New Books for StoryTime this week ....

Everyone enjoyed our new book, Slugs in Love last week!
I have a couple of brand new books to share with you again THIS week, about finding a place that's WARM (perfect for February!):

Tippy, Tippy, Tippy, HIDE!

by Candace Fleming (sequel to Muncha!Muncha! Muncha!) ....

... one of the 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books,

Move Over, Rover!
written by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Jane Dyer ...
and Terrible Storm by Carol Otis Hurst.

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Be sure to be on the look-out for some other new picture books in our newly re-organized Children's Area, including a few by Lauren Child, of Charlie & Lola fame:

This Week's StoryTime ....

We'll be celebrating Valentine's Day this week,

in our newly re-organized Children's Area!

Come on down and listen to some stories,

(including a brand-new book called Slugs in Love!)

then make your own card for someone special!

Spanish Books in Children's Area

¡Hola!
With Kindergarten Registration taking place in the local schools right now, I want parents considering the Spanish Immersion Program to know about the resources available at the Library.

We have a small Spanish section, in the Children's Area, which includes a set of Spanish encyclopedias (elementary/middle school level), along with both fiction and nonfiction books, spanning the range from early readers and picture books up through the 7th grade required summer reading titles. If you have a child in the Spanish Immersion program, or are considering this option, I invite you to take a look at this collection. Please also feel free to make suggestions of other types of materials that may be helpful to you as you help your children through the program.

Some parents have found it helpful to check out a particular title in both the Spanish and English version so they could see the text in both languages. Read the story to your child in English, then have them read the Spanish version to you (this may help w/reading comprehension as well).
¡Hasta la vista!

Changes in the Children's Area

Please Bear with us ...
as we make some changes to the Children's Area!

In our on-going attempt to find more space, we are once again reorganizing the children's area. Hopefully these changes will all be completed by this weekend, so please pardon the appearance of the shelves this week! Juvenile biographies are currently stacked on the counter by the window, so PLEASE ask for assistance with this collection until they are returned to regular shelves. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance if you can't find what you're looking for (anywhere in the library)! Our goal is to create more open-space for StoryTimes, which have been growing larger every week! Thanks for your patience!

ALA Book Awards Announced Today

Click here to see this year's winning books!

New kids' DVDs!

Just in: New DVD's .....

WINX Club, 3 new Scooby-Doo's , Little Einsteins, and some AMERICAN GIRLS movies!

The Wiggles CD!

A patron just donated a brand-new, still-in-its-wrapper, copy of The WIGGLES CD,
Sailing Around the World! It is ready and waiting to be checked-out!

I also just added a whole pile of like-new board books to our collection,
also donated by a patron and storytime fan!

THANKS!!!

This Week's StoryTime: PENGUINS!

This week's theme for PreSchool StoryTime is PENGUINS!

Be sure to waddle in early and get a good seat for listening to some great books!!

Book-and-CD sets

Be sure to check out our selection of book-and-tape and NEW Book&CD sets in the children's area! (located beneath the Early Reader section, in the hanging plastic bags). We have recently added several new sets w/CDs and will eventually convert entirely to CDs. I am working on updating this collection and I'd love to hear any feedback --- good or bad! --- about these sets to help steer me in the right direction with this project! thanks!

New Chapter Books!

Some of our new chapter books include a series of new Nancy Drew mysteries for younger readers (2nd-3rd grade) called Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew ... ... we have the first 5 books in this series and book #6 is due out next month!


A new series for readers a bit older (9-12ish) is by the author of the Charlie Bone series, Jenny Nimmo. It's called the Magician Trilogy and we just got book #1 in this week,
The Snow Spider , and book 2 has been ordered ...

Also for 9-12 year olds .... particularly boys .... BIG News: The 4th Book in
The Five Ancestors series by Jeff Stone has been ordered and is due out next month!

The first 3 books in this popular series are called:
Tiger , Monkey and Snake;
book 4 is called Crane.

New Books by Alexander McCall Smith .... for KIDS!

We've added a bunch of new chapter books to our collection recently, including a bunch by a favorite adult author, Alexander McCall Smith (author of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series!) Some of his children's titles are: Akimbo and the Elephants, Akimbo and the Lions, and Akimbo and the Crocodile Man; The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats , and The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean.

These books are in the Juvenile Fiction section (green dot sticker) and are approximately a 2nd-3rd grade reading level. Please share your comments if you get a chance to read any of these!