Reuben Hoar Library
Reuben Hoar Library 
Children's Room Newsletter
December 2019
 
Welcome to the Children's Room Newsletter!

Here you'll find everything going on in the library 
 for our smallest patrons this month.
    
 
 
Don't forget to stop by and look at the beautiful trees and wreaths that have been donated by our patrons for the annual auction.
Bidding ends on December 14th  
and winners will be notified on the 16th.  
There are some unique and beautiful trees here that have been inspired by children's books.  
This event is hosted by  
     Girl Scout Troop #69088.    
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Children's Holiday Story Time  
 
in the Couper Room
December 7th
at 11:00 to 12:00
Readings by National Honor Society students
from Littleton High School
Come in for some good stories
and some milk and cookies, too!


  
 
 
 

 
Story Times for the Month of December
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 "Littles and Letters"
Story Times

 
Wednesdays, 11:00 to 11:45 
This is for ages 3-5  
and will be held in the Couper Room
Please sign up online. 
         
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After-School Story Time
in the Children's Room 
 
This story time has changed to  
Wednesday afternoons from 4:30-5:15 
 and is a drop-in story time for our Kindergarten through Third grade friends.   
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P.J. Story Time with Mrs. Sill
 
   Wednesday, December 11th   
at 7pm
  Children's Room
 
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Toddler Story Times
 
For ages 18 months to 3 years
   
10:00 on Fridays in the Couper Room 
Please sign up online.  
(No TST on 12/27 or 1/3/20)  
 
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Garden Crafts for Kids
 
held by the Littleton Country Gardeners
     
For kids in grades 3-5 
December 10th 
 
 3:30-4:30
 
Make a Mini Christmas Tree  
 
 
 
 
Couper Room
Sign-up is online. 
 
 
 
 
  
Graphic Novel Book Group
for kids ages 8 and up 
 
 
 
Thursday, December 12th  
3:30- 4:15
Couper Room  
Sign up online, please.   
 
  For this session, we will be reading something from the 'Bird and Squirrel' series OR  
anything by Ben Hatke.
These books can be found in the Graphic Novel  section in the Children's Room. You could also bring a graphic novel recommendation to this meeting
 We can decide what we will want to read  
for the next meeting in January.
   

 
Lego Club for 6-10 Year Olds  
December 19th
3:30  to 5:00 
Couper Room
    Please sign up online.  
 
 
 
 
Movie Matinee for Kids 
 
 
 
December 11th    
1:30 to 3:15
Please sign-up online. 
       
 

    
M.C.B.A. list for 2019-2020.
   
We own two copies of each book at the RHL and we can always request one from another library if it's not here when you come in. You can always reserve copies from home, too!
 
This is a challenge for 4th, 5th and 6th graders. Read any five books and vote for your favorite in March 2020.
How many will YOU read? All 25?? 
Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America
by Teri Kanefield
Ancient Egypt by Ken Jennings
Ban this Book by Alan Gratz
Betty Before X by Ilyasha Shabazz
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon
The Homework Strike by Greg Pincus
House Arrest by K.A. Holt
Jubilee by Patricia Reilly Giff
Lucky Broken Girl By Ruth Behar
Lucky Enough by Fred Bowen
Maxi's Secrets: (or What You Can Learn From A Dog)
  by Lynn Plourde
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Payback on Poplar Lane by Margaret Mincks
The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
Restart by Gordon Korman
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
  
 

Massachusetts Children's Book Award 
Sponsored by Salem State University
2019-2020
  

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Reuben Hoar Library
41 Shattuck Street
Littleton, MA 01460

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