Children’s Chatter

Whenever Fall comes around, all I want to do is cook, bake, and read!  Here are some children’s cookbook titles that have a literary theme.  In parentheses, find the books that inspired the cookbooks.  And for a whole bunch of other cookbooks found in the Children’s Department, click here.  Happy Reading and Cooking!

Addy’s Cookbook (American Girl Collection)                        

Kirsten’s Cookbook  (American Girl Collection)

The Boxcar Children Cookbook (The Boxcar Children) 

Molly’s Cookbook (American Girl Collection)

                                                                                                       Fairy Tale Feasts (Fairy Tales)                                                                

Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes (Roald Dahl’s collection)

Felicity’s Cookbook (American Girl Collection)                                                                   

Roald Dahl’s Even More Revolting Recipes (Roald Dahl’s Collection)

Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook (Dr. Seuss’ Collection)                                            

Samantha’s Cookbook (American Girl Collection)

Check out the Info@WPL blog post Bag up your books!  and the library’s homepage for information on the Friends of the Library Book Sale that is coming up!

Join us for Drop-In Storytime for 3-5 year olds!  Here’s the schedule:

Tuesdays @ 10 a.m. on September 7, 14, 21

Thursdays@ 2 p.m. on September 9, 16, 23

Registration for the Fall Session of Storytime begins on Wednesday, October 6th.  Check here for days and times.

Kenny and the Dragon, by Tony DiTerlizzi (of Spiderwick fame), is a wonderful adventure based on Kenneth Grahame’s The Reluctant Dragon.  Kenny and the Dragon is also up for the Bluestem Award this year!   Here are some reviews!

Heart of a Shepherd is a beautiful novel of love, family, and faith.  Here are some of the reviews for the book:

Can you guess the book based on its chapter titles?  Give it a try!

What book has chapters with the titles:

*A Stranger in the Night

* Going South

*A House Full of Books

*Capricorn’s Village

*Basta

*Shivers Down the Spine and a Foreboding

*Farid’s Report

* No Luck for Elinor

*Going Home

Did you guess?  Check here for the answer.

Congratulations to all of our readers over the summer!   You all did a wonderful job! 

We hope you read or listened to something you enjoyed!

Stop by the library to see the book reviews that people wrote and pictures from the programs this summer.  Maybe you will see yourself in one of the pictures.

Can you guess what children’s book this first line comes from?  Give it a try!

“They still talk about it in the Kingdom of Didd as The-Year-the-King-Got-Angry-with-the-Sky.”

Did you guess?  Check here for the answer.

The Summer Reading Club 2010, Make a Splash!, is nearing its end and that means it’s time for our Scholastic Book Fair.  If you are 5 years old to 11 years old and have done 15 hours of reading this summer, make sure you stop by the Summer Reading Club desk in the Children’s Department to get your golden ticket.

Here are the hours for the book fair this summer:

Wednesday, August 11    9am-8pm

Thursday, August 12        9am-8pm

Saturday, August 14         9am-4pm

The Book Fair is located in the large meeting room on the lower level.

*Please remember that no money is exchanged at the book fair.  It is for the children who have completed their 15 hours of reading with their golden ticket.

School is right around the corner.  Stop by the Children’s Department to pick up some Back-to-School titles!  Now, when you check out a Back-to-School title, you can enter to win a set of posters listing the very best picture books to read in kindergarten!