[Photo: Savannah Felegie and Danielle Beer work together to build fun things with LEGOs at our latest LEGO Crew on April 9. Join The Milford Public Library next month, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at the library’s next LEGO Crew.

By MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF

MILFORD — News and upcoming events from Milford Public Library:

Spring Preschool Story Time
Have you heard the joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Come to story time and meet Dolores DeChicken and she will tell you the answer to that joke and tell a few more when we have our “Spring Chickens” story time on Wednesday, April 27.

Join Miss Julie for story time at 10:15a.m. and1:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28. She will read Chicken Cheeks, by Michael Ian Black, Chicks and Salsa, by Aaron Reynolds and This Little Chick, by John Lawrence.

After listening to stories about chickens, you get to make a toilet paper roll chicken. End story time with a snack of edible Chicken Feed.

Each Story Time is about 45 minutes long and includes listening to stories, making a craft or playing games, and sharing a nutritious snack. Sign-Up in the children’s department at the children’s desk now or call (574) 658-4312.

New eBooks Available
Milford Public Library recently added several new eBook titles to our OverDrive selections. “Fool Me Once,” by Harlan Coben; “The Fate of Ten: Lorien Legacies Series,” Book 6, by Pittacus Lore; “Inside the O’Brians: A Novel,” by Lisa Genova; “Saving Grace: New Heights Series,” Book 2, by Denise Hunter; “Brooklyn: A Novel,” by Colm Toibin and “About That Night,” by Julie James.

These are just a few of the titles added in April. There are new thrillers, romance, Christian fiction and Young Adult fiction. If you have eBooks you would like staff to consider adding to the collection, let a library clerk know.

Requested titles are given priority when deciding what to order. OverDrive has over 30,000 titles available to  patrons. If you would like to learn how to download eBooks, stop by the library and one of the staff will be happy to show you how.

Children’s Book Week
Celebrate Children’s Book Week May 2-8 at the Milford Public Library. Every child visiting the children’s department and checking out material, may enter a drawing for a prize.

The library will give away a book a day that week. If your child is 6-years-old, they may register for a library card of their own. We have many books, DVDs, CDs and programs children can enjoy with their families.

Indiana Author Visit — DATE CHANGE
As part of our celebration of Indiana’s 200th birthday, we are bringing Indiana author illustrator David Slonim to our schools and to Milford for a series of programs.Due to a change of ISTEP testing dates at our elementary schools, the author visit will be on May 11, not April 21 as originally planned.

Be sure to make a note of the date change. Have you ever met an Indiana author? Now you have a chance. Slonim, author and illustrator of children’s books, will be coming to the Milford Community Building at 7 p.m. May 11.

He has a great presentation planned and may even draw some illustrations right on the spot. The event is free and everyone is welcome. The event is sponsored by the Milford Public Library, Milford School, North Webster Elementary, Syracuse Elementary, The Papers Inc, Anonymous, Friends of the Milford Public Library, and Kosciusko Literacy Services. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity for family fun and plan to attend.