We Love Our Library!

Come to the Children's Room to make a "Heart Person" to tell us what YOU love about your library! We love to see your artwork!

January Book Display

For the month of January, we'll be highlighting our extensive collection of children's historical fiction. I've been working in this field for many years, and I continue to love some of my old favorites in this genre---Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski, and The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare, to mention a few.  But, I have to admit, I think the books just keep getting better and better.  City of Orphans and Seer of Shadows are two great new offerings from Avi, the Richard Peck series that begins with A Long Way From Chicago was a classic the moment it was published in 1998, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse brought me to tears in its description of Dust Bowl life in the 1930's, and The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr is one of my favorite read-alouds.  And that's just a few! Come on in and take a look--there are some wonderful books here.

Steve Blunt Visits!

...in the holiday mood, and waiting for Steve!

It's time for some singin' and dancin'!

Do what Steve does!

Monday afternoon, we were treated to a visit from our all-time favorite family-friendly musician, Steve Blunt.  The room was packed, but somehow we all found room to get up and do some singing and dancing---and I think we were all in the holiday mood by the time we said goodbye...





See the slideshow at left for  more pics (courtesy of Marti Warren---doesn't she take amazing pictures?)

Holiday Books in the Children's Room

Come to the Children's Room to find a wonderful selection of books for the holidays--we have Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa books available for checkout.  Read your old favorites, or try some of the newest holiday titles!

Book Club According to Humphrey!

Our Jr. Book Club met in November to discuss the book The World According To Humphrey by Betty Birney.  After sharing some observations and opinions about the book, we got down to creating the perfect Humphrey-playgrounds out of materials Miss Sarah found right here in the library---we know Humphrey would have had a blast playing in these creations!

"Designing Girls" Create Rooms for their American Girl Dolls!

This Saturday, 10 creative girls gathered at the library with Miss Sarah and Miss Sue Olsen to design rooms for their favorite American Girl dolls.  We had a blast! Presented with plain, white tri-fold boards, the girls got right to work transforming them with paper, fabric, and lots of bric-a-brac.  Although they all started out the same, by the time we were through, every one was a unique reflection of the girl that created it.  See the slide show at the left to see all of the amazing "rooms" that we made!

And the winner is...

Well, I guess it should come as no surprise that the most votes for "favorite book (or series)" were cast for (drum roll....) Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling !! This series continues to enchant young and old alike.  However, our ballot box was stuffed with over 60 votes (!), and many other books were mentioned.  Also receiving multiple votes were:
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems, The Warrior's series by Erin Hunter, TinTin by Herge, Ninjago books, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, and the Rainbow Fairies series by Daisy Meadows.

 Whatever book you voted for, we are so glad that you love reading :-)