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!

BedTime Stories

At this past week's preschool story time, we talked about
getting new PJs as holiday presents, and read bedtime stories.
A new favorite of mine is Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Check it out when you get a chance ... the illustrations are adorable!!

and at our Friday morning TinyTots lapsit storytime, we ended our session w/another favorite bedtime story of mine, Time for Bed by Mem Fox & Jane Dyer

What are YOUR favorite bedtime stories??

Happy Holidays to All!

Just a quick reminder: The Library will be CLOSED on Tuesday, December 26, but will be open regular hours the rest of the week. There will be NO MUSIC & MOVEMENT on Wednesday the 27th, but the StoryTimes schedule remains the same, on both Thursday & Friday of school vacation week.

As we discussed at this week's storytime sessions, lots of different people celebrate this season in lots of different ways, but the common themes we discovered were Lights/candles, Food and spending time w/Family & Friends! So however you are spending this Winter Solstice and the surrounding weeks, may you find much comfort & joy surrounded by loved ones!

Wishing you all much Light and Warmth!
~Miss Lisa
:)

New Book!

I just wanted to let you know about this very-cool new book I just ordered for the Library! It is in the kids' cookbook section (j641.5) and includes several classic fairytales, and yummy recipes to accompany them, such as Snow White's baked apples and the Runaway Pancakes, along with a recipe for Stone Soup! If you love good stories, and enjoy cooking, this book is definitely for you! Check it out!!

Fairy Tale Feasts: a Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple; Illustrations by Philippe Béha; 2006.

read more info/reviews here:

Amazon.com

BookLinks
From prehistoric times, stories and food have been “close companions,” according to Yolen and her daughter, Stemple, who created this creative and beautifully illustrated book that features Yolen’s retellings of well-known fairy tales accompanied by Stemple’s kid-friendly recipes.

The Green Man Review

How to Raise a Reader!

For some wonderful resources and information about Early Literacy, check out this site from the American Library Association:

Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader