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STORYTIME KITS Grab one of our do-it-at-home storytime kits! Shapes, magnets, rhymes, weblinks, an instrument, stickers, activity pages, a craft, and a free copy of the book are included. Supplies are limited, so grab yours ASAP! Tiny Blue Baxter by Bailey Carroll Visit Hibbing Public Library’s online storytime at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=697072001467495 for a read-aloud. Then, enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
YOUTH BOOK CLUBS Check out our do-it-at-home book clubs for all ages. All we ask is that you read the book: do as much or as little of the rest of it as you want. No matter how much you do, the book is yours! There are four age categories: grades K-3, grades 3-5, grades 5-8, and grades 9-12. Every book comes with links to explore, a review sheet, a few questions, and some activities that tie into the book. We will have posts on www.splyouth.org for anyone who wants to discuss the books or comment on the questions or activities. Supplies are limited, so grab yours today! Grades K-3: The Bad Seed by Jory John “This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember!” (TBS, 2017). Grades 3-5: Wish by Barbara O’Connor “Charlie Reese has been making the same |
Grades 5-8: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett “After the sudden death of her parents in India, Mary Lennox is sent ‘home’ to England, and the Yorkshire estate of a distant relative. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of Dickon, a local country boy, and Colin, her guardian’s invalid son, Mary’s spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life,” (TSG, 1999 edition). Grades 9-12: At the Speed of Lies by Cindy L. Otis When Quinn Calvert’s older sister, Ava, joins a new school club dedicated to finding two kids who were kidnapped near her small town in upstate New York, Quinn knows she needs to act. Her luck looks like it might be changing when her posts on her Instagram, the Whine, about the missing kids and the school club go viral. At first Quinn is excited by the mass of new followers and attention the Whine is getting, but rumors, conspiracies, and claims run rampant online and before she knows it, Quinn and her Instagram are at the center of it all. Quinn must race to find out what happened to the missing kids amid the chaos before it can happen again...
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Congratulations to Everett, who read 500 books! This program, a nationwide challenge encouraging caregivers to read aloud to their children, is freely available to all families with children between birth and 5-6 years. Children receive prizes after every 100 books read. To learn more, visit our website or http://1000booksbeforekindergarten.org/.
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Swanton Public Library
Swanton Ohio