The Children's Room
To help parents and teachers explain the recent earthquake tragedies to their children, Sylvan Dell has posted its Pandas' Earthquake Escape e-Book on its home page free for the next 30 days. It includes information about shifting plates and dynamic earth forces at work as well as Panda Bears.
Featured Activities for Kids
After School Gaming. Thursday, March 25, 4:00-5:00, for ages 9-12. Join your friends after school at the library to play the Wii and various board games. Registration is not required.
Family Story Time. Monday, March 22, 6:30-7:00ish. Especially for families with children age 3-6. Bring the entire family for stories, songs, and activities. Registration is not required.
How to Train Your Dragon. Wednesday, March 31, 6:30-7:15, ages 9-12. Join us to discuss the books, make a paper dragon and have a snack related to the Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking series. Registration is required.
Reading with Dogs. Tuesday, April 6, 6:30-7:30pm, ages 5-10. Hendricks County 4-H members bring their trained and certified therapy dogs to the library to listen to children read. Therapy dogs provide a relaxed and dog-friendly atmosphere which allows children to practice the skill of reading. These are real dogs with gentle personalities who love to listen to stories. Children should bring a book to read. Registration is NOT required.
Read with Red Robin. Wednesday, April 6, 6:30-7:00pm, ages 4-8. Join Plainfield's Red Robin character for a fun half hour that includes a story and coloring activities. Registration is NOT required. Part of the Community Readers series.
Homeschool Book Exchange. Wednesday, April 14, 1:30-3:30pm. for all ages. Buy or trade previously owned text books at the Second Annual Homeschool Book Exchange. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow home educators and recycle home school texts. Contact Joyce at 839-6602 x. 2127 to reserve a booth.
There are many more activities for kids from birth through age 12. Go to E*vents online for complete information, and to register for programs which require it. You can also sign up by phone at 838-3801, or at the library. If a program is full, you can pick up an 'I'm next' number at the desk to take the place of no-shows. If your child is signed up for an activity but won't be able to attend, please call 838-3801 to cancel.
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Super Flash Reviews
Give us your Super Flash Review! Very short opinions about things you can borrow here! Talk to a staff member if you would like to contribute a flash review for this space or ask the staff member who did the review to tell you more!
Girls and science mix together quite well in these two award winning books:
Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream by Tanya Lee Stone. This nonfiction book is a 2010 SIBERT MEDAL AWARD finalist. (Joyce)
The evolution of Calpurnia Tateby Kelly, Jacqueline..
This fiction book, with a beautiful cover, is a 2010 John Newbery Honor Book. (Joyce)
Cookie by Wilson, Jacqueline. Shy, unglamorous Beauty needs her imaginary conversations with the gentle host of the TV show Sam and Lily in the Rabbit Hutch. Then something happens and everything changes. Great book, and the illustrations by Nick Sharratt are EXACTLY right. (Jan)
"British author, Angie Sage dives right into the world of wizards and 
magic in Magyk, the first book in the intriguing Septimus Heap series." (Joyce)
"Doesn't disappoint." The magician's elephant by Kate DiCamillo. (Mary)
Board Games!
If you are going to be here for a while, ask for one of our board games.
Get Free Books for Your Child in the Early Readers Club!
Children who enroll in the Early Readers Club get 12 books per year and a storage chest-container in the mail. Children receive books until they turn 6 years old or move out of the area. Registration is open to children in Hendricks County. Parents /caregivers may pay $20 per year per child or request a scholarship upon registration. For more information, on-line registration, and registration forms, visit the United Way web site at: http://www.uwci.org/erc.
The library subscribes to TumbleBook Library, an online collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks add animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books. There are related online games and audiobooks for older children.
Many of our books are labeled with purple Accelerated Reading Program reading levels on the spine. Download the brochure about finding AR books in the Children's Room. Do you want to see if a certain book has a quiz? Go to the Quiz Store at the AR web site.