YES, we will have an online Summer Reading program through a product called Beanstack. This program will be similar to previous years, where you will read and do activities to earn prizes. There are paper logs in the June/July 2020 newsletter sent to your household through the mail. A more detailed FAQ (especially with technology how-to details) may be found here. […]
Do you like coloring? Do you like Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel? Well, he has introduced a new Bad Kitty Coloring Book that is about washing your hands (er…paws). It is free to download right here! The James Dyson Foundation has created engineering challenge cards for kids during the pandemic. Those are available here. The Google Arts project allows you […]
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!
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, wrote a short article about her pandemic experience here. eLearning is no joke and we do not want anyone to feel obligated to do extra online learning in addition to school with Girls Who Code. If you want to, that is totally fine. If you want to play video games, go outside, or […]
The music of Laurie Berkner is often featured in storytime at AAPLD. Our Youth Librarians love her! Tomorrow, she will be holding a virtual seminar on Facebook Live about educational play & music at home. This will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13th at 5:30pm Central Time (6:30pm Eastern Time).
May 8th, 2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War 2 in Europe. VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day, which is understandably a much bigger deal in Europe than in the United States. The United States played a huge role in the Victory in Europe though. Before officially declaring war, the United States was sending war […]
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 […]
Official Star Wars Storytimes Listen to Rey read BB-8 on the Run! This storytime is perfect for fans of the Sequel Trilogy. Or if you are more an Original Trilogy fan, check out C-3Po’s storytime. Lastly, for Prequel Trilogy & Clone Wars fans, Ahsoka Tanu does a fantastic reading of The Galaxy Needs You. Hope This May the 4th, we […]
To celebrate National Pet Month, we will be posting photos of Library Staff Pets to our social media pages. We want to include your pets too, so be sure to send photos of your pets to social@aapld.org. To start off, here is a sneak preview: Miss Jenni’s adorable puppy! Looking for some good pet reads? Here are some pet-themed eBook […]
