Children's Services
National Children's Book Week!
May 12-18
Celebrate by:
- Coming to the library for a tall stack of children’s books to read, or audiobooks to listen hear. Peek into the activity room to see some fun summer things coming in June.
- Listening to this library song by Bill Harley.
- Entering our Book Week contest. Download the form and design a bookmark to turn in by May 31. The winning entry will be made into bookmarks handed out at the library during July. Be creative!
The library has subscribed to TumbleBookLibrary, an online collection of animated, talking picture books. They are in an easy-to-use format kids love. TumbleBooks add animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books for online books you can have read to you. There are also related online games and audiobooks for older children.
About the pictures:
- We planted pumpkin seeds to get ready for fall activities already!
- Just about anywhere in the Children's Room makes a good place to sit down for a story.
- Guitar Hero is just one of the fun library activities for kids of all ages.
- Look for the painted windows along the entrance to the Children's Room.
"Bugs" Invade Library This Summer!
No children's activities are planned for May, while the staff spends time with class visits and gets ready for summer activities.
The summer theme will be Catch the Reading Bug! There will be buggy activities, decorations, and things to do in the Children's Room. In the reading program, kids will set their own reading goals (with help from an adult) and everyone who reaches the goal will get a new paperback book and theme t-shirt! Signup for reading logs begins June 2.
Registration for June & July activities has begun. 
You can print out a copy of the listing. Information and signup for activities is available by phone or at the Children's Services desk. If your child is signed up for a program but won't be able to attend, please call 839-6602 x109 to cancel. No-shows are a problem if a program has a waiting list!
Get free books for your child in the Early Readers Club!
Children who enroll in the Early Readers Club will receive 12 books per year, mailed quarterly. A book storage chest/container will be mailed to each child. Children will continue to receive books until they turn 6 years-old - or move out of the area. The Indianapolis Colts have agreed to help sponsor this program. Registration is now open to children in Hendricks County. Parents/caregivers have the option of paying a nominal fee of $20 per year/per child for this program, or they may request a scholarship upon registration.
For more information, on-line registration and registration forms, visit the United Way website at: http://www.uwci.org/erc. Applications are also available in the Children's Room of the library.
This program replaces the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program, and children registered for Imagination Library will receive their final book in June. Participants should sign up for the new program to keep the books coming.
Staff is labeling the Accelerated Reading test books to make it easy to find books at the right level, and the project is moving along. It will be a very long process, with thousands of books to be labeled. The labels are purple, and have the level right on the book spine. Do you want to look up a book on the A.R. website to see if there's a test? Go to the Quiz Store.
Town of Plainfield Community Values-Awareness April: Integrity, defined as "Being of good character and behavior."
The Empty Pot, by Demi, E FIC Dem When the emperor gives each child a seed in order to choose his successor, only Ping, who is usually good with plants, does not return with something growing in his pot.
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Books That Build Character : a Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories, by WIlliam Kilpatrick, J PAR 649.7 Kil