April 2021 – Algonquin Library Youth Services

The Last Week of April is National Princess Week!

April 24, 2021 Book Lists, CoVid-19 Resources

Picture Books The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black! Princess Grace by Mary Hoffman Grace wants to participate in her community festival’s princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be–from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink […]

Thank You Notes to Local Nurses: Digital File

April 12, 2021 CoVid-19 Resources, Programs

Here is the link to the digital Thank You Note file. Feel free to print it out at home and drop your note off at the Harnish Library. We will have a box in the Lobby just for Thank You Notes. If you are more of an in-person Library user, we have Thank You Note Kits available at the Youth […]

April is National Poetry Month

April 8, 2021 Book Lists

National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry When words in verse are paired with the awesomeness of nature, something magical happens. Beloved former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates an exuberant poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and […]

35 Books For National Library Week

April 5, 2021 Book Lists, Uncategorized

The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora Oskar and and his bear Theodore must save the day when an angry monster barges into the library … and thinks it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet! Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough Once upon a time, American children couldn’t borrow library books. Reading wasn’t all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll […]

40 Books for #WorldAutismAwarenessDay

April 2, 2021 Book Lists, Uncategorized

Picture Books All My Stripes by Shaina Rudolph Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his “autism stripe, ” he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca Describes the […]

30 Books for Arab American Heritage Month

April 1, 2021 Book Lists

A Kid’s Guide to Arab American History by Yvonne Wakim Dennis Each chapter focuses on a different group of Arab Americans including those of Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Iraqi, and Yemeni descent and features more than 50 fun activities that highlight their distinct arts, games, clothing, and food. Kids will love dancing the dabke, constructing a derbekke drum, playing […]