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Children's Room
• News & Updates •
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Dance Party
Outdoors, In-Person Only
(weather permitting)
Ages 2 - 5
No Registration Required
Wednesday,
November 3rd & 17th
10:15 am
Come dance with us! We will be outside dancing outdoors as long as the weather (and temperatures) permit.
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Family Trivia Night
Virtual
All Ages
Registration Required
Friday, November 5th
7 pm
Join our friends The Trivia Brothers for another round of animal themed trivia! Bring your family for an evening of fun and games! Register online now.
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Preschool Arts & Crafts
Outdoors, In Person, or Virtual
Ages 2 - 5
Wednesday,
November 10th & 24th
10:15 am
Without music, life would b flat! Come sing along with us in person, outdoors (weather permitting) or virtually. We'll keep the program in person outdoors as long as we can, and will announce on our social media channels once the program has converted to only virtual participation.
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Kids Cooking Green presents: Fall Panzanella Salad
virtual
Grades 3 - 5
Registration Required
Friday, November 12th
2 pm
Join our friends from Kids Cooking Green as we put a New England twist on the traditional Italian Salad with sweet roasted butternut squash, toasted bread, feta cheese, spinach and pumpkin seeds. We'll provide all the ingredients necessary to cook this delicious treat at home. Registration begins Monday, November 1st at 7 pm online.
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Preschool Arts & Crafts
Virtual
Ages 3 - 5
Registration Required
Monday, November 15th
2:15 pm
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Kids Cooking Green presents: Cranberry Upside Down Mini Cakde
virtual
Grades K - 2
Registration Required
Friday, November 19th
2 pm
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• Storytimes •
Outdoor, in person or Virtual
Registration required only to participate virtually
New session begins the week of November 16th and registration will open at 7 pm on Monday, November 1st.
Families are welcome to bring children of any age to our storytimes, ages indicate the developmental age for which the storytime was designed, but all children are welcome. Our storytimes are currently offered live outdoors and are broadcast simultaneously virtually for those unable to attend in person. We will offer our programs outdoors as long as weather and temperatures permit. We will announce on our social media channels once the decision is made to convert to virtual only.
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What Our Book Clubs Are Reading |
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Tadpoles (1st and 2nd Grades) |
Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, and Peter stays behind and frets. Will their separation tear these friends apart ... or can it bring them closer together?
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Bookmarks (2nd & 3rd Grades) |
Ally the alligator is perfectly happy being alone... until one day a noisy bird named Beak lands on her snout. Much to Ally's annoyance, this chatty bird likes to sing all the time and has chosen a nearby tree to build his new nest. Even worse, he insists that he and Ally will be best friends. In fact, he has all kinds of friendship goals in mind, and it seems nothing Ally says will convince him that she'd rather just be alone. Nothing beats peace and quiet... except for maybe a new best friend?
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A young dragon named Ella convinces her twin brother Owen to join her on a bold quest to find a wizard that will help cure Owen of his flaming cold.
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Next Chapter (3rd & 4th Grades) |
After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.
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Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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Eva must travel to a seaside town to complete her training and earn the rank of Novice Witch before her thirteenth birthday, or be banned from using magic forever.
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Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets sara released from jail but also offers her a chence to make a home for herself withing a secret team of your MI6 agents. Operatiing out of a centuries-old manor house on the coast of Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from around the world. When they're not attending an elite boarding school, they're training for their roles as the biggest secret in British Secret Intelligence Service. Before she knows what she's doing, Sara is heading to Paris fro an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school's computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a notorious villain... all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team. No one said saving the world was easy...
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ComicSquad (4th - 5th Grades) |
Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic ... and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and make plans to enter the school talent show together. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she sometimes has visions of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs. But when they're least expecting it, catastrophe strikes. After relying on Moon for everything, can Christine find it in herself to be the friend Moon needs?
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Book Talks (4th - 6th Grades) |
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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What is a house? In this picture book for preschoolers, Kevin Henkes shows us a house at all times of the day and in all seasons. A family arrives with their pets and makes the house a home. The full page, framed illustrations reminiscent of Tomie De Paola are described in simple text on the opposite page. What makes this book so special is how Henkes invites the reader into the story with questions to promote a conversation between adult and child. Perfect for a cozy read.
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Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Tristan Strong and other fantasy adventures. Things have not been going well for Amari since her older brother Quinton disappeared. Until one night when she gets a strange message from him and an invitation to tryout for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.
A fantasy with that is action packed with lots of adventure, a bit of mystery and plenty of #blackgirlmagic that will leave readers clamoring for its forthcoming sequel.
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Indigenous Voices
Celebrate Native American Heritage month by reading the work of one of these Indigenous authors and help celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of Native peoples.
Here a few picture books, but for more titles including non-fiction, check out our booklist:
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Richard Van Camp (Tlicho Nation)
Brenda Child (Red Lake Ojibwe)
Julie Flett (Cree-Metis)
Monique Gray Smith (Cree-Lakota)
Denise Lajimodiere (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)
Carole Lindstrom (Anishinaabe-Metis)
Brittany Luby (Asishinaabe-kwe)
Kevin Noble Maillard (Seminole Nation)
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek)
Traci Sorrell (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation)
Tasha Spllett-Sumner (Cree)
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