Buggy Picnic

Can you believe that the summer reading program will end next week? We have had a lot of fun these past two months. The Buggy Picnic is the finale of the summer and is scheduled for Thursday, July 24th at 11:00 am. Everyone who has participated in the program this summer is invited. Awards and prizes will be handed out to all participants. Reserve your spot by visiting or calling the children's desk and getting your name on the list. See you there!

Update

Wow! It was a really busy month at the Children's Library in June. Almost 600 children attended story time programs with their parents. It has been really great to see everyone in the library! Keep it up!!!
I won't be posting a book of the day until after the end of summer reading. You probably knew that since I didn't post at all in June. We will get back on schedule in August, at least that is the plan.
Watch for all the green Catch the Reading Bug t-shirts around town. Thanks again to the Friends of the Library for purchasing them for the summer reading participants.
Have a great holiday weekend. Be safe and hope to have some updates on the Premier Bugologist competition up next week.

Book of the Day

Tonight we are having a Fancy Nancy party at the library. Everyone is going to dress in their fanciest clothes and have fancy snacks and fancy crafts with lots of glitter! There are lots of books for the fancy readers out there.
Jane O'Connor has written three Fancy Nancy picture books which are illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. These are Fancy Nancy, Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy and Fancy Nancy, Bonjour Butterfly. These books have hardly stayed on the shelf. We added two Fancy Nancy beginning readers: Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris and Fancy Nancy at the Museum. On a book shopping expedition last week, we were able to get the latest book Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words. From A to Z, she has a fancy word for every letter.
If you like other fancy books, check out Pinkalicious and Purplicious by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. These are also great favorites among our fancy crowd.
Another new book on the shelf is Sassafras Goes to Hollywood by Lynn Hirshfield. Princess Sassafras is not an ordinary poodle. She is a Royal Bedrosian Long-Necked Spotted Poodle and she finally has her chance to go to Hollywood. Will she make it or will her ego get in the way? It's a fun adventure and a great story.

Book of the Day

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems arrived today. It is every bit as funny as the previous pigeon books. The Pigeon talks to the reader about why he really, really wants a puppy. Does he? The simple illustrations are expressive. As always, you feel everything that Pigeon feels. This is a wonderful continuation of the Pigeon series.

Book of the Day

If you enjoyed Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, you will have to read Punk Farm On Tour. The first book showed our punk rock barn band holding a local concerts without Farmer Joe finding out. The rendition of "Old McDonald Had a Farm" is hilarious. The second book has the animals going on tour across the country while Farmer Joe heads to the National Tractor Society Conference in Reno. As they roll in the Rock Van, they perform their unique rendition of "Wheels on the Van". Will they get back to the farm before Farmer Joe? The illustrations are clever and the text is engaging. These are a must read for all the little rock & roll barn band fans out there.

Book of the Day

Tex & Sugar: A Big City Kitty Ditty by Barbara Johansen Newman is a wonderful book about making dreams come true. Tex Mex Rex and Sugar Lee Snughead are country singing cats who leave home looking to make it big and the stage. Life in the big city isn't as easy as they think until they meet each other. This is a fun read aloud with great illustrations and has a wonderful feeling. A great book to share.

April Is...

Wow! April is a busy month. I have really fallen behind in my book and poetry posts. There are a lot of holidays still coming up. We have books for every occasion.

National Library Week - Check out The Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen or The Boy Who was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris.

Earth Day and Arbor Day - This is a great time to read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss or Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel.

National Dance Day - Read Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird or Katy Duck, Dance Star by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.

El Dia de Los Ninos/Children's Day - We have lots of great bilingual books and Dora & Diego books to celebrate the day.

Baseball Season - Our favorites are Casey Back at Bat by Dan Gutman and Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Check out the Step up to the Plate @ your library promotion and get your game book here.

Of course, we are celebrating National Poetry Month. We have great selections for all ages.

Stop by. We look forward to seeing you!