Free Movie & Popcorn in Meeting Room
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Children’s Staff to Visit Schools in May
During May, our Children’s Department staff takes its show on the road to share the library’s many benefits to first, second, and third grade classes within our library district. Students learn about the variety of materials available and how to obtain a library card. The highlight will be a sneak preview of the upcoming summer reading club “Reading Country.”
Summer Reading Club Teen Voluteers
We NEED you!
Reading Patch Club
Now until Sat., May 29
Kids can wear their love of reading on their sleeve (or their backpack, jeans, or jacket) as the Dundee Library’s Reading Patch Club has started. The club invites children in preschool through eighth grade to read their favorite books and explore the library for new ones, which earns them patches.
Preschoolers through second graders can earn three patches in the following categories: general-humor, fantasy, and animals. They must read, or have read to them, 20 books in a category to receive a patch.
Third through eighth graders can earn five different patches in: general-humor, fantasy, animals, mystery, and Caudill Awards. They must read ten books in a category to receive a patch.
For more information contact the Children’s Desk, 847-428-3661, ext. 310.
Looking for Award-Winning Books?
Click on the TITLE links which go directly into our Catalog.
2009 Winner Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Call Number: JF RIORDAN
2010 Winner When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Call Number : JF Stead
Randolph Caldecott Medal Award
2010 Winner The Lion and the Mouse - written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number : Juv 398.20938 Pin
Other Award Winners
*Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video 2010
*Coretta Scott King Award Winner 2010
*Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Winner 2009
*Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner 2010
*Illinois K-3 Children's Choice Award, Monarch Award
*Pura Belpré Award for Narrative Winner 2010
*Robert F. Sibert Medal Award Winner 2010
*Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2010
2010 Children's Notables from ALA Website
Notable Children's Books
Notable Children's Recordings
Notable Children's Videos
Websites
Search engines :
Google Web Directory for Kids & Teens
KidsClick! / Onekey / Yahooligans!
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Allmath.com- For elementary and middle school...flash cards, metric conversion, multiplication tables, etc.
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Great Websites for Kids! : Website created by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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Guys Read - Jon Scieszka, author of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales", has put together a website just for guys who want to read but aren't sure what kinds of books to pick up.
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The Lexile Framework for Reading - If you are looking for a book at a certain Lexile level or want to know the Lexile level of a book you want to read, search this site or ask a librarian for help.
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pbskids.org - PBS site for kids that includes learning games, paint box, and links to PBS shows.
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Presidents of the U.S. - Resource on U.S. Presidents created by Internet Public Library
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ReadyWeb - Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting. There are lots of excellent resources and tips here for parents wanting to help their children become ready for reading and for school.
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What Book Got You Hooked? - FirstBook, which gives away books to children, asked people to tell them what book got them hooked on reading. "Over 100,000 people responded. These are the Top 50 books that got YOU hooked!"
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Yahoo internet games - Links to internet interactive games.
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Your Science Fair Project Guide - Web resources for science experiments