On May 12th, in our Fun Science library lab, we conducted the Balloon Blowing Secret experiment with substances used in everyday life, acetic acid and baking soda. The basic principle of our experience is to inflate the balloon with carbon dioxide, which is formed as a result of the interaction of chemical reactions. We remind you that the experiment is quite simple, and it can be carried out at home only under the supervision of adults.
At the end, the children were presented with a review of books on scientific experiments in physics and fascinating chemistry.

Dear friends! We hasten to share the good news with you! A significant book event for our library has recently taken place!
Our friend, the first announcer of the Kazakh television Zulkhiya Mukanovna Zhumatova, who is 103 years old and lives in the city of Almaty, was presented by the library with a printed copy of the children’s book “Marattyn tandauy”. Back in 1956, she wrote poems for preschool children, one copy of the publication is carefully stored in the Abai RCL. The author of his book was not in the home library.
This is the story of a small work, but with a rich history, and we are glad to cooperate, which has been going on for more than two years.
We bring to your attention photos with Zulkhiya Zhumatova and watch a fragment of an interview with a living legend (TC “24.kz Khabar”) 📲
Facts from the bright life of the TV announcer:
❤️ She was born on February 20, 1920 in the Pavlodar region, the village of Bayanaul.
❤️ She graduated from the Semipalatinsk Pedagogical Institute and taught the Kazakh language at school. She herself wrote poems, stories, made translations of books from Kazakh into Russian.
❤️ I decided to take part in the Announcer Competition, which was huge: 750 people per place, having passed the test, I became the first person on Republican television;
❤️ The merits of Z. Zhumatova and her colleagues were highly appreciated by the legendary announcer Yuri Levitan, who said: “The best announcer group in the Soviet Union is Alma-Ata.”
❤️ The screen star was one of the first to announce on April 12, 1961 the flight of Yuri Gagarin into space.
❤️Lives in Almaty, despite her age, leads an active life and loves to read poetry.
Life motto of Zulkhia Zhumatova:
“… I love life, I love it faithfully! If you want to be happy, make the people around you happy. Then we’ll all be fine!”

For the purpose of patriotic education of children and in honor of Defender of the Fatherland Day, library staff conducted a lesson of courage for pupils of the social assistance department at home in the Kazybek bi district of Karaganda and 5th grade students of secondary school 91.
An indicative lesson of initial military training was held by the teacher of the specialized class “Zhas Sarbaz” T.S. Temirgaliev. The students demonstrated drill exercises, power competitions, sang a drill song.
The guest told those present that being a worthy defender of the Motherland is not an easy task, so every teenager from school should prepare for military service and be aware of civic responsibility to the people.

Many children love to draw, and some even try to create their own comics. At first, it seems that all you need to do is write a story, come up with characters, divide the page into blocks and act. Everything is so, but the process is much more interesting and more complicated.
Director of the cultural and educational center “French Alliance” Ekaterina Firsova shared the secrets of creating a drawn story, and introduced the children to French comics during the master class “Atelier of comics”.
The main thing in comics is cool and unusual characters. The children were happy to create their story and their hero.

In the eve of the holiday of the Great Victory Day in the reading room of our library, an exhibition-staff “ Kasym Kaisenov – omirlik erlik” was issued.
The exhibition will introduce you to the most famous works of the Kazakhstan writer, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Kasym Kaiseno.
In his works, the author truthfully described the most difficult periods of the Great Patriotic War, the selfless heroism of ordinary soldiers. Many works of the author were translated into many languages of the world. The artistic films “Without the right to choose”, “Kasym ” were shot about Kasim Kaisenov .
We invite everyone to read the works of Kasim Kaisenov!

The original book exhibition always causes readers’ interest. So in our library the show of “extravagant” exhibitions started. Our readers were offered to view books where one of the main characters is a pet – a cat or a cat.
Familiar characters: a cat Hippo from M. Bulgakov’s novel “Master and Margarita”, a Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland, a reasonable, economic Matroskin from “Three to Prostokvashino” and others greeted readers. Among the books at the exhibition are decorative kittens and luxurious cats-polygonal sculptures, poster with the image of cats.
During acquaintance with the exhibition, children were told about outstanding painters of the world, whose muses were wayward, independent, but infinitely charming purr. Auguste Renoir, Salvador Dali, Andy Warholl were passionate felons.
The show of creative exhibitions in the library will take place all year. You will find new and interesting views on different topics.

Friends! We invite you to the reading room to look at the creative heritage of the great prose writer Oralkhan Bokeev.
The personal exhibition features books and periodicals with the author’s works, as well as articles by literary critics about the writer’s work. The book fund of the library has recently been replenished with new editions-books of O. Bokey “Muztau” and “Atau-kere” of the publishing house “Foliant”.
All the plots of Oralkhan Bokeev’s books are inspired by memories of his native places and are based on the actual events of his youth. The writer’s books have been translated into many languages of the world.
We are waiting for you every day. Read the best!

One of the directions in the work of the library is to acquaint readers with the work of children’s writers and poets.
Within the framework of the “Kauyrsyn Kalam” club, a literary acquaintance “The Bright Star of Children’s Literature” took place with the work of the famous children’s writer of Kazakhstan Marat Kabanbaev. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the writer.
M. Kabanbaev has written several books for middle and older children. Among them is a collection of stories “Titi Traveler”, “The Sun in Dandelions”, awarded the II prize at the republican competition for the best work for children and youth.
Marat Kabanbaev is a laureate of the annual prize named after. M. Auezov of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan for 1988 and Honorary Diploma. H.-K. Andersen 1990, which is awarded every two years by the International Council on Children’s Books (UNESCO).
The event was attended by students of the 7th grade of the gymnasium named after Shakarim. The children learned about the life and work of the writer, watched an excerpt from the film “When you are 12 years old”, based on the story “The Sun in Dandelions” by M. Kabanbaev. An active member of the literary club “Kauyrsyn kalam” Yana Grigorkevich held a discussion with the children on the book “Arstan, the cello and me” by M. Kabanbaev. How important are friendships between teenagers, loneliness, relationships with adults – this is an incomplete list of topics for this discussion.
At the end of the meeting, the librarian reviewed the book exhibition of the writer’s works from the library’s collections.

In the library center for training and counseling “I am a person” for teenagers, another training on the development of personal growth “Free intensive about texts” was held. Coach-trainer Gulziya Seitova (Astana) shared her experience in creating texts in different formats and suggested how to work with them.
Storytelling (creating stories) helps develop a child’s speech, reveals creativity, develops cognitive interest, helps to believe in oneself and feel confident among peers. After 2-3 exercises, the children freely composed stories, made up stories, created a storyline.