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Spring Happenings
Happy Spring Break!
Weekly Programs will resume the week of April 13 with our final session of the school year. After that, we'll take a break from programming to focus on planning for a big Summer Reading Program! This week we have Drop-In Crafts for you to do during Spring Break, and you are welcome to come to the library and play, read and meet up with friends. We love seeing happy kids and parents! |
Program Highlights See all programs in our newsletter (pg. 6-7) |
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Weekly Programs
Spring, Session 2 programs will begin the week of April 13. There's still space in:
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April is Poetry Month
Did you know that poetry is a great vocabulary builder for children of all ages? We have lots of wonderful poetry books to check out.
Poem in your Pocket - Read a poem to a youth staff member and get a sticker! We have a selection of poems at different reading levels that kids can choose from or bring your own. (For pre-readers, they may recite a nursery rhyme or sing us a song)
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Positive Parenting Tuesday, April 14, 6:00 p.m.Raising children is one of the toughest and most fulfilling jobs in the world - and the one for which most people feel the least prepared. During this presentation, Lisa, a public health nurse from the Oakland County Health Department, will discuss nine effective parenting strategies, including effective discipline, communication, and nurturing for the parent and child. The presentation is interactive and referrals to parenting classes can be provided if requested.Click Here to sign up! |
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Mother's Day Photo AlbumSaturday, May 2, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.Celebrate Mother’s Day early with a heartfelt crafting experience! Moms are invited to bring a loved one and spend a cozy afternoon creating a one-of-a-kind photo album together. Capture favorite memories, share smiles, and make something special to cherish for years to come. Colors and patterns may vary. Ages 6+. Click Here to sign up!(please only sign up one person per pair) |
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Tech Explorers (Grades 4-6)
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere!
Wednesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.
We'll experiment with different bubble solutions and vote on which works the best. Then we'll create different shapes of wands to see what types of bubbles we can make. |
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Homeschoolers Book Club (Grades 4-6) Friday, April 17, 2:00 p.m.
Spring into reading with this fun book club for homeschoolers! April's book is Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead about A girl who helps an unusual creature find his home in this magical story about the enduring power of friendship. Ask at the Youth Desk for a copy of the book to check out. |
Library Explorers (Grades 3-6)
Rainbows, Shadows & Light
Thursday, April 30, 6:30 p.m. Spring is here and it's a time for rainbows, sunshine and playing outdoors. Let's explore rainbows, shadows and light by making a fun rainbow activity together.
Click Here to sign up! |
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Members Only Preview Night
(You can join at the door)
Wednesday, April 8, 4PM - 7PM General Sale
Thursday, April 9, 10AM - 7PM
Friday, April 10, 10AM - 4PM
Saturday, April 11, 10AM - 3PM ($5 Bag Day)
Shop for lots kids, teen and adult books, puzzles, AV titles and more! Build up your home libraries! |
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Get discounted tickets to popular concerts and plays through TLN. Just one of the perks of being a library patron! |
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Woodpecker Wham!
by April Pulley Sayre
Enter woodpecker world and get a bird's eye view of everyday life: hiding from hawks, feeding hungry chicks, and drilling holes to build homes--
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Dinos That Drive
by Suzy Levinson
You've never seen a dinosaur that's into driving cars? Well, buckle up! Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Pterodactyl and T. rex are all here to show off their driving, flying, and diving skills in this riotous, fully illustrated book of poems about dinosaurs and their favorite things-that-go! From flighty Bambiraptor's traffic chopper to hardheaded Pachycephalosaurus's garbage truck to mama Maiasaura's kid-carting minivan, and even to the stars beyond--these dinos on the go have no time to slow down. Each spread is full of fun details for young readers to pore over, but with our intrepid dino guides providing helpful dino facts on each page, you'll never need a GPS again--
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The Pine Cone's Secret: A Life Cycle Poem
by Hannah Barnaby
A sequel to The Pumpkin Seed's Secret, this cozy life cycle picture book will show the reader all the things a pinecone seed can be, including a Christmas tree! In this rhyming life cycle picture book, a pine cone becomes something new with each turn of the page, from a tower to a feast, from a blanket to a Christmas tree. Extensive back matter on fun facts about pine trees and where to find them, along with a pine cone craft, are included. A perfect book for both home and school libraries. An excellent gift for the fall, the winter, and the holidays! Sample text: A pine tree is a cone. Clinging and swinging and hanging up high, Sealed like a secret and ready to fly. The wind starts to blow, Then look out below! A pine tree begins with a cone--
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Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes
by Sean Taylor
What better way to get little ones excited about poems than to make them part of the delivery? In the hallowed tradition of nursery rhymes and songs like Itsy Bitsy Spider, this imaginative collection entices children to use their fingers, hands, and sometimes whole bodies to bring a variety of verses to life. Whether the subject is sailing ships or stomping dinosaurs, falling snow or popping bubbles, jumping onto waterslides or riding a crowded elevator, Sean Taylor's rhythmic read-aloud verses pair with Fiona Woodcock's fresh, colorful illustrations, offering clues to the finger actions kids can follow-unless they're happily acting things out already, using shapes and movements all their own--
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The Gift of the Broken Teacup: Poems of Mindfulness, Meditation, and Me
by Allan Wolf
Have you ever let your thoughts just float into the sky? Why is today the very best day of the year? And what does a broken teacup have to do with anything? In fresh, accessible poems about mindfulness and related themes, award-winning poet Allan Wolf takes on subjects from kindness to confidence, from finding peace in nature to letting your own joyful ?YAWP!? be heard (thank you, Walt Whitman). Woven throughout are subtle how-to?s on meditation, breathwork, visualization, yoga, journaling, and more, as well as taking in others? points of view, letting go of anger, and other invaluable elements of social-emotional learning. ?Accept the way you feel, and turn / your worry into wonder,? says the poet. This charming collection, animated by Jade Orlando?s bright illustrations, offers the tools and the inspiration to make that happen
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Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice
by Kari Lavelle
Before there was Mufasa--before there was Darth Vader--there was a young boy names James Earl Jones, who spoke with a stutter and dreaded having to talk in class. Whenever James tried to voice his thoughts, his words got stuck in his throat. But James figured out a solution for his shame: if he didn't speak, he wouldn't stutter. And so he was silent--until he wrote his own poem, Ode to Grapefruit, and found a love for poetry. ...Text, ... art, and ... backmatter about stuttering pair together for a ... picture book about how a boy who refused to speak for eight years learned to manage his stutter through poetry--and grew up to become an EGOT-winning performer with a voice few could forget--
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Home
by Isabelle Simler
Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs--
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Dream Builder's Blueprint: Dr. King's Message to Young People
by Alice Faye Duncan
Publishers Weekly, starred review Booklist, starred review This riveting found poem for kids based on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Street Sweeper speech is creatively interpreted in this nonfiction picture book written by acclaimed author Alice Faye Duncan, accompanied by gorgeous artwork by award-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis. In a speech delivered in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. provided his young audience with life lessons: You count.Black is beautiful.Achieve excellence.Make a better world.Believe in nonviolence.Keep going Today, award-winning author Alice Faye Duncan reinterprets King's speech as a motivational erasure poem in The Dream Builder's Blueprint, accompanied by spirited and inspired art by Philadelphia-born illustrator E. B. Lewis. Highlighting principles of excellence, activism, and compassion that remain relevant and necessary today, this book has a universal message that's ideal for parents, librarians, and teachers looking for a book that distills Dr. King's principles to a level that kids can understand. Included in the book is an author's note that explains found poetry forms like the erasure poem and provides background information on the Civil Rights movement and Dr. King's inspiring speech at Philadelphia's Barratt Junior High School.
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