Read Across America (Week 1)
by Stacy
Read Across America is a year-long celebration of all things reading! Starting in August and ending in July, Read Across America is about making time to read with kids and showing how reading is important and fun!
If we are going to create more readers, more writers, people who feel included and recognized, and people who understand that the world is far richer than just their experiences alone, kids need books that are as diverse and complex as the society we live in.
Join us each week as we share more Books Across America! Enjoy the comforts of reading in your own state, or travel the map to explore something new!
Check out our first set of book recommendations, featuring stories set in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado Connecticut, Delaware, Florida and the District of Columbia!
See a book you want to read? Click on the title to be taken to our catalog or Prospector to place a hold or borrow instantly!
HELLO, Hands-On Early Literacy for Little Ones, is now weekly! Join us each week as we learn about different the letter of the month, each week focusing on a different activity or skill!
March's letter of the month is I, as in ICE CREAM!
Reader's Realm: Sports
with Lisa
Welcome to the Readers’ Realm. This month’s genre: SPORTS! Plan to read your book in about a month. A new discussion topic will be posted each Wednesday from now through March 24. Then on to a new genre/category!
Feel free to post as much as you like. Click on the title of the post to get to the comment page. Be sure to read others’ comments and respond to them. Let’s get to it:
There are SO many sports and books about them! What sport is your book about? I find that sports books fall into two types: having the sporting event front and center (little else matters) or having the characters and their problems/adventures front and center with the sporting event as more of a backdrop. Which do you think your book will be?
Please include the title and author of the book you’re reading in your post.
I’m reading "Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook" by Iva-Marie Palmer. The main character, Gabby, is a baseball player. I’m only up to page 40, but it seems that while baseball will be important to the book, as it is important to Gabby’s life, the story will be more about her adapting to a new school, new friends, a new team, and a bully. I’m hoping there’s some good baseball action though.
What’s happening in your book? Still looking for a book to read? Check out some suggestions below!
Grab & Go Together: Seuss Book Nook
with Nicole
Celebrate Read Across America Day by creating your own Seuss Book Nook décor for your bookshelf!
Need supplies? Grab & Go kits are available in Reference (lower level) at Central Library, while supplies last!
Welcome to Make & Learn! In this program, our librarians will be sharing easy-to-make games and activities that support cognitive development and practicing early literacy skills.
In this video, Miss Lisa shares a fun and easy way to incorporate sensory play while supporting the early literacy skills of talk and write!
Create It! Clover Crafts
by Karen
It's a lucky day! Karen shares some easy and fun DIYs perfect for celebrating St. Patrick's Day!
HELLO stands for Hand-on Early Literacy for Little Ones. In this program children will sing songs, work on fine and gross motor skills, learn about letters, numbers and science and develop early literacy skills. Ages 0-6.
This week's video is all about the letter I, as in iguana!
Reader's Realm: Fantasy
with Lisa
OK, this is it; we’re finishing up FANTASY. Keep commenting or join in now.
A new genre/category will begin next week, so you can start looking for a book. Let’s go to SPORTS next.
As you finish your book, did you like the ending? Did the magical creatures and humans work together or against each other? Did magic/fantasy play a real part in how the problem worked out? Please include the title and author of the book you’re reading in your post.
In my book, "The Goblin’s Puzzle" by Andrew S. Chilton, the goblin stays true to his goblin self – he has said before that goblins and humans can never become friends. But he still manages to help the boy get out of a sticky situation. Even though fantasy is a big part of the story, I mean there are goblins and dragons, the problem is really solved through logic. The goblin always finds a way to think his way out of problems and guides others, sometimes by telling them the opposite – as goblins often do. I like how the goblin is such a real character with a lot of sides to him.
Remember we’ll start next week with SPORTS! The choice of book is totally up to you - what will you read?
APL Reader's Corner
with Tessy & Nicole
Welcome to APL Reader's Corner! This month we are reading “Carnegie’s Maid” by Marie Benedict.
Let us know what you think about the book in the comments! Check it out instantly as an eBook from hoopla digital here.
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