Due to the weather and District 200 closing school, Battle of the Books for Tuesday, March 5th has been cancelled and rescheduled to Thursday, March 7th. Please call the Children’s Department if you have any questions.
Hope everyone has a happy and safe snow day!
Due to the weather, we have cancelled our Battle of the Books meet today. Teams scheduled to play today will play on Tuesday, March 5th.
In addition to our regular once-a-month Family Storytime on Monday evenings, this weekend we are having an additional session. Join us, Saturday, March 2nd from 10-10:30am, for Storytime for the whole family. Read books, sing songs, and discover new ways to play. Fun for the entire family!
Our next schedule drop-in Storytime will be a week from today, Monday, March 4th from 7-7:30pm. I hope to see you there!
Check out what’s going on in the Children’s Department over the next couple of months! Visit the Kids’ Room for details!
The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this morning! It is always so exciting to see which books were chosen as the best of the best. This award announcement is like the Oscars to Children and Young Adult Librarians!
One of my favorites from this past year, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, took the Newbery Award! Also, a favorite picture book, Extra Yarn illustrated by Jon Klassen and written by Mac Barnett, took one of the Caldecott honors!
For a complete list of the winners, check out the ALA website here.
Newberry Winner
Caldecott Winner
As I mentioned before, the winner of this year’s Newbery Award will be announced on January 28th. Here are two books I hope are in the running for the award:
I love the Olivia books! You can imagine how happy I was when I happened upon Ian Falconer’s website devoted to Olivia the Piglet. Learn all about the author (did you know he did costume designs for ballets?) and interact with Olivia through games and coloring pages! Don’t forget to pick up your favorite Olivia book from the library!
Our 2013 season of Battle of the Books starts today! Follow your school’s team on our Kids’ Room website!
Not participating in Battle but looking for a good book to read? Look no further than the list of 50 books put together for the program!
Join us for our monthly Monday night Family Storytime this Monday, January 7th!
We start at 7:00pm and the whole family is welcome!
Mark your calendars!
Storytime and Reading with Rover Sign-up in this upcoming Wednesday, January 9th.
Register in person or over the phone beginning at 9am. If you are calling in, be sure to use our program registration line at (630) 868-7545.
Remember you need to have a valid Wheaton Public Library card to register.