Tip Your Hats To The Royal Couple!

It is time to don your most beautiful bonnets, tremendous toppers, hillarious hats, and fabulous fascinators in celebration of the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.



The Hat That Wore Clara B.
By: Melanie Turner-Denstaed

In church on Mothers' Sunday when all the older ladies dress in white and wear their most beautiful hats, Clara B., sitting in the pew behind her grandmother and admiring her every move, determines to find a way to wear her grandmother's hat.


Which Hat is That?
By: Anna Hines

Mouse tries on all kinds of different hats until settling on her favorite hat of all!



Millie's Marvellous Hat
By: Satoshi Kitamura

"When Millie cannot afford the very expensive hat that she wants to buy, the owner of the shop comes up with an imaginative solution to her problem."





Jennie's Hat
By: Ezra Jack Keats

When the hat Jennie receives from her aunt is not as fancy as she had hoped, her bird friends decorate it for her.


Twelve Hats for Lena
By: Karen Katz

Lena Katz prepares a beautiful hat for each month of the year.



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Dia de los Niños/ El Día de los Libros, Saturday, April 30, 2:00-3:00 PM

Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day with us! On this day we celebrate children, families and reading. We will celebrate with bi-lingual storytelling and songs (in Spanish and English), crafts and refreshments! For families with children, but this program will be most enjoyable for children age 2-8. Free! No registration required.

Día de los Niños/Dia de los Libros Sábado 30 de abril del 2011, de 2:00 p.m. a 3:00 p.m. Celebra con nosotros el Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros. En este día celebramos a los niños, a las familias y a la lectura. ¡Celebraremos con cuentos y canciones bilingües (en Español y en Inglés), y artesanías y refrescos! Este programa estará dirigido para familias con niños, pero sera de mayor disfrute para niños entre edades de 2 a 8 años. ¡Gratuito! No se requiere inscripción. -sv-

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Fortune Cookies

by Albert Bitterman (2011)

A little girl receives a box of seven fortune cookies, one for each day of the week. Each day she opens one up and reads the typical fortune cookie message, for example on monday the cookie says, "You will lose something you don't need." Then she loses a tooth!

Each cookie on the page actually has a pull out message that you can slide out and then back in. After you see the message there is the repeating phrase, "And guess what?" The next page tells you. Each fortune seems to come true and the story is adorable.

The book has little text and bright simple pictures that will appeal to young children. On the cute meter, this one's reading is way up there.-SC-

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Posted in: New Book Review,Picture Books

Family Movie Matinee

Come watch a great family movie at the library!

Sunday April 17th
2:00 p.m.
auditorium
FREE!
Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.

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New Picture Book Review: Ribbit Rabbit

By Candace Ryan

Illustrated by Mike Lowery

Call Number: E Ryan

Best for ages 2-8

Frog and Bunny are best friends, and they do practically everything together from swimming, eating Peanut Butter sandwiches, fighting monsters, to playing with robots. But like most friendships, sometimes they don’t get along very well.

In fun playful language*, we learn not only about sharing, but about friendship, compromise. Frog and Bunny’s play is creative and Mike Lowery’s illustrations are simple enough for a child to emulate, and still full of movement and emotion. Whether you’re needing books on sharing and friendships, or just looking for a fun word-play check out Ribbit Rabbit and enjoy.

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* Well, with a title like “Ribbit, Rabbit” we KNOW there’s going to be some awesome word play to build up phonological awareness. If you aren’t sure what Phonological Awareness means be sure to check out the Early Literacy workshops happening this month!

-JW-

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