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White Fur Flying
White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan was a quick read – perfect for young readers just starting to read chapter books. This story hit home for me because my aunt rescued a Great Pyrenees/Golden Retriever mix and the story surrounding these loving giants was exactly how her dog, Madison, is…
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Story Time Theme: Camping
This week I focused on camping and hiking, hoping to encourage parents to enjoy the great outdoors with their children. Many of the children had never been camping or hiking before but we also talked about fishing (which many children were familiar with). I also mentioned that the walk down…
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Wonder & Wonderfilled
Every time I see the new Wonderfilled commercials for Oreos, my mind automatically goes to the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s probably one of my favorite books of all time, which is not easy for me to say because I love so many books! If you haven’t seen the…
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Story Time Theme: Opposites
This week’s story times were a little rough, I caught a doozy of a cold late last week and had laryngitis for story time yesterday morning and couldn’t stop coughing this morning. Thankfully the parents in my story times (for the most part) are very understanding and tried to keep…
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The Moon and More
I have turned so many teens on to Sarah Dessen’s books. Her characters, the dialog, the situations they are placed in all ring true to the teenagers that stop into the library. She’s my go-to author for “chick-lit” books that also deal with heavier topics that teens deal with everyday. …
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Night Light
What do you get when you combine a guessing game, a counting book, and all modes of transportation? Night Light by Nicholas Blechman! Night Light combines counting with cut-out pages and almost any mode of transportation a preschooler could think up. With a background in graphic design, Blechman “shines” in…
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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion (3rd & 4th graders)
We hosted our first 3rd and 4th grade book discussion this afternoon and it went very well! We read Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford and I was surprised when all 17 kids had read the book! They were also excited to discuss the book and I…
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Storytime Theme: Sunflowers
This was our first week back to storytime after a relatively long break and it was so busy! Summer is always really interesting because so many people take a vacation, a lot of families are around that I don’t see very often during the school year and I seem to…
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Windblown
Windblown written by Édouard Manceau and translated from French by Sarah Quinn is reminiscent of Press Here by Hervé Tullet, with a basic concept that requires a child to only use their imagination! Small scraps of paper are blown together by the wind and transform into animals with each one…
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…but it’s only June! (fall program planning!)
Our township Park & Recreation office publishes an Activity Guide three times a year and we as a library are lucky enough to be given a page to include all of our upcoming events for residents to participate in. This is great for us because its FREE and it reaches…
