Take a look at some of the out-of-this-world creations our builders came up with!
Monday, June 29, 2020
Virtual LEGO Club: Week 4
It's Week 4 of of Virtual LEGO Club, and it looks like we've been invaded!! This week was all about aliens.
Take a look at some of the out-of-this-world creations our builders came up with!
Make sure to visit the Galesburg Public Library Facebook page to catch our Week 5 challenge.
Take a look at some of the out-of-this-world creations our builders came up with!
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Children's Book List: Nonfiction (for kids who HATE nonfiction)
During these Interesting Times, the Children's Department has been hard
at work updating our book lists. Whether you're looking for a book on a
particular topic (like feeling different) or want to read something
similar to that series that you just finished up (and now have that
empty, lost feeling), we've probably got a book list for that. You can
find the full list of our children's book lists on our website. We've also put all of these awesome lists on Beanstack.
If you haven't had a chance to check out Beanstack, you really should.
It makes signing up for and monitoring summer reading a breeze! We'll be
highlighting some of our book lists in these blog posts throughout the
summer. Happy reading!
There is some nonfiction out there (for all age levels) that is great for research, but can be a bit dry for leisure reading. If you've got a kid who doesn't like nonfiction (or you are such a kid), check out some of the most engaging nonfiction books that we've come across this year.
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
New York: Neal Porter Books, 2020
Honeybee follows 'Apis', beginning with her chewing her way out of a wax cell 'and into a teeming, trembling flurry. Hummmmm!' We see how she interacts with her sisters, and works seven different jobs in the hive. Gathering nectar is only the last stage in her life. She also cleans the hive, takes care of the larvae and the queen, and more. In her short life, she'll fly 500 miles and visit 30,000 flowers.
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team
by Susan Hood and Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
On June 23, 2018, young Titan, 11 of his Wild Boar soccer teammates, and their coach set off to explore a local cave in northern Thailand. Outside, monsoon rains began to fall, and the team quickly became trapped. As the water levels rose in the cave, they wondered if they would make it back out.
Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry.
by Fausto Gilberti
New York City and London: Phaidon Press, 2019
Gilberti is an award-winning illustrator and author whose children's books have recently been translated into English. Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry. is a charming biography that follow its subjects with fun illustrations (and lots of blue).
There is some nonfiction out there (for all age levels) that is great for research, but can be a bit dry for leisure reading. If you've got a kid who doesn't like nonfiction (or you are such a kid), check out some of the most engaging nonfiction books that we've come across this year.
by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
New York: Neal Porter Books, 2020
Honeybee follows 'Apis', beginning with her chewing her way out of a wax cell 'and into a teeming, trembling flurry. Hummmmm!' We see how she interacts with her sisters, and works seven different jobs in the hive. Gathering nectar is only the last stage in her life. She also cleans the hive, takes care of the larvae and the queen, and more. In her short life, she'll fly 500 miles and visit 30,000 flowers.
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
On June 23, 2018, young Titan, 11 of his Wild Boar soccer teammates, and their coach set off to explore a local cave in northern Thailand. Outside, monsoon rains began to fall, and the team quickly became trapped. As the water levels rose in the cave, they wondered if they would make it back out.
Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry.
by Fausto Gilberti
New York City and London: Phaidon Press, 2019
Gilberti is an award-winning illustrator and author whose children's books have recently been translated into English. Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry. is a charming biography that follow its subjects with fun illustrations (and lots of blue).
Children's Book List: Historical Fiction
During these Interesting Times, the Children's Department has been hard
at work updating our book lists. Whether you're looking for a book on a
particular topic (like feeling different) or want to read something
similar to that series that you just finished up (and now have that
empty, lost feeling), we've probably got a book list for that. You can
find the full list of our children's book lists on our website. We've also put all of these awesome lists on Beanstack.
If you haven't had a chance to check out Beanstack, you really should.
It makes signing up for and monitoring summer reading a breeze! We'll be
highlighting some of our book lists in these blog posts throughout the
summer. Happy reading!
We've got almost a thousand years of historical fiction on our book list. Organized by year, it's got books from Korea in the 1170s (A Single Shard) to San Francisco in 2001 (Shooting Kabul). Here are a few of our favorites.
The
Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth Speare
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood
by Lauren Tarshis
New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2019
Carmen and her father moved from Italy to Boston four years ago. She's doing well in school, her neighbor Tony is her best friend, and she rides a horse named Rosie around the neighborhood. A popular spot with the local kids is a huge metal tank that hold millions of gallons of molasses. It's always leaking, and the kids are able to take samples of the tasty syrup. But the leaking seems to be getting worse. On the afternoon of January 15, 1919, a horrible noise shakes the city. The tank has burst! A wave of molasses 20 feet high is sweeping through the city! Will Carmen and Tony be able to make it to safety?
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcout, 1989
It is 1943 and Annemarie Johansen is ten years old and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nazi soldiers have occupied her city and country for several years now, but have rarely bothered her or her best friend Ellen Rosen. But now there is talk of 'relocation' and Annemarie must be very brave to help Ellen and her family escape to safety.
We've got almost a thousand years of historical fiction on our book list. Organized by year, it's got books from Korea in the 1170s (A Single Shard) to San Francisco in 2001 (Shooting Kabul). Here are a few of our favorites.
by Elizabeth Speare
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958
In 1987, sixteen year old Katherine 'Kit' Tyler arrives in Connecticut from sunny Barbados. Fleeing a marriage to a much older man after her grandfather dies, she hopes to find refuge with her aunt, uncle, and two cousins, none of whom she's met before. Puritanical New England is in stark contrast to the Caribbean, and Kit swiftly finds herself the subject of gossip and scorn. After she befriends Hannah, an elderly Quaker who lives on the outskirts of town, gossip swiftly turns to suspicion of witchcraft.
In 1987, sixteen year old Katherine 'Kit' Tyler arrives in Connecticut from sunny Barbados. Fleeing a marriage to a much older man after her grandfather dies, she hopes to find refuge with her aunt, uncle, and two cousins, none of whom she's met before. Puritanical New England is in stark contrast to the Caribbean, and Kit swiftly finds herself the subject of gossip and scorn. After she befriends Hannah, an elderly Quaker who lives on the outskirts of town, gossip swiftly turns to suspicion of witchcraft.
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood
New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2019
Carmen and her father moved from Italy to Boston four years ago. She's doing well in school, her neighbor Tony is her best friend, and she rides a horse named Rosie around the neighborhood. A popular spot with the local kids is a huge metal tank that hold millions of gallons of molasses. It's always leaking, and the kids are able to take samples of the tasty syrup. But the leaking seems to be getting worse. On the afternoon of January 15, 1919, a horrible noise shakes the city. The tank has burst! A wave of molasses 20 feet high is sweeping through the city! Will Carmen and Tony be able to make it to safety?
by Lois Lowry
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcout, 1989
It is 1943 and Annemarie Johansen is ten years old and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nazi soldiers have occupied her city and country for several years now, but have rarely bothered her or her best friend Ellen Rosen. But now there is talk of 'relocation' and Annemarie must be very brave to help Ellen and her family escape to safety.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Children's Book List: Beyond the Disney Princess
During these Interesting Times, the Children's Department has been hard at work updating our book lists. Whether you're looking for a book on a particular topic (like feeling different) or want to read something similar to that series that you just finished up (and now have that empty, lost feeling), we've probably got a book list for that. You can find the full list of our children's book lists on our website. We've also put all of these awesome lists on Beanstack. If you haven't had a chance to check out Beanstack, you really should. It makes signing up for and monitoring summer reading a breeze! We'll be highlighting some of our book lists in these blog posts throughout the summer. Happy reading!
As parents and caregivers you may love or hate the Disney Princesses, but as a cultural juggernaut, they're here to stay. If you've already exhausted Galesburg Public Library's collection of Disney books, movies, and other media, here are some new royals for you to meet and love.
Not All Princesses Dress in Pink
by Jane Yolen
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010
'These princesses dig in the dirt, kick soccer balls, and splash in muddy puddles, all in their sparkly crowns.'
Princess Polly and the Pony
by Susanna Davidson
London: Usborne, 2007
Princesses must not gallop! Or canter! Or trot! This is what the King and Queen say to Princess Polly, but all she wants to do is ride her pony. And then she sees a sign for the Pony Dressing-Up Race. Maybe she could ride...in disguise.
The Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005
Miri and her family have lived in the small village of Mount Eskel for generations. One day a royal delegate arrives with the expected traders. Per the usual traditions of Danland, the priests have fasted and prayed to determine the location of the prince's future bride. And this time she's to be found in Miri's territory. An academy will be set up for all the girls twelve to seventeen so they may learn how to be princesses. At the end of their studies, one will be chosen by the prince.
Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure
by Robert D. San Souci
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999
Based on a traditional Irish story, Margaret sets off on an adventure to far away lands. She faces sea serpents, sorcery, and giants along the way.
As parents and caregivers you may love or hate the Disney Princesses, but as a cultural juggernaut, they're here to stay. If you've already exhausted Galesburg Public Library's collection of Disney books, movies, and other media, here are some new royals for you to meet and love.
Not All Princesses Dress in Pinkby Jane Yolen
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010
'These princesses dig in the dirt, kick soccer balls, and splash in muddy puddles, all in their sparkly crowns.'
Princess Polly and the Pony
London: Usborne, 2007
Princesses must not gallop! Or canter! Or trot! This is what the King and Queen say to Princess Polly, but all she wants to do is ride her pony. And then she sees a sign for the Pony Dressing-Up Race. Maybe she could ride...in disguise.
by Shannon Hale
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005
Miri and her family have lived in the small village of Mount Eskel for generations. One day a royal delegate arrives with the expected traders. Per the usual traditions of Danland, the priests have fasted and prayed to determine the location of the prince's future bride. And this time she's to be found in Miri's territory. An academy will be set up for all the girls twelve to seventeen so they may learn how to be princesses. At the end of their studies, one will be chosen by the prince.
Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure
by Robert D. San Souci
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999
Based on a traditional Irish story, Margaret sets off on an adventure to far away lands. She faces sea serpents, sorcery, and giants along the way.
Monday, June 22, 2020
Virtual LEGO Club: Weeks 2 & 3
We LOVE to see how our summer readers are rising to the challenge of Virtual LEGO Club. Here are some submissions from Week 2 and Week 3.
Week 2's Virtual LEGO Club challenge was to build something inspired by a book you've read. Check out these cool creations:
Our Week 3 challenge was to build with your eyes closed for five minutes. Here are some of the creations you came up with:
Make sure to visit the Galesburg Public Library Facebook page to catch our Week 4 challenge!
Week 2's Virtual LEGO Club challenge was to build something inspired by a book you've read. Check out these cool creations:
Our Week 3 challenge was to build with your eyes closed for five minutes. Here are some of the creations you came up with:
Make sure to visit the Galesburg Public Library Facebook page to catch our Week 4 challenge!
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