Have you heard that the Children’s Room is getting an update and rearrangement? Everything is worn out and hasn't been updated since the room opened in this space in 2000! We anticipate that it will be closed for about a month starting April 21. A...
Fun with ROY G. BIV program! We started with White Rabbit's Color Book, then did two experiments with color, guessing what would happen, and seeing what really happened. The first photo is three Skittle candies dropped into water. First the ink washed off and stayed...
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or STEAM (which adds Art) programming is everywhere these days. The President launched the Educate to Innovate STEM initiative to “move American students from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement.” Schools, afterschool programs, daycares,...
This is Jerome, the library gnome. He has been hiding around the Children's Room this summer as part of the 'Dig Into Reading' theme. Kids who find Jerome tell a library staffer, then get a prize from the treasure chest. A lot of kids have...
Hopefully you know about Summer Reading Club, that wild, busy, fun time for the library. But what about May? In the Children's Room we spend May helping people as always, but also cleaning out closets (maybe!) and the big May thing…...
Some very plain books have wonderful, exciting stories inside. That’s why we say "Never judge a book by the cover." It’s true of people too, that’s why we say "Still waters run deep."But let’s face it, when it comes to picking library books, what the...
