Reuben Hoar Library
Reuben Hoar Library 
Children's Room Newsletter
AUGUST 2017 
Upcoming Events in the Children's Room
 

Welcome to the new Children's Room Newsletter.
The books are FLYING off the shelves this summer!
The Summer Reading Program is in its last weeks with almost 500 readers signed up to do the reading challenges. Please check the online calendar for all activities and to sign up for performances.  AND, at this time, we have read over ONE TON of books!!! Will we make TWO TONS OR MORE? 

 

 
All across Massachusetts, the theme is "Build a Better World!" and in the Reuben Hoar Library Children's Room, we will read about the many ways to do this. We think you build a better world with: kindness, science, inventions, empathy, reading, new ideas......and the list goes on.......
 
Do you remember that we read TWO TONS of books last summer? That was 4,000 lbs. of books! This summer's challenge will be to read 5,000 lbs. of books! As you take them out, you can weigh them.
That's a lot of reading, but we know our readers are always ready for a challenge!

The last day of Summer Reading is August 19th.
Please bring in your logs to collect
 prizes before 4:00 that day. 
 
Winner of the big raffle prizes will be notified on Monday, August 21st.
You can register for activities using the Events Calendar on RHL website: www.littletonlibrary.org



 
Performances for August

Jungle Jim...August 1 at 7:00 PM

Singer Alastair Moock ...August 2 at 2:30 PM

RICM Workshop...August 3 at 2:00 PM

Puppet Show:
Turtle's Wetland Quest... August 8 at 7:00 PM

Rick Roth's Creature Teachers...
August 15 at 7:00 PM

Sign up at: littletonlibrary.org
 
Join us
 for two new
lunch time activities!


"Book Lover's Lunch" is for children
 in grades 3-5.
It will meet at 12:00 on August 10th.
"Lunch at the Library" is for children
 in grades K-3.
It will meet at 12:00 on August 17th.

Both will meet in the Couper Room
and if the weather is nice, we will go outside.
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What do you have to bring to this event?
 Your lunch, and the book you are reading OR
one of your favorites to share with the group.
There will be Popsicles for dessert!
 Sign up online so that we know you are coming!


Story Time 
  
Mrs. Haduch will be reading on Wednesday mornings at 11:00. This story time is drop-in
and is appropriate for children 4 years and older.

   Movie Matinee for Kids 
Parent Trap 
Wednesday, August 16th  
1:00  
Couper Room 
  
 


  Let's Talk Pokemon!
August 10th from 2:00 to 3:00 
Children in grades 1-4 will use their own Pokemon cards to play with their fellow card enthusiasts for fun. 
Please sign up as space is limited.  

PJ Story Time
 
Come in and listen to Mrs. Sill read some great books.  You can wear your P.J.s and bring in your lovey too!  You do not have to register for this story time, just drop in!
Wednesday, August 16th
7:00pm - 7:45pm 
Children's Room
 


Toddler Story Time

August 8th at 1:30 - 2:15
For children 18-36 months old.
Sign up online for this class. 


Watercolor Craft

Creativity + watercolors + salt= fun!

August 9th at 1:00 - 2:30
Couper Room
Please sign up! 


 
LEGO CLUB  
Thursday, August  17th 
2:00-3:30 
Couper Room 
Please register: www.littletonlibrary.org
   






Here is the new list!
Many 4th, 5th and 6th graders
 have started the summer
 by reading these great books!
        
Massachusetts Children's Book Award 
Sponsored by Salem State University
     2017-2018 Nominees
Voting will be in March 2018!

Abbott, Tony, The Forbidden Stone
Angelberger, Tom, Inspector Flytrap
Baptiste, Tracey, The Jumbies
Bradley, Kimberley Brubaker, The War that Saved My Life
Camper, Cathy, Lowriders in Space
Draper, Sharon M., Stella by Starlight
Gibbs, Stuart, Space Case: A Moon Base Alpha Novel
Hilton, Marilyn, Full Cicada Moon
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly, Fish in a Tree
Jamieson, Victoria, Roller Girl
Jennings, Ken, Maps & Geography
Levy, Dana Alison, Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
MacLachan, Patricia, The Truth of Me: About a Boy, His Grandmother, and a Very Good Dog.
Milford, Kate, Greenglass House
Nye, Naomi Shihab, The Turtle of Oman
Oppel, Kenneth, Nest
Pearsall, Shelley, The Seventh Most Important Thing
Perkins, Lynne Rae, Nuts to You
Sands, Kevin, The Blackthorn Key
Shurtliff, Liesl, Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
Spinelli, Eileen, Another Day as Emily
Stroud, Jonathan, Screaming Staircase
Wicks, Maris, Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean: Science Comics
Woods, Brenda, The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
Woodson, Jacqueline, Brown Girl Dreaming
 
Reuben Hoar Library
41 Shattuck Street
Littleton, MA 01460

978-540-2600
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Sincerely,
 

Sam Alvarez, Director
Reuben Hoar Library