Eighth Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalists Announced

Every Child a Reader (ECAR) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) have announced the finalists in the eighth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards (CCBA), the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by kids and teens. Young readers across the country will determine the winners in all 7 categories of the Children’s Choice Book Awards by voting online at ccbookawards.com from Tuesday, March 17, 2015 through Sunday, May 3, 2015. In 2014, over 1.2 million votes were cast online by young readers. Winners will be announced during the 96^th annual Children’s Book Week (May 4-10, 2015).

The finalists for the K-2, 3-4, and 5-6 Book of the Year categories were selected by kids through the Children’s Choices Program, a joint project of the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the CBC, in which 36,600+ children from different regions of the United States read newly-published children’s and young adult trade books and voted for the ones they liked best. Teen Book of the Year finalists were chosen by 4,000+ teens via voting conducted by Teenreads.com.

No Place for Hate Poetry Slam

Join No Place for Hate Lansdowne Chapter for a Poetry Slam.

This month the theme is "What does Black History Month Mean to You?"

The event takes place Saturday, February 21 from 3 pm to 5 pm at Art Space Lansdowne which is located 25 S Lansdowne Ave.

Awards will be given to all teens who participate and there is a prize for the winner.

You must submit your poem, lyrics to spoken words by 11:59 pm on Thursday, February 19th, by emailing them to Meg.flisek@gmail.com.

See flyer for all details!

Delaware County Symphony is offering discounted tickets to DCLS library card holders

The Delaware County Symphony (DCS)presents the third of its Chamber Concert Series on Sunday February 8, 2015 at 3 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre of the Thomas A Bruder, Jr. Life Center at Neumann University, Aston, Pa.

 

The February chamber concert opens with Jennifer Flam, flute, Michael Berton, cello and DCS Music Director  Tim Ribchester, piano, performing Bohuslav Martinu’s Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano. Martinu is one of the greatest Czech composers of his generation and internationally known for his concerti and chamber music. His work tends to command attention from its opening bars. Martinu offers a rhythmically vital and singing style that recalls the genius of both Antonín Dvořák and Igor Stravinsky.

 

Chess Club

Each Saturday the library hosts a chess club. Our volunteers and coaches are available to teach and guide you through the process to process to learn to play. 

Today we are having a tournament in addition to our regularteaching. Players 18 and under will go against each other! 

 

We will update with the winner! 

January Early Literacy Calendar of Activities

Theresa Dykes is our wonderful storyteller provided by the Delaware County Library System. Her programs are designed for children aged birth to 24 months, and consist of books, music, fingerplays, rhymes and puppets. Theresa is often our guest for Tuesdays during Bibs-n-Books. Theresa has created a wonderful resource an Early Literacy Calendar for you to use with your children! The calendar is geared toward toddlers (2 and 3) and encourages parents to read, talk, write, play, and sing with their child everyday.

 January Activities can be found using this link.

Theresa will be joining us for storytime Tuesdays in January, beginning January 6th! Stop by for fun stories, playtime and more!

Book Bites: The Storytime with No Theme

My "Infant/Toddler" Storytime has really morphed into more of a "Toddler/Whoever shows up" Storytime. I am not complaining; there have been days when it is me and an empty room or one or two children who wanted anything but me reading a book so a diverse age group is welcome. With my diverse age group, however, I find that I do need to think about mixing up what books we will share. The shorter books are best for a younger attention span while some of the older listeners are able to appreciate longer books. It's a struggle sometimes to find that magical combination of engaging story, fun for the audience (the listeners and their parents) and just right book.

Instead of stressing about a theme we shared some of my favorite books to read and among them was "Press Here" by Herve Tullet. This book was such a great way to allow the group to settle in, be a part of the action and quite frankly, I love this book!

Overview of "Press Here"

Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next! Children and adults alike will giggle with delight as the dots multiply, change direction, and grow in size! Especially remarkable because the adventure occurs on the flat surface of the simple, printed page, this unique picture book about the power of imagination and interactivity will provide read-aloud fun for all ages!

Today's group are my "regulars" and before sharing the book I informed them that I would need their help as we read. I did let everyone know that there would be opportunities for everyone to help. The book worked great with the four to six revolving helpers who volunteered. Those a little more reluctant to help and shied away from being near the book would act out some of the moves (lean to the left or blow away the darkness).

The reaction of the children was great! They were amazed that by following directions that their actions created something new throughout the book.






We also read
Naked! by Michael Ian Black.
For this book we passed out scarves and pretended they were our capes.

Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin and James Dean.
For this book we learned the signs for colors and sang Pete's song each time his shoes changed colors.

Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel.
We learned animal signs and had a chorus of quacks and moos and other animal sounds as we read.

The Snowy Day by Ezra jack Keats
We pretended the scarves were snow and played along with Peter as we celebrated a very UN-snowy day in Lansdowne.

Bibs-n-Books will be on hiatus until January 6th! You are invited to join us when we return and help us welcome Theresa Dykes!