TumbleBooks -Ebooks for Kids
See
your child's favorite books come to life!!
The Westchester Library System has a new online reading program for children. TumbleBooks Library is an online library of animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which children can read at their own pace, or have read to them. The TumbleBooks Library is accessed on-line from your computer at home.
Special Events
CD Clock Craft
Tuesday, November 11 at
Grades 3 - 5
Do you have a
favorite CD or DVD that is too scratched to play? Bring it to our workshop and learn how to
turn it into a personalized wall clock!
We’ll supply the clockworks and art materials. Space is limited. Registration is required.
Friday, November 28 at
Grades 1 - 5
Help us kick off
the holiday season by creating unique ornaments to hang on the trees outside
the library. All materials will be
supplied. Registration is required.
Music Together:
Sunday, November 30 at
Families with Young Children
Musician Suzanne
Lawson and friends return with her annual interactive musical program that
celebrates all the holidays of the season. Recommended for families with
children up to age eight. Come
sing-along!
Weekly Programs
Monday Morning Movies
Mondays at
Short animated films for children ages 3 – 6
Mother Goose Time
Wednesdays at 10:30 am, September 10 – December 10
Stories and playtime for newborns - 20 months old. Registration is required.
Toddler Time
Thursdays at
Picture books, songs and nursery rhymes for those 20 months - 3 years old. Registration is required.
Preschool Program
Thursdays at
Longer picture books, songs and fun for children 3-6 years old. Registration is required.
Programs for Teens – Grades 6 and Up
Twilight Party
Thursday, October 30 at
Grades 6 and
Up
Vampire or
Werewolf? Our Twilight party will be a
pre-Halloween gathering for fans of the popular Stephenie Meyer’s series. It’s a chance to celebrate the release of the
fourth installment – Breaking
Dawn, as well as to talk about the
November movie release of “Twilight.”
Refreshments will be available and there will be Twilight trivia and more. Registration is required.
Kaboom! The History of Special Effects
Monday, November 10 at
Teens &
Adults
Enter the fascinating world of special effects! On Monday, November 10 at 7:00 pm the library will present “KABOOM! The History of Special Effects.” This exciting, visual program mixes scenes of some of the most memorable moments in movie history with an insider’s take on the technology and illusion used to make the impossible seem real. You’ll never watch a Hollywood blockbuster the same way again! Film reviewer and author Clive Young traces the history of visual effects from the late 1800’s to today’s computer-enhanced creations. The program is appropriate for adults as well as teens in middle and high school. Please call the library to register, 763-3857.
Book
Discussion Groups
Book Blast Book Group
Meets the second Monday
of the month from
Monday, December 8: Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Book discussion for grades 3-5. Registration is required.
Teen Book Group
Meets
the second Tuesday of the month from
Tuesday, December 9: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle
Zevin
Book discussion for students in middle and high school. Registration is required.
THE CHILDRENS
COLLECTION
We are continually adding to our collection of children’s books, CD-Roms, DVDs and
videos. Here are samples of our recent acquisitions:
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Douglas Florian |
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars |
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Gail Gibbons |
Vegetables We Eat |
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Ruth Krauss |
Growing Story |
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Jack Prelutsky |
Wizard |
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Jean Van Leeuwen |
Amanda Pig, First Grader |
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BOOKS ON CD |
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Author |
Title |
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Judy Blume |
Then Again Maybe I Won’t |
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Franklin Dixon |
The Tower Treasure |
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Carolyn Keene |
Mystery at Lilac Inn |
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JK Rowling |
Harry Potter & the Deathly
Hallows |
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
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DVDS/VIDEOS |
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I Am an Alligator |
Eye Witness Series |
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Felicity: Am American Girl |
Hanna Montana: Pop Star Profile |
THE TEEN COLLECTION
Here are samples of our recent acquisitions:
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BOOKS |
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Author |
Title |
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Hiroma Arakawa |
Full Metal Alchemist: volumes 1 - 13 |
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Sneed Collard |
Flash Point |
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Jim Davis |
The 8th |
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Lisi Harrison |
Sealed with a Kiss: A Clique Novel |
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Nancy Holder |
Rose Bride |
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Lauren Mechling |
Foreign Exposure |
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Stephenie Meyer |
Eclipse |
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Rick Riordan |
The Titan’s Curse |
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Michelle Serros |
Honey Blonde Chica |
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BOOKS ON CD |
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Author |
Title |
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Kirby Lawson |
Hattie Big Sky |
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Catherine Gilbert Murdock |
The Off Season |
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Rick Riordan |
Lightning Thief |
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Rick Riordan |
Titan’s Curse |
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