A Poem for Winterfest Storytime Mark your calendars for Friday at 10. It’s storytime with Jessica, Barb, and Glen … da. Puppets and stories and a special guest. Winterfest Storytime, it’s the best. "Christmas Chaos" is our puppet show.You’re going to be laughing Ho-Ho-Ho. Pink pigs, a buzzard, and a speedy roadrunner I can’t think of anything that could be funner.We’ll have a movie and a draw and tellAnd someone will visit that we all know well.So be on time to get a good seatOh, I forgot, there’s a snack and a treat. If you harbor doubts of my ability for writing poetry, please remember that when composing a poetic masterpiece it is sometimes necessary to take certain literary and grammatical liberties to ensure that the poem rhymes. More important, don’t forget Winterfest Storytime is at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 2. This one is for all ages.Apparently the blizzard season is upon us. Be assured that we will have lots a great reading material to occupy your mind when you’re trapped in the house. You might want to start a list of "blizzard books" to read … starting with Sue Grafton’s "S is for Silence." Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. In the small California town of Serena Station, tongues wagged. Some said she'd run off with a lover. Some said she was murdered by her husband. But for the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter Daisy she left behind, Violet's absence has never been explained or forgotten. Now, 34 years later, she wants the solace of closure. And she hires Kinsey Millhone to find the answers.Dean Koontz, a favorite horror novelist, has a new book out this week, "Forever Odd." We’re all a little odd beneath the surface. Odd Thomas is an ordinary guy with a modest job you might never look at twice. But there’s much more to him than meets the eye … he can communicate with the dead. A childhood friend of Odd’s has disappeared. The worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents to the task of finding the missing person; he discovers something worse than a dead body. He encounters an enemy of exceptional cunning, and spirals into a vortex of terror. Once again Odd will stand against our worst fears. Around him will gather new allies and old, some living and some not. For in the battle to come, there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between hope and despair.