Dancing Babies with Monica Higman

Sunday April 9, 2017: 1:00pm to 1:40pm
Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room
Babies And Preschoolers, Up To Age 5

Dancing Babies with Denise Owens

Saturday May 13, 2017: 10:00am to 10:40am
Westgate Branch: West Side Room
Babies And Preschoolers, Up To 5 Years.

Dancing Babies with Denise Owens

Saturday March 4, 2017: 10:00am to 10:40am
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room
Babies And Preschoolers, Up To 5 Years.

PreK Bits - "R" is for ROBOTS

Wed, 12/14/2016 - 11:24am by ryanikoglu

It was Robot time in Ms. Rachel’s Storytime this week.
HELLO ROBOTS … the robots do the work at home until … POP!
“COLOR ROBOTS” … we moved like robots with this rap & rhythm from Harry Kindergarten on youtube.
We danced the "Robo-POkey" with Banjo Betsy.
And in the ... BIRTHDAY BOX … we found a perfect present for a birthday kid.

For more ROBOT reads try these favorites:
ZOE And ROBOT: Let’s Pretend … do robots pretend?
DOUG UNPLUGGED … a robot adventure.
BABY BRAINS And ROBOMOM … an invention to give parents a rest.
NANOBOTS … an accidental discovery.
RALPH MASIELLO’S ROBOT DRAWING BOOK … get out the paper and pencils!
IF I HAD A ROBOT … Oh, the things I would do.
FRANKY … an almost wordless picture book. YOU help with telling the story.
BEEP! BEEP! GO TO SLEEP! … even robots need to sleep.
TWELVE BOTS OF CHRISTMAS … with two turbo doves and a cartridge in a gear tree.
La la la!

Emoji Clay Charms

Sunday July 16, 2017: 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grade K - Adult

Lois Lowry's Photographed Life

Sat, 12/03/2016 - 5:28pm by mansii

Youth author Lois Lowry has been a long-standing beloved household name for a number of her Newberry winning books, not the least of which are The Giver and Number the Stars. The Giver many might know from its 2014 movie rendition including star actors such as Meryl Streep. Lowry has always been one to write stories that not only capture the imagination but challenge her readers to question, and to hang tight to all the goodness they can find. They are insightful and provocative for both the young and old.

Her newly updated and expanded autobiographical work retains this legacy. Looking Back: A Book of Memories reads like an album. The reader flips through glossy page after glossy page of photographs paired with a short, page-long reminiscence. Each glimpse of Lowrian history is also joined with a quote from one of her books, so we can trace her inspiration for characters and passages. Lowry traces the lines where her personhood is inextricably linked to the stories she has crafted.

In a simple style aimed towards the middle grade audience her novels have been written for, Lowry uses these pages to welcome us into her own family. She points out details and gives backstory, shares personal responses and humorous anecdotes, much like one might pass down stories to a grandchild. She conveys not only her own life, but includes photographs of her parents, children, grandchildren, and even some friends, showing the web through which we form our identity.

Looking Back is not entitled a “Book of Memories” for nothing; Lowry gently asks many questions about the nature of memory throughout these pages, a theme readily seen in The Giver as well. When we see a face but cannot remember a name, what does that do to a person’s identity? Does time’s inevitable morphing of names and details mean that our memories become false? How is our memory influenced by the fleeting moments captured by the camera, even when these moments would be seen differently in light of a bigger picture? One thing becomes clear: memory is a gift, and the small moments of our lives make history.

Rainbow Ribbon Wands

Friday July 28, 2017: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Westgate Branch: West Side Room
Preschool - Grade 5

Ooey Gooey Slime Time!

Tuesday July 11, 2017: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grade 1—Adult

Preschool ArtStart

Monday May 15, 2017: 10:30am to 11:00am
Traverwood Branch: Program Room
Ages 2–5

Preschool ArtStart

Monday April 17, 2017: 10:30am to 11:00am
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Age 2–5