Summer vacation will be here before you know it! Here is a list of free or low cost activities for you and your family to enjoy this summer! Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library Summer Reading Club (May 26 through July 10) The PGTPL Summer Reading Club is back...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here is a booklist featuring a variety of books for children about mental health and coping tools! Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available from another library through the Evergreen system. Nonfiction Mindfulness and Meditation: Handling Life with a Calm...
Spring is here! As the ground thaws after a long winter, insects of all kinds will be emerging from their winter naps. Insects are cold-blooded, so they need warmer temperatures to be active. Once the insects become active, they come out of their winter hiding...
Spring Into Reading Warmer weather is returning, flowers are blooming, and the library has lots of fun activities planned for the season! What's New? Bookmark Reading Promotion In March, we designed and printed special bookmarks for the Van Buren Elementary PTO to distribute to students participating in their spring...
Spring is a great time to explore science with your young child! Here are a few simple activities you can easily work into your day. Natural Science So much is changing outside during spring! Walk around the same area multiple times over the course of a few...
Spring is here! Now that we have wonderful warm weather to enjoy, trips to the park or walks around your neighborhood are great ways to get your kids active and enjoy the spring weather! Here are a couple of ways to make those park outings...
What on earth are all these awards?! There are so many different awards for children’s books. There are more than this post will even cover! Let’s dive into two of the oldest awards. The awards we’ll look at today are the Newbery Medal, and the Caldecott...
Recently a patron asked for tips on how to start reading to his baby. What books should he choose? At what age should he start? When should he do it? How long should they read together? These are excellent questions that many parents and caregivers have...
Summary (from Evergreen): Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just...
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill was the winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal. It’s not hard to see why. This is a story with complex themes, but presented in a way that is understandable for middle grade readers. Two of the...
