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Children's Library
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Drop-In LEGOs We supply the LEGOs, you bring the creativity! Tuesday 4/8 @ 4pm |
Build to your heart's content with the library's collection of Lincoln Logs. Wednesday 4/30 @ 4:00pm |
Kids Movie:
Peter Rabbit 2 Bea, Thomas and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Venturing out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated. However, when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what type of bunny he wants to be. Saturday, April 26th @ 1:00 (runs 2:33) |
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Weekly Events for All Ages |
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Baby Play Time
Mondays @ 10am - 12pm Parents & caregivers are invited to socialize and have open-ended play with our toys and puzzles. Ages 0-5 |
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Rhythm, Rhyme, and Story Time with Miss Caroline Thursdays @ 10:30 am Enjoy weekly music and stories with Miss Caroline. * Registration starts the Monday before our Children's Library Room sessions. Registration needed for 4/10 and 4/24! No registration required for 4/3 or 4/17. |
1000 Books Before Kindergarten |
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten
The Dillon Library participates in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten early literacy program. Turn in your reading logs for prizes and more. For more information, please contact the Children's Librarian. |
Message from our Children’s Librarian On-line registration has started for the times our popular Rhythm, Rhyme, and Story Time with Miss Caroline will be held in the smaller Children's Library Room (Thursday 4/10 and 4/24). Registration for these dates will begin the Monday before the event. NO REGISTRATION is needed for when Story Time will be hosted in the large, Community Room (4/3 & 4/17). Please go to www.dillonlibrary.org to register for each of your children attending as space is limited. You do not need to register for yourself (as the parent or caregiver / adult attending). __________________________________ Enter to win 2 tickets to The Growing Stage's "Kunuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical" on Sunday May 4th 2:00 pm or a Book Bundle! The Growing Stae's Children's Theatre (in local Netcong, NJ) wil be performing a story of a young girl who loves her stuffed bunny, who loses her beloved stuffed bunny, and then finally gets her stuffed bunny back! Follow Trixie, her father, and a special Knuffle Bunny as they set off on a trip to the laundromat. Based on the beloved Caldecott Honor-winning picture book, Knuffle Bunny (by Mo Willems), this cautionary musical is filled with adventure, song, dancing, and laundry!  Stop by the Children's library, color an entry, & enter! Winning Ticket Show Date: Sunday, May 4th @ 2:00 pm A Book Bundle prize is also available to win. _________________________ Our Display Case looks empty!! Why not display your collection with us? Teen Community Service Opportunities are available at our library. Reach out to the Children's Librarian at mprovini@dillonlibrary.org for more details about our Teen Community Service Opportunities. ____________________________________ Tumblebooks have been added to our kids page, as well as to the Research Databases page under Young Readers, E-books, and Books and Literature. TumbleBooks are Story Books – Chapter Books/Read-Alongs – Non Fiction stories, plus Language Learning videos, puzzles & games created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music, and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, have your child read, or have it read to them. There are even books in foreign languages! TumbleBooks are GREAT for children and teens! ______________________________________ Our Instagram page (@CDPLkids) is up and running - check us out!  Visit and follow us! Maria Provini Children's Librarian, MLIS |
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Every Day is Earth Day
by Jane O'Connor
When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green" at school, her enthusiasm causes problems at home as she tries to teach her family all about respecting the environment.
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Franklin Plants a Tree
by Sharon Jennings
Feeling disappointed by the size of the sapling he received on Earth Day, Franklin is careless about what he did with it. He now must retrace his steps until he locates it and brings it home where it will safely grow in his backyard.
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Pete the Cat Saves Up
by Kim Dean
Pete the Cat takes on odd jobs, from shoveling snow to selling lemonade and more, to save up for an awesome Sharkbot toy!
Teach your young child the importance of saving with Pete the Cat.
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Search for the Lightning Dragon
by Tracey West
New book titles added to our Dragon Masters series!
When a Lightning Dragon begins shooting dangerous energy beams throughout the land, the Dragon Masters team up with young Dragon Master Carlos, whose attempts to connect with the dragon are challenged by the machinations of a dark master.
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Lifeboat 5 (based on a true story)
by Susan Hood
Share the lives, rescue and continuing friendship of British evacuees Bess Walder, 15, and Beth Cummings, 14, who spent 14 hours in the North Atlantic with their hands grasped across their overturned lifeboat after the Nazis torpedoed the SS City of Benares, on route to Canada in 1940.
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Ferris
by Kate DiCamillo
During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement, and her grandmother seeing a ghost - one who has wild, impractical, and illuminating plans!
By the two-time Newbery Medalist and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Kate DiCamillo.
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Dragons and Marshmallows
by Asia Citro
Learning an amazing secret while discovering a glowing photo, young Zoey assists injured magical animals that begin showing up in her family's backyard barn, an effort that includes caring for a particularly challenging baby dragon.
Read more adventures of Zoey and Sassafras in this science based fun series.
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Just Roll With It (graphic novel).
by Lee Durfey-Lavoie
Having a tough time during her first year in middle school, Maggie needs some help from her 20-sided dice but fears she may roll the wrong number, in this contemporary novel that explores the complexity of anxiety and OCD.
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Marie Curie and the Power of Persistence
by Karla Valenti
Complemented by a glossary and timeline and vetted by the Marie Curie Alumni Association, a first entry in a biographical series about history's most accomplished scientists uses a fictionalized storytelling approach to introduce the amazing achievements of the two-time Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie.
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Swimming with Spies
by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
In February 2014, battleships populate waters off Sevastopol in Crimea where the Russian military has ordered the dolphinarium teaching dolphins sign language, to hand over the animals for military use, but will Sofiya Oleksandrivna will keep her pod safe?
Based on the true events of the 2014 annexation of Cremea.
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
When she discovers a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, Vera Wong, a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, calls the police but not before swiping the flash drive from the dead body, setting a trap for the killer that becomes complicated by unexpected friendships with her customers.
Fun YA read!
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Sunrise on the Reaping : A Hunger Games Novel
by Suzanne Collins
It's the 50th annual Hunger Games and as the games begin, District 12 tribute Haymitch Abernathy realizes he's been set up to fail, but something in him wants to fight.
The fifth book in the Hunger Games series just added to our YA Collection!
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