Hockessin Library

Address: 1023 Valley Road Hockessin DE 19707

Phone: (302) 239-5160

Fax: (302) 239-1519

Hours

Monday	10:00am - 9:00pm
Tuesday	10:00am - 9:00pm
Wednesday	10:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday	Closed
Friday	10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday	1:00pm - 5:00pm

Manager: Diann Colose

News and Upcoming Events

Blue Hen Voting

The nominees have been announced and we're leaving it up to the readers to vote for their favorites. Read all 5 books in your category and CAST YOUR VOTE!

Voting ends August 31st.

** The Blue Hen Book Awards are children and teen choice awards sponsored by the Youth Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. The purpose of the award is to encourage literacy and library use by children and teens.

Summer Reading Club (SRC)

June 1, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Birth to 17 years

"WATER YOUR MIND - READ"

June 1, 2010 - August 15, 2010

Summer Reading Program for Adults

Register in person at the Information Desk
Read 4 books to receive a certificate
Write a book review - Share the love of reading!
Reviews will be displayed in a special Hockessin "Readers' Advisory" binder
Incentives provided by Friends of the Hockessin Library -- receive a special something after each written review, up to 5
Weekly drawings
No book discussions to attend
Celebration party on Sunday, August 15th

Hockessin's Lunchtime Book Bunch

2nd Wednesday of each month (7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8)

Noon - 1 pm

WHO: Adults interested in a noon book club

WHAT: Great discussions about interesting books

WHEN: Second Wednesday of each month, Noon - 1 PM

WHERE: Community Room at the Hockessin Library

WHY: It makes lunch so much more interesting

HOW: Sign up for a book at the Information Desk!

NOTE: Bring your own brown bag lunch -- water will be provided.

Upcoming Discussion Titles:
July: The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
August: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Friends of Hockessin Library Book Donation Drop-Off

2/13, 3/13, 4/10, 5/8, 6/12, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11, 10/9, 11/13, 12/11

9am - 12 noon

Our Friends organization accepts donations year-round. You can drop off your donations on the second Saturday of each month, between 9 and noon, at the corner of Millcreek Road and Old Lancaster Pike (the empty lot behind Hockessin Memorial Hall).

For more information, or to make other arrangements for your donation, please call Larry Thurrell at 302-584-1793.