucks starting lineup for each game date.
Reporting Your Score: Write the names of the books, magazines and newspapers and the number of pages you read on the scorecard available at the library. Report your score to the librarian at the Information Desk. All scores must be reported to the library by February 22, 2008. You will receive a Milwaukee Bucks sticker for each 125 pages you read, and when you reach 500 pages you will receive a voucher to the Bucks Ticket Office and your ticket will come to you by return mail.
Game Ends: The deadline for reporting your final score is Saturday, February 22, 2008.
Getting Tickets: Mail the voucher you receive from the library to the Milwaukee Bucks. There will be a place on the voucher for your family members to purchase additional tickets for a special discounted price. You choose the game - either Sunday, March 9 at noon. vs. Philadelphia 76ers or Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Indiana Pacers. Your voucher must be postmarked no later than February 29th.
Entering "Overtime" Drawing: If you have read 750 pages or more, you are eligible for the chance to win an official Milwuakee Bucks autographed basketball, participate in the Milwaukee Bucks Starting Line-up, or be recognized at half-time. Your accomplishment will be noted by a special "Overtime" sticker which will be placed on your ticket voucher. Winners will be contacted by telephone.
Questions: For more information contact the Information Desk at (920) 236-5202.
The "Read to Achieve" Reading Challenge is a project of the Milwaukee Bucks in cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Library, the Milwaukee County Federated Library System and Northwestern Mutual Foundation.

Adult Summer Reading Sign-Up

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2008 Adult Summer Reading Program 

Catch the Reading Bug

May 27 - August 29, 2008

Sign-up for the Adult Summer Reading Program by filling out and submitting the form below or pick up a reading packet at the 1st floor Information Desk.

Adult Summer Reading Program

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   CATCH THE READING BUG
ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Oshkosh Public Library
May 27 -August 29, 2008

You'll be busy as a bee this summer, checking out and reading your favorite books from the library. And we have a swarm of titles to choose from! How about "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White or Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"?

May 27 marks the start of this year's Adult Summer Reading Program. But you can sign up any time until the last week-the program ends August 29. Just sign up at the first Floor Information Desk to receive your packet of tickets. For each 20 minutes you read, check off a box on your ticket. After you check off seven boxes, you can drop your ticket at the Information Desk for our weekly Friday drawings. You can also sign up and submit your tickets on online.

Weekly winners will get to choose from an array of prizes displayed in the lobby case. CDs, DVDs, gift certificates, and items from the Friends of the Library Store are some of the prizes. And of course, books! We've got romances, mysteries, best sellers, nonfiction, cookbooks, and more!

Loved the book you read and want to tell the world? Just fill out one of the Reader Recommendations tickets from your packet. It will give you another chance at winning a prize and we'll add your reviews to our web site.

No time for a book? Magazines count as well, so do newspapers and books on tape and CD. Have you tried an e-book or a downloadable audio book? Read to a child, or have a child read to you.

Don't let the summer fly by without reading a few good books. Whether a beetle, butterfly, or grasshopper, you can catch the reading bug at the Oshkosh Public Library.

Any questions? Call the Information Desk at 236-5202.

 

The Circle of Blood

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The Circle of Blood: A Forensic Mystery by Alane Ferguson
238 pages; 2008

As the assistant to her father, the county coroner of Silverton, Colorado, Cameryn Mahoney gets to witness all aspects of death, including the autopsy room. Yet somehow that feels easy, compared to her personal life. Now that her long-lost mother has made a surprise return, Cameryn's more confused than ever. Things only get worse when she picks up a mysterious young hitch-hiker. Cameryn senses that the girl is running away from something, but before she can find out more, the girl is found dead - a gun in her hand. Is it suicide? Or something even more sinister? ~ Publisher's Description

Other books in the Forensic Mystery Series:

The Christopher Killer
The Angel of Death

Author's Website

Wake

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Wake by Lisa McMann
210 pages; 2008

Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power.

Author's Website

 

Chosen (The Lost Books, Book 1)

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Chosen (The Lost Books, Book 1) by Ted Dekker
260 pages; 2007

Think with your heart and prepare to die for you have been Chosen.

The land of the Forest Dwellers has been decimated by the Horde under the watchful eye of the vilest of all creatures, Teeleh. Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, is forced to lower the recruitment age of his army from 18 to 16. From among thousands, four new recruits are chosen to lead--and perhaps die--for the greater good.

The chosen four are sent on a quest to prove their character, but their mission takes a dramatic turn when they are intercepted, sworn to secrecy, and redirected to a different endgame. Now they must find the seven lost Books of History. Books that have power over the past, present, and future. Books whose words are alive. Books sought by the Dark One that control not only the destiny of their world...but that of ours as well. [Christian Fiction] ~ Publisher's Description

 

Diving In

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Diving In by Kate Cann
329 pages; 2007

Colette has dreamed about meeting the gorgeous man she spotted at the swimming pool, but when he actually asks her out she finds reality does not quite live up to her expectations.

Other books by Kate Cann

Author's Website

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