Star Trek Mania!

Please join us in the Children's Room as we kickoff the showing of the new Star Trek movie in theaters:

Star Trek

into Darkness

5/17/2013

We'll be playing the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks go to the Movies: Star Wreck and playing "Pass the Red Matter" for All ages

Create your own spaceship with Model Magic for 3rd to 5th grade



Next Week is Children's Book Week!

Children's Book Week is May 13-19, 2013. You can participate by going to the website,
http://www.bookweekonline.com/voting, and voting for your favorite book.

The official 2013 Children's Book Week Bookmark was created by author-illustrator Grace Lin, winner of the Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Check it out here:
http://www.bookweekonline.com/bookmark .

Here's some fun idea to celebrate!
http://www.bookweekonline.com/for-kids

Post what you did to celebrate Children's Book Week- we'd love to read it!

Wimpy Kid #8 !!!!!!

Abrams Books for Young Readers announced the publication of the eighth title in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on Monday. The book will be published by Abrams’s Amulet Books imprint in the U.S. in November. Those of you who are fans of the series have something to look forward to in the Fall! The exact summary of the book has yet to be released but in March teaser art for the book was released depicting Greg holding an umbrella while Magic Eight Balls fall around him. We're so excited!!!!

Inspiring Children's Books with a Positive Message

 We wanted to share some our favorite children's books that contain a positive message. If you know of a children's book that has an inspirational message that is not on this list, please share your comments. We currently have these books in our collection and the call number is indicated next to the title.

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon  E Shannon; Older Reader
Cookies : bite-size life lessons  by Amy Krouse Rosenthal  J 179.9; Growing Up
Did I ever tell you how lucky you are? by Dr. Seuss  ER Favorites Seuss
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson    ER Favorites Munson
Fancy Nancy Poet Extraordinaire! by Jane O'Connor  ER Favorites O'Connor
Have you filled a bucket today? : a guide to daily happiness for   
          kids by Carol McCloud          E McCloud; Growing Up
If the world were a village : a book about the world's people           
          by David J. Smith     J 304.6 S
Incredible you! : 10 ways to let your greatness shine through
           by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer  J 158 D  Growing Up
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal   ER Favorites Rosenthal 
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker              ER Concepts Baker
My first Oxford book of Poems compiled by John Foster  J 808.81 M  
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss   ER Favorites Dr. Seuss
Not a Box by  Antoinette Portis     ER Favorites Portis
One by Kathryn Otoshi        ER Favorites Otoshi
Press Here by Herve Tullet   ER Favorites Tullet
Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon  by Patty Lovell     ER Favorites Lovell
The Dot by Peter Reynolds   ER Stories Reynolds
The Giving Tree  by Shel Silverstein   ER Favorites Silverstein
The Kissing Hand  by Audrey Penn   ER Favorites Penn
The Little Engine That Could  by Watty Piper  ER Transportation Piper
The Lorax  by Dr. Seuss  ER Favorites Seuss
The Three Questions  by Jon J. Muth   E Muth; Older Reader
The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews   ER Stories Andrews
Zen Shorts  by Jon J. Muth  ER Favorites Muth
 




                                                                                     

Barnum & Bailey Circus - 94 years old!

Here are a few facts!

• On March 29, 1919, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Show debuted in New York City.
• Currently, the circus maintains two circus -train based shows, the Blue Tour and the Red Tour, as well as the truck-based Gold Tour (which began in 2004).
• Each train is a mile long with roughly 60 cars: 40 passenger cars and 20 freight. Blue and Red Tours present a full three-ring production for two years each (taking off the month of December), visiting alternating major cities each year. Each train presents a different "edition" of the show, using a numbering scheme that dates back to circus origins in 1871 — the first year of P.T. Barnum's show. The Blue Tour presents the even-numbered editions on a two-year tour (beginning each even-numbered year), and the Red Tour presents the odd-numbered editions on the same two-year tour (beginning each odd-numbered year). The Gold Tour presents a scaled-back, single-ring version of the show, designed to serve smaller markets deemed incapable of supporting the three-ring versions.
• In the 1950s there was one gigantic train systems comprising three separate train loads that brought the main show to the big cities. The first train load was comprised of 22 cars and had the tents and the workers to set them up; the second section comprised 28 cars and carried the canvasmen, ushers and sideshow workers; the third section 19 sleeping cars for the performers.

Publication Outlets for Children's Writing

For budding authors there are many outlets that accept children's writing, art work, photography, and videography. Consider some of  these:

Amazing Kids!  mag.amazing-kids.org/get-involved/write-for-us
    This is an online magazine for kids by kids, accepting writing, art, photograpy, and videography from kids age 5 to 18. Guidelines offer limits for texts and video length. Materials must be appropriate for readers age 12 and younger.

Cyber Kids www.cyberkids.com/he/html/submit
    Cyber Kids publishes stories, articles, and poems written by kids age 7 to 12 from around the world in the "Creative Works" section of the website. Illustrated submissions are more likely to be chosen then non-illustrated works, and single artists may be spotlighted in an art gallery.

Launch Pad  www.launchpadmag.com/#
      Launch Pad publishes original stories, poems, and book reviews from international students and illustrators, ages 8 to 14.

My Hero    myhero.com/go/home/asp
    My Hero invotes people of all ages to share stories, art, and short films about inpirational local, national, and international heroes. Teachers or parents must register before students can submit.

Writer's Area  www.writersarea.com/kids/kids
     Writer's Area accepts short stories, poems, articles, or other writing from children up to age 17 in the kids area.

Maybe you can become a published writer! Check these out for all the information you need to know.

Check out these websites!

Here are some websites that let children browse and/or search databases of recommended books. They are valuable resources!

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read  www.guysread.com
         The Reading Lists tab features great recommendations form many guy readers (and writers).

James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read  www.readkiddoread.com
        This site offers reviews adn recommendations for Great Ilustrated Book, Great Transitional Books,
Great Pageturners, and Great Advanced Read.

Juvenile Series and Sequences www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/juvenile-series
         If they liked the first one, here are the rest.

Enjoy!