Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Summer Reading Prize Winners

The summer reading program is over!
Here are the results of our prize drawing on July 31st:

Summer Reading Prizes

Amazon Kindle Fire = Cathy Stuhr

"Dig Your Way to China" Prize Basket = Megan Nickelson

Gardening Prize Basket = Evelen Bryan

Barnes and Noble Gift Card = Leah DiPietro

Starbucks Gift Card = Masumeh Zarei

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who participated!

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Hayley's Children's Book Reviews

Young children will love practicing subtraction as they count down with Pete in Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin. In this book Pete has four buttons on his favorite shirt and they keep falling off. Will Pete cry? No, instead he sings a song. Read this book and sing along.

Are The Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton is the perfect book for kids who love dinosaurs. A boy named Dave and his father go to the museum to see the dinosaurs. Dad is sure he knows all there is to know about these fabulous creatures, but does he. Kids will enjoy learning along with Dave about the different kinds of dinosaurs and what they were like when they were alive.

Do you ever feel like you are misunderstood? If so, Sam the dog knows just how you feel. Read Bad Boy, Good Boy by Kay Chorao and follow along with Sam on four short adventures. Is Sam a good boy or a bad boy? Learn the truth about Sam as you read these delightfully humorous stories.