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So you think you're a princess? Then make sure to attend our Princess Tea Party on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m. Children will make a crown, enjoy a treat, and watch a Disney princess movie with a sing-along. Wear your fanciest clothes or come dressed as your favorite princess. For ages 4 to 10. Sign up beginning Jan. 30, at 459-3400, ext. 3404, and have your library card number handy!

The Milwaukee Bucks Library Reading Challenge is open to children in grades 3-10. Beginning Jan. 3, pick up a free scorecard on the third floor Youth Services area at Mead Library. Then start reading! Score a point per page. Score 500 points and you'll earn a voucher good for a free ticket to a Milwaukee Bucks home game, either Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. vs. Indiana Pacers, or Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. vs. Memphis Grizzlies. Extra opportunities are offered for reading more. Stop in for more information or to sign up! Reporting deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Kids in K-5 may join the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers reading program and earn a free game ticket/hot dog/soda for a game in April or May. Stop at the Children's service desk for more information and to register!

Mead Public Library has again received a donation of five books from the Aurora Sheboygan Clinic Department of Pediatrics for the Parents Shelf in the Henrietta A. Landwehr Children's Library Center. The books are: "Toddler 411" by Denise Fields and Ari Brown, M.D.,"Nutrition: What Every Parent Needs to Know" published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, "ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know" published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and two copies of "Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All" by Paul A. Offit, M.D. The Parents Shelf contains various types of books, including nonfiction titles like these, for adults. There also are books that are written for children, but may be used as tools for parents to help explain concepts to their children, such as introducing a baby to the family, or death of a pet.