Baby-Sitter’s Club President of the Whole Fifth Grade by Sherri Winston When Brianna’s celebrity chef hero credits her success to being elected fifth grade class president, Brianna, sets out to win an election of her own. An entrepreneurial story about a strong girl who makes things happen. Brianna’s a total Kristy. All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria […]
Anderson’s Bookshop down in Naperville, IL is holding a FREE virtual event with Sarah Mlynowski. Mlynowski is the author of the Whatever After & Upside Down Magic series. This webinar will be on Monday, August 31st at 7pm Central Time. Click here to register!
The Library might be physically closed for the holiday, but our virtual library is always open. Check out these eBooks (& count them for Summer Reading!): Picture Books A is for America by Devin Scillian America the Beautiful by Wendell Minor Ben Franklin’s Big Splash by Barb Rosenstock Duck For President by Doreen Cronin Grace For President by Kelly Dipucchio […]
Babies and Beans! First-time parent to a child under two? Grab a cup of coffee and meet us for some fun virtual conversation. A new baby during the pandemic is rough! This whole thing makes it hard to show that adorable new tiny human off to your family and friends. This is the perfect space to commiserate with some other […]
TinkerCAD has announced a student design contest for any and all students. To enter, you simply need to post an instructable showing how you made a Tinkercad 3D design as part of your homeschooling experience. No 3D printer is required! Winners will receive a $100 Amazon gift card. Here are the five categories: Make it Move – To win this prize, […]
Head on over to the DIY A to Z Storytime Page for some ABC storytimes from Miss Jenni! This page is a sub-page of the Library at Home page.
You may remember earlier this year when the Library had a Frozen singalong featuring Queen Elsa herself. It was pretty awesome! Well, Queen Elsa will be holding a Snow Queen Storytime on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 11:30am Central Time. Click this link to access the Facebook Princess Storytime Group!
May is National Pet Month, so here is a pet-themed podcast list curated by School Library Journal: Eat Your Spanish: Lesson 8, Pets Ages 5-12: Bilingual musicians and former Montessori teachers Evan and Vanessa speak mainly in English but select a couple of Spanish words to practice based on a theme. Here, they include words for common pets, including cat, […]
This Friday, May 8th at 12:30 pm, you can take a field trip to Mars with the Smithsonian – just click on this link. NASA has a wide variety of online resources and ideas for unplugged resources. Ranger Rick magazine has made themselves freely accessible to everyone stuck at home. Girls Who Code has an at home series that updates […]
Just because the major North American comic book distributors have stopped working, doesn’t mean you cannot still read comic books! And don’t forget to support your local neighborhood comic book shop (Modern Age is still shipping books!) if you are able. Comics & Comic-Related Resources Attend a free virtual Comics Relief festival from First Second Comics. This will be held […]
