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Hello Friends, Happy New Year! We're all ready for a fresh start. As we continue to stay close to home, here are some family activities on the theme of storytelling. We'll have a new Kid Kit ready soon to keep you crafting. Request yours at curbside pickup. As always, we're available for any requests you may have. Reach out to us anytime! We love hearing from you: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org Warmly, Alicia, Catherine, and Martha |
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Did you know you can get a personalized list of books? Sign up for an Individualized Reading List (IRL). We'll schedule a video chat with a librarian who will create a book list just for you. Send us an email at jdesk@beltiblibrary.org |
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Take the library home with you! We've put together crafts, activities, and other goodies just for you. We'll have new kits and activities each month. Recommended for kids ages 4+. Request your Kid Kit at Curbside service today. |
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,Join us for virtual storytimes with Alicia & Catherine! We'll post them weekly on our library YouTube channel. If you would like a shout out, you can reach us at: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org |
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Mondays Ages 2-3 (All ages welcome) |
Wednesdays
Ages 3-5 (All ages welcome) |
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1st Friday Ages 2-5 (All ages welcome) |
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6pm - 7pm
Love to play chess? Join live games every Wednesday evening or be matched with someone for a game at a convenient time. For more information, email Chase: ccronkright@beltiblibrary.org |
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Curbside service is available. The library building remains closed to the public but you can drop off old books and place new ones on hold for curbside pickup. |
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We all have stories to tell. Discover fun ways to tell them. |
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Storytelling ActivitiesKids love to hear and tell stories. We've collected a few storytelling activities to share with even the youngest of storytellers.
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Story Seeds PodcastWhat happens when kids pair up with favorite kid lit authors? Listen to see how ideas grow into full-fledged stories. Collaborating authors include Jason Reynolds, Chris Grabenstein, Veera Hiranandani, and more! |
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Preserving Family StoriesOur first stories are often family stories. Use this guide created by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center to preserve your family oral histories. |
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Story Corps has been collecting stories of everyday people for over 15 years. While its full collection is housed at the American Folklife Center, select stories have been made available as a series of animated shorts. Watch and listen to stories from across the country.
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jennifer BryantA captivating picture book biography of one of the first African-American professional basketball players and his rise to basketball stardom in spite of the obstacles he faced in the segregated cities of his childhood and throughout his career.
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The Babysitter from Another Planet by Stephen SavageLeft with an alien babysitter while their parents go out for the evening, two children embark on a remarkable night that is reminiscent of classic science-fiction stories. By the award-winning author of Polar Bear Night. |
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Bear Goes Sugaring by Maxwell EatonLearn how to make syrup the old fashioned way with the help of a friendly bear and her amusingly unhelpful accomplices Dog and Squirrel in this informative comics-style picture book.
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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki GrimesThe Coretta Scott King Award-winning author presents an imaginative bedtime story that finds a restless youngster growling, hunting and hiding through his nighttime routine before settling down to sleep.
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In My Garden by Charlotte ZolotowAn intergenerational tribute to the experiences of nature across the seasons through the eyes of children and adults depicts two friends who watch the birds, fly a kite, plant flowers and play in the snow, in an updated rendering of Zolotow’s 1960 picture book.
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The Good Egg by Jory JohnA follow-up to The Bad Seed finds a good egg striving to do everything right while the other eggs in his carton prove themselves rather rotten, a distinction that leads him to crack under the pressure of always being Grade-A perfect.
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Julián at the Wedding by Jessica LoveThe heroic young star from Julián Is a Mermaid bonds with a lively new friend during a family wedding filled with flowers, cake, and dancing that reveals the power of friendship.
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My Best Friend by Julie FoglianoA celebration of childhood friendship by the best-selling author of When Green Becomes Tomatoes and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator introduces best friends who share laughter and understand each other.
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This Way, Charlie by Caron LevisJack, a grumpy and introverted goat, and Charlie, a blind horse, meet at Open Bud Ranch, an animal rehabilitation center, and form an unlikely friendship that grows stronger in the face of adversity.
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Vamos! Let's Go Eat! by Raul the ThirdA follow-up to Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market finds Little Lobo excitedly attending a show starring his favorite wrestling champion before enjoying some of the delicious options being served from nearby food trucks.
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Yasmin the Soccer Star by Saadia FaruqiWhen a new gym teacher introduces her gym class to soccer, Yasmin fears it will be as rough as the professional sport but must try to find courage to play goalie.
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba HigueraLupe Wong needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite baseball pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, but her plan goes awry when she has to learn square dancing in gym class.
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris GrabensteinA series debut by the best-selling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library finds 12-year-old Jake rendered a child genius by the accidental ingestion of experimental information pills, before using his newfound smarts to save his middle school from being shut down.
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Catherine's War by Julia BilletA survival story based on true events follows the experiences of a young Jewish photographer who is forced to go into hiding and make a perilous journey to the free zone when Germany seizes France during World War II.
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Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée WatsonThe Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan’s father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
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King and the Dragonflies by Kacen CallenderA 12-year-old boy spends days in the mystical Louisiana bayou to come to terms with a sibling’s sudden death, his grief-stricken family and the disappearance of his former best friend. By the award-winning author of Hurricane Child.
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We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada KellyJoining their fellow seventh graders to watch the 1986 Challenger launch, three siblings struggle with respective difficulties including falling grades, an out-of-control temper and depressed NASA ambitions. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Hello, Universe.
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When You Trap a Tiger by Tae KellerMoving with her parents into the home of her sick grandmother, young Lily forges a complicated pact with a magical tiger, in a story inspired by Korean folktales. By the author of The Science of Unbreakable Things.
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A Wish in the Dark by Christina SoontornvatEscaping from the prison where he was born, Pong discovers harrowing truths about the gap between the world’s privileged ruling class and impoverished laborers, while the prison warden’s daughter who is hunting him uncovers other daunting secrets.
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Everything Sad is Untrue: (A True Story) by Daniel NayeriAt the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou stands trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. Khosrou's stories are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the refugee camps of Italy, and further back to Isfahan.
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