Get ready to experience the magic of this classic Seuss story in a brand new way! This program features an interactive story time with professional costumes, a little music, a puppet or two, and some serious silliness!!! Immediately following the illustrated story of Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas (starring the real-life Grinch, of course) the audience will have the opportunity to meet the green man himself and his who-friends on Friday, December 1st at 4:00 pm.
For more information about events in Boone the same day, see the website:   http://downtownboonenc.com/

The Appalachian Ceramics Association and the Watauga County Public Library would like to invite you to an exhibition of work created by both students and non-students of Appalachian State University.  Works will range from pottery to ceramic sculptures, jewelry, and other hand built objects.
While artwork may not be purchased during the exhibition, some of the artists will be participating in a community project to donate 50% of their proceeds to the Hospitality House.  Arrangements may be made with individual artists to purchase artwork after the exhibition.
Please join us for this Festive First Friday Art Crawl event taking place in the Meeting Room of the Watauga County Public Library from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Friday, December 1st. For more information about events that evening see Festive First Friday events.

Join Friends of the Library for cookies and cocoa in the meeting room after the parade!  Come on in to the library to make a variety of crafts!  Activities will begin at 11:30 am.

Red Cross Blood Drive to be held in the Meeting Room on Friday, December 22nd at 10:00 am by appointment. Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter Watauga County Library to schedule an appointment.  Life's a gift.  Give more of it. Donate blood.

Amnesty Week

From the author's website:

"Born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1933, David Madden graduated from the University of Tennessee, served in the Army, earned an M.A. at San Francisco State, and attended Yale School of Drama on a John Golden Fellowship.

Writer-in-residence at LSU from 1968 to 1992, Director of the Creative Writing Program 1992-1994, Founding Director of the United States Civil War Center 1992-1999, he is now LSU Robert Penn Warren Professor of Creative Writing Emeritus.

Join us in welcoming author David Madden, author of Marble Goddesses and Mortal Flesh:   Four Novellas, on Wednesday, December 6th at 5:30 pm in the Meeting Room. 

The Watauga County Public Library would like to invite you to join Robin Whitley for an author talk and book signing on Thursday, December 7th from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm.

In her debut novel, "Finding Home: A Place To Belong", Robin set out to write a story that was more similar to the life lived in a rural setting. In her book, readers will catch a glimpse of life in the small Southern town of Pleasant Quarry located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina as the characters search for meaning and a place where all belong. A story that is a reminiscent mixture of "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "At Home in Mitford," this novel portrays a loving sense of community and home.

Robin is a writer and artist living in Western NC with her sweet mountain dog, Birdie. She holds an A.B. in music from Pfeiffer University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS). Robin has been a writer from an early age and is the author of two works of non-fiction: "In A Southern Closet" and "More Than Knowing". Her essay on Contemplative Prayer was published in the Taproot Journal of LTSS.

Copies of "Finding Home: A Place To Belong," "In A Southern Closet" and "More Than Knowing" by J. Robin Whitley will be available for sale at the event.

For more information, visit her website: http://www.jrobinwhitley.net/