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Winter 2010 StorytimesSpecial-needs children are welcome with an adult. Registration began online or in the Children's Room beginning Monday, January 11. Mother Goose Storytime
You and Your Toddler Storytime
Little Listeners Storytime
Pajama Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Kindergarten Storytime
First Grade Storytime
Book Discussion GroupsChapter Chat
The Book Ends What happens after a good book ends? You can join us for "The Book Ends"! We’ll play games, make crafts and other activities inspired by kids’ favorites, and talk about great reads. Tell us about one of your favorite books (past or present) and get a prize! Have fun and find out what to read next.
Audio BooksListening to books on tape or CD can enhance your children's reading development and broaden their exposure to a different genre. They can also make a car ride shorter and more pleasurable. Take an audiobook along for the ride. The Children’s Department has a a wide variety of popular titles, authors, and genres for you to check out. New audiobooks include: Judy Moody Goes to College, by Megan McDonald; Ivy & Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, by Annie Barrows; Eliot’s Park: Saving Mr. Nibbles! by Patrick Carman; and Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day, by Donald J. Sobol. There’s sure to be an audiobook that the whole family can enjoy! Looking for a new way to share books with your children and improve their early literacy skills? Take a look at one of the Children’s Department’s CD sets! Your child can follow along with the text and illustrations while the narrator tells the story. If you are looking for a new way to share books with your children and improve their early literacy skills, CD sets are a good way to develop listening skills and deepen comprehension of elements like structure and character. Children will also learn how to read with expressiveness and inflection. There are a variety of picture books and early readers available, like Eliot’s Park: Haunted Hike, by Patrick Carman; John, Paul, George and Ben, by Lane Smith; Giggle, Giggle, Quack, by Doreen Cronin; and Fiona’s Luck, by Teresa Bateman, as well as classic titles and favorites. We also have books on the computer for the children who enjoy listening to stories. DVDsThe Library has a collection of DVDs for children, too! During this economic downturn, rather than buying DVDs to entertain your child, come browse the DVDs in the Children’s Room as well as in the Media Center on the lower level. The Children’s Department strives to bring our patrons the best in DVDs for young people. We have copies of recent theatrical releases, like Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Wall-E, and Space Chimps, as well as episodes from the best series in children’s television, such as Backyardigans, Go! Diego Go! and WordWorld. The collection also includes entertaining educational and instructional DVDs. Whether your child needs help with reading (try Meet the Sight Words, Vol.1-3) or improve at sports (for example, Better Golf for Kids or Littlest Leaguers Learn to Play Soccer), there are titles for every interest. Budding scientists will enjoy the Popular Mechanics for Kids series, and young poets will like Classical Baby (I’m All Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show. For those who have VCRs, there is also a wide array of VHS for circulation. Visit the Audio-Visual Center on the lower level to browse the entire collection of DVDs for parents to watch too! Easy ReadersLocated along the back wall, our very popular Easy Reader section is the area for the child who is ready to start reading independently. All of the book spines are marked with either a pink or a red tape. Pink tapes are aimed at those children who are just starting to read on their own. They feature very few words on a page, and a controlled vocabulary. Often they focus on particular sight words, letter sounds or rhyming sounds. These are literary skills that will be worked on extensively in Kindergarten and First Grade. Some series to try are the Rookie Readers (with books authored by Patricia McKissack, Larry Dane Brimner, and Melanie Davis Jones, among others), the Sound Box Books, by Jane Belk Moncure, or the Sandcastle books (First Rhymes, First Words, First Sounds). Or, for a blast from the past, there’s the Read with Dick and Jane books, recently reissued. Once the pink-tape books become too easy, it is time to try a red tape. Red tapes are longer, with more text per page, and featuring a wider vocabulary. The storylines are more complex, the characters more interesting. There are lots of great red-tape series, like the classics Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish), Nate the Great (Marjorie Sharmat Weinman), or Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel). They are joined by newer favorites Henry and Mudge (Cynthia Rylant), Minnie and Moo (Denys Cazet), and soon to be favorites Houndsley and Catina (James Howe) and Poppy and Max (Sally Grindley). Graphic Novel CollectionLooking for something to interest your reluctant reader or a new challenge for the child who has read everything? You might want to check out the Children’s Department’s Graphic Novel Collection. Often dismissed as mere “comic books,” graphic novels do contain many pictures, but also many different stories and characters. Reluctant readers are often drawn to the images and shorter text of a graphic novel, but any reader can find their interest engaged and their literacy skills challenged by the different style of storytelling found in a graphic novel. The graphic novels in the juvenile collection have been reviewed and recommended by librarians and are intended for children ages eight and up. Recent acquisitions include Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom, by Eric Wight; Magic Trixie, by Jill Thompson; Jellaby, by Kean Soo; and Magic Pickle and the Garden of Evil, by Scott Morse. If you are unfamiliar with this entertaining and diverse genre, check it out! Large Print BooksIs there a reluctant reader in your house? If so, come into the Children’s Room and check out the newest acquisitions to our collection - LARGE PRINT BOOKS. According to studies, words are easier to decode when they are in large print. Also, the larger font and increased amount of white space on a page are beneficial to children with reading disabilities. Titles that are in the collection include: Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko; Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, both by Kate DiCamillo; The Janitor’s Boy, Lunch Money, and The Report Card, all by Andrew Clements; Joey Pigza Loses Control, by Jack Gantos; The Pepins and Their Problems, by Polly Horvath; Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls; and A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle. MagazinesDid you know that the Children’s Room has a multitude of subscriptions to many magazines for all ages covering many different topics? Those titles include:
MusicThe Children’s area has a collection of musical CDs that can also be borrowed. Music ranges from the favorite children’s performer Raffi to the sound tracks for Broadway plays and feature films, to the introduction to classical music, instrumental music, and marching-parade music. The Library is pleased to present a great variety of music that will introduce and assist children as they discover the wonder of music. ProgramsOur programs are funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders. Check the Calendar of Events, and watch for program flyers. School AssignmentsThe Children’s Room is a student’s (and parent’s) greatest asset for school assignments. The librarians can recommend a good book for a book report or help choose non-fiction and reference books for a research project. They can also show you how to use the databases. Many teachers in the Garden City School District let the Library know when a report is planned. The librarians choose the appropriate books and put them in our special “School Assignments” section with the teacher’s name on the shelf . If you are looking for an Accelerated Reader, the Library has the AR lists for Stewart and Stratford schools. If you need help with a book report or project, the Library is the place to check out for what you need. Special Needs CollectionCome visit the Children’s Room to take a look at the new Special Needs Collection. The collection covers topics such as ADD, asthma, autism, cancer, diabetes, deafness, gluten-free eating, Tourette’s syndrome, and having a friend with a special need. Currently there are books (both fiction and non-fiction), DVDs, videocassettes, music, and games available. The games are appropriate for the preschool-Grade 2 child with special needs. They may be checked out for a two week period of time. The collection will continue to be expanded as time goes on. |
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