Golf Outing

CALLING ALL GOLFERS! AAPL Golf Outing is set for Friday, August 30, 2013 at Iron Masters Country Club.

Registration/Coffee Hour @ 8:00 am
Shotgun Start 9:00 am (Scramble format)
Lunch and Award Reception with cash bar following the outing.

Registration now available!

  • Great for Kids
    Red Hat
    A series of exuberant read-aloud sound effects perfectly capture the whimsy and joy of a springtime frolic in this companion to Red Sled.In this almost wordless springtime picture book
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  • Great for Teens
    Requiem
    They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us into the past.But we are still here.And there are more of us every day.  Now an active member of the
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  • Great Fiction
    The Storyteller
    Sage Singer befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone's favorite retired teacher and Little League coach. They strike up a friendship
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  • Great Non-Fiction
    Lean In:Women, Work & the Will
    Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means
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Latest News & Information

Now Hiring - Part-Time Circulation Desk

Submitted by Altoona Library on Wed, 2013-01-23 17:18

LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK

The Altoona Area Public Library is taking applications for PART-TIME circulation desk positions. Candidate must have computer knowledge, problem solving abilities, and Customer Service experience with children and/or adults. Candidates MUST be able to work daytime, evening, and Saturday hours.  Minimum wage. High school diploma or GED required.  Deadline to apply – February 8, 2013.

Please send resume to OR pick up employment application at:

Altoona Area Public Library

Audience: 
Everyone

Read Aloud Favorites of 2012

Submitted by Altoona Library on Tue, 2013-01-15 15:45

Read Aloud Favorites of 2012

This list reflects a mix of old and new titles that have been read to our young friends during Library Visits to area Preschool Programs.  Children ask us to read these again and again.  And so, from the mouths of our youngest  - Here are 24 favorites – to enjoy during the New Year.

 

All the Colors of the Earth by Hamanaka

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do you See by Martin/Carle

Bear Feels Sick by Wilson

Chalk by Suboda

Do Bears Buzz? By Dahl

 

Audience: 
Kids

Toasty Toddler Donations

Submitted by Altoona Library on Mon, 2012-11-26 16:21

The Youth Room at the Altoona Area Public Library is accepting donations of NEW hats, scarves, gloves, mittens, snowsuits, and coats. Sizes newborn to 4T, 5/6 or small.

Toasty Toddler is a project that provides warm winter outerwear for children birth through age four. The program is coordinated by the Family Resource Center at the United Way of Blair County.

Donations will be collected until December 7, 2012.

Please assist us in helping the young children of Blair County!

Audience: 
Everyone