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Lit Lorie Loves – Seek and Find Picture Books

What a wonderful way to spend quality time with your child or grandchild is to engage in classic and modern picture books often known as Hide and Seek or I Spy. These picture books are also great to occupy your children during long car or airplane trips.

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Lit Lorie Loves – 1000 Books Before Kindergarten

From birth to age 5, your child is experiencing a crucial time of growth and development. Reading with them every day helps prepare them for future success as readers and life‑long learners. Not to mention you will be spending quality time together while promoting a love of reading. Along the way, the Children’s Library staff are here to support you and cheer you on. Stop by the Children’s Library circulation desk for more information on how to enroll your child. Built into the program are book recommendations, here is a small selection from the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten book lists:

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Spooky Nonfiction for Grades 3 and Up

Stop by the Children's Library to check out these spooky reads!   Boo! Stories to Make You Jump compiled by Laura Cecil, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark  A collection of scary stories and poems, with an emphasis on monsters, ghosts, and witches.  Creepy and Tr...

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Lit Lorie Loves – Read Aloud Cart

Are you invited to be the mystery reader in your child or grandchild’s classroom? We can help you with your selection, with a growing collection of picture books and nonfiction books for your perusal. Just come downstairs and ask the Children’s staff about the read-aloud cart. Here is a small selection of the 99 (plus) books on our purple cart:

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Kathy's Korner: Sequels and Series Update for September

GRAPHIC NOVELS:  BARB THE LAST BERZERKER (3): BATTLE FOR BAILIWICK by Dan Abdo.  A ragtag crew of Berzerkers and five Wise Wizards with rusty powers come together to stop an evil witch from taking over their land, as Barb attempts to harness the mystical power of the Ghost Blade and lea...

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Kathy's Korner - New Children's Chapter Books in August

PETS RULE by Susan Tan.  A new series of easy chapter books starring a chihuahua who wants to rule the world, but is constantly being thwarted by other pets, such as adorable (?) kittens, poodles, and his clueless family of humans.  Black and white illustrations on every page. Gr 1-3. ...

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Kathy's Korner July New Fiction Youth

GOSSAMER SUMMER by H.M. Bouwman.  Four sisters make a friend, find a grubby fairy, and defend the neighborhood against evil birds in this book about grief, magic, and the power of stories. (Alert – the evil birds may be frightening to younger, sensitive readers.)  Gr 2-5.  THE ISLA...

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