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Children's Library
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Drop-In LEGOs We supply the LEGOs, you bring the creativity! Tuesday 3/4 @ 4pm and Wednesday 3/26 @ 4pm |
Build to your heart's content with the library's collection of Lincoln Logs. Friday 3/21 @ 4:00pm |
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 3/13 and 3/27! No registration required for 3/6 and 3/20. |
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 3/13 and 3/27). 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 (3/6 and 3/20). 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). __________________________________ March is National Reading Month - a month to celebrate reading and literacy! But why celebrate National Reading Month?
Reading is a key part of learning, social development, and professional growth.
Reading improves your vocabulary, comprehension skills, critical thinking abilities, plus expands your overall knowledge by allowing you to learn new information about various topics. Reading also reduces stress, enhancing empathy, and promoting better sleep by providing mental stimulation and a way to unwind. Reading is essentially “exercises” your brain which also expands your understanding of the world around you….WOW!!
It also honors Dr. Seuss's (Theodor Seuss Geisel) who’s birthday is March 2.
Pick up something fun – Pick up something new –
Pick up a book or two!
Check out the latest Award winning books: Newberry, Caldecott, Pura Belpre, Printz, Schneider, Garden State, and all your FAVORITE TOP BOOKS! _________________________ 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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I Am Elphaba
by Mary Man-Kong
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Elphaba stars in her first-ever Little Golden Book based on Universal Pictures' blockbuster film Wicked!
This Little Golden Book celebrates everything that is special about Elphaba, a misunderstood green-skinned woman, from Universal Pictures' smash-hit Wicked.
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Crafts for St. Patrick's Day
by Kathy Ross
This book presents twenty simple craft projects including a shamrock bird, a leprechaun face mask, a shillelagh, and other items featuring various symbols of the popular Irish holiday - a timely book for old and new crafters.
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What was World War I?
by Nico Medina
This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be "the war to end all wars" but tragically wasn't.
The author of many successful Who HQ titles Nico Medina gives young readers a clear and compelling account of this long and tragic event, a war that left over 20 million dead and was the lead-up to World War II barely twenty years later.
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Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell
When Mal barges into his life, along with a baby griffin, demanding his help, Christopher embarks on an adventure of a lifetime with this fierce girl to save the Archipelago, a hidden world where magical creatures have thrived for thousands of years.
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The Wrong Way Home
by Kate O'Shaughnessy
When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
Just awarded the 2025 Newbery Honor Award!
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