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Children's Room
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Virtual Pride Storytime
Friday June 11th
2 pm
Registration required
All Ages Welcome
Join us as we celebrate PRIDE with some stories that celebrate LGBTQIA+ children and their families!
Registration Required. Sign up online beginning at 7 pm on Tuesday, June 1st.
This program is part of Lexington's 2021 Pride celebration and is co-sponsored by LexPride
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Family Trivia Night: Disney Edition
Friday June 11th
6:30 pm
Registration required
All Ages Welcome
Join us for our next Family Trivia Night with our friends The Trivia Brothers! This month's theme is Disney Trivia!
Space is limited. Sign up online beginning on Tuesday June 1st at 7 pm. Please register once per family and only log in once to the event.
You will need TWO DEVICES in order to enjoy the optimal experience - a computer (to join the meeting) and a smart phone or table (to play the game)
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Summer Learning 2021:
Rise Up & Read
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Have fun, stay active, and keep learning all summer long by completing reading and activity challenges.
Program begins June 26 and runs through August 28. Prizes will be available beginning Saturday, August 21. The last day to claim prizes is Saturday, September 4.
The Early Literacy Summer Program is for infants through preschoolers. If your child will be entering Kindergarten through 5th grade in the fall, please enroll in the K-5 Summer Program. Students entering grades 6-12 may participate in the Teen Summer Program.
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What Our Book Clubs Are Reading |
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Tadpoles (K and 1st Grades) |
Kondo & Kezumi Visit Giant Island by David Goodner
Book 1 in Kondo & Kezumi series
Kondo is big. Kezumi is little. They lived on an island with fruit trees and berry bushes and flitter-birds and fluffle-bunnies. When a surprise bottle washes ashore, they discover a map with a mysterious message: WE ARE NOT ALONE. Kezumi wants to follow the map and explore the world. Kondo wants to stay home and pick fruit from the fruit tree and berries from the berry bushes. But once Kezumi builds the perfect boat, the best friends set sail together to see... well, they don't know! So begin the adventures of Kondo and Kezumi, where islands of cheese and giant mountains await.
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Freddie Ramos Takes Off! by Jacqueline Jules.
Book 1 in Zapato Power series
Hoopla - also available as eAudio
One day Freddie Ramos comes home from school and finds a strange box just for him. What's inside? ZAPATO POWER-shoes that change Freddie's life by giving him super speed! But what will Freddie do with his fast new skills? Weird things are happening at the Starwood Park Apartments where he lives, and his friends at school need his help. Is Freddie Ramos ready to be a hero?
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Bookmarks (2nd & 3rd Grades) |
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub
Book 1 in Heroes in Training Series
Ten-year-old Zeus is mystified (and super-annoyed) by the fact that he keeps getting hit by lightening. Every. Single. Year. He also longs for adventure, as he has never been far from the cave where he grew up.
Zeus gets his wish--and a lot more than he bargained for--when he is kidnapped by dangerous, giant Titans! In self-defense, Zeus grabs the first thing he sees--an actual thunderbolt he pulls from a stone that is covered in mysterious markings. Zeus is the only one who can decipher the markings, and sets off on a quest to rescue his fellow Olympians from the evil Cronus. Armed with his trusty thunderbolt (named Bolt, of course), Zeus is on an adventure of a lifetime--and a journey to fulfill his destiny as King of the Gods.
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
Book 1 in Ranger in Time series
Jasmine, Maggie, Becca, and Scarlet love jamming together in Jasmine's basement. Maggie bangs on the drums, Becca strums her guitar, Jasmine plunks the keys of her keyboard, and Scarlet wails into her hairbrush mic. Even though they may not have the best equipment, or an audience, they have fun making music to their own beat. But when Jasmine's brother tells her about an upcoming Battle of the Bands competition, Jasmine thinks this could be their chance to prove they're a real band. Now she just has to convince the other girls. . . .
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes by Wade Albert White
Book 1: The Adventurer's Guide series
Catalog: also availalbe on Playaway
In a magickal world of floating tiers, mischievous dragons, and endless bureaucracy, Anne and her friends embark on a Rightful Heir Quest to claim her place in the Hierarchy and escape horrible consequences.
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Allies by Alan Gratz
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother.
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ComicSquad (3rd - 5th Grades) |
The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel
Book 1 of 5 Worlds series
The Five Worlds are on the brink of extinction unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit. When war erupts, three unlikely heroes will discover there's more to themselves-and more to their worlds-than meets the eye.
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El Deafo by Cece Bell
Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here, she's different. She's sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.
Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom but anywhere her teacher is in the school--in the hallway . . . in the teacher's lounge . . . in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it's just another way of feeling different . . . and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?
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Book Talks (4th - 6th Grades) |
Blended by Sharon Draper
Catalog - also available on audioCD and Playaway
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police
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Fern and Otto: A Picture Book Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin
Fern is writing a story that Otto thinks needs more excitement, so they take a walk in the woods for inspiration. Fern is curious about the crowd gathered for the race between a tortoise and a hare and why that cranky girl's house was full of pictures of a family of bears, while Otto insists none of these encounters will make for an interesting story... until they stumble upon a witch's house! Astute readers will revel in recognizing all the favorite folk tales Otto dismisses in this sweet picture book that deserves a close reading. And re-reading!
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Watercress by Andrea Wang
A young girl struggles to accept her heritage and her immigrant parents and it all comes to a head one afternoon as they are driving down the road, and parents suddenly stop excited - they've spotted wild watercress growing in the ditch and suddenly the family is out of the car, wading through the muddy ditch to collect the watercress. The girl is embarrassed and wishes her family could just buy food at the grocery store and sulks that evening at dinner, refusing to eat. Until she learns more about her mother's family's time in China and she begins to appreciate her family's heritage.
This story is stunning. Based on the author's experiences growing up as the daughter of immigrants, it powerfully captures the disconnect that can occur between generations. Jason Chin's illustrations are masterful and I anticipate seeing it on many Best of and mock Caldecott lists this year. An early contender for my 2022 Caldcott pick.
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Celebrate Pride with one of these stories featuring LGBTQIA+ youth and families
For more titles, including graphic novels, chapter books, and nonfiction, check out the Celebrate Pride list created by Cary Library for LexPride's 2021 Pride celebration |
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News from the Friends of Cary Library |
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Friends of Cary Announces Book Donation Drop-Off
Do you have gently used books you’d like to donate?
Friends of Cary would love to receive them on:
Monday, June 14, 2021,1pm-3pm
Cary Library Parking Lot Entrance
Limited to: 2 Grocery-Sized Bags
Car Drive-Thru Drop-Off: Books in Trunk or Rear Seat
A Volunteer Will Take Your Donation
Donation Guidelines:
We welcome books only in good condition for both adults and children: hardcover and paperback fiction and current nonfiction.
We Cannot Accept:
Magazines; encyclopedias; travel or computer books more than 2 years old; items with obvious damage (water, mold, mildew, broken spines, pages missing or falling out). Please do not donate these items, as they take time and effort to dispose of. Please do not leave books, DVDs, or CDs outside the library.
Thank you for your donation!
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