Wordless picture books, you ask? What’s the point of a book with no words, you say? Well, check out this article by a fellow children’s librarian. She lists all the great things a wordless book can teach pre-readers, and gives a list of her top 10 favorite titles. Take a look! http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/top-ten-wordless-picture-books-by-kristen-remenar/
Check out these great new non-fiction books! Nature’s Light Show: Lightning (series) Circles, Stars, and Squares: Looking for Shapes by Jane Brockett (series) Go, Go Grapes! by April Pulley Sayre (series) Explorer (DK Eyewitness) Amazing Giant Dinosaurs (DK) Split History of the Civil War by Stephanie Fitzgerald Saving Lives and Changing Hearts: Animal Sanctuaries and Rescue Centers by Rob Laidlaw Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden
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Check out some of these awesome new non-fiction books! Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally Walker The Stories of the Mona Lisa : An Imaginary Museum Tale about the History of Modern Art by Piotr Barsony Xtreme Illusions (National Geographic) The Story of Silk: From Worm Spit to Woven Scarves by Richard Sobol Cool Paper Projects: Creative Ways to Upcycle Your Trash into Treasure
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I love non-fiction books, and I have finally put together my long-promised non-fiction book lists for grades 1 & 2, 3 & 4, and 5 & 6. You can find them here and also on our Book Lists page. Each title is hyperlinked so you can click on it and be taken directly to our library catalog to put the book on reserve for yourself.
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A new study from the University of Pennsylvania confirms what we already know intuitively–reading with young children has a great impact on their brain development and their ability to process language later in life. According to Andrea Danese, an expert in child psychiatry, “this kind of research highlighted the ‘tremendous role’ that parents and carers had to play in enabling children to develop their cognitive,
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I know we usually write just about early literacy topics for younger children, but today I’m going to break that mold. I just ran across an article by a teenage boy in New York called “What’s Wrong with Reading?” and I have to share it with you. Anthony is constantly teased and put down for reading in public, but he counters with “Reading is
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Special Edition 2013 Check out an amazing glowing lake in Australia, a jet-powered school bus, a real-life balloon-powered flying house, and more incredible facts! Island: A Story of the Galapagos / Jason Chin Chin is known for beautifully illustrated non-fiction books for kids, and Island is no exception. It tells the evolutionary story of the Galapagos Islands and the amazing variety
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School is starting again, so it is time for our Summer Reading Club 2012 wrap-up and report. We had an amazing summer full of wonderful programs, exciting performers, and lots and LOTS of reading! Here are some of the highlights: This year the Children’s Department Staff visited 39 groups of students in our local elementary schools to promote the summer reading club. Altogether, we
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