CHARLOTTE LIBRARY
Children and Youth
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Take
Your Child to the Library Day
Saturday, February 4, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Join us for a library celebrations: DIY crafts, book bonanza and tasty
treats.
Afterschool Adventure:
Kinder Pals
Wednesday, February 22 @ 3:15 pm
A kindergarten exclusive! Take the bus to the library for stories, snacks
and fun. Registration required; please call (425-3864) or email (youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org)
to sign up.
Brown
Bag Story Time: Preschool Friends
Tuesdays @ 11:30 am, January
17 to February 21
Pack a lunch for
story time! After our library picnic, we'll share stories, songs and
crafts then make a treat for dessert.
Children ages 3 to
5 who are comfortable in a story time setting with or without a
parent/caregiver.
Please email (youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org)
or call (425-3864) the library to register.
OTHER PROGRAMS
Saturday Junior Volunteer
Librarian
Do you just LOVE the Charlotte Library? Are you age 6-10 years? Would you
like to help the Librarian on a Saturday for an hour? Here is the scoop.
You will work from 10-11 am on Saturday; you must sign-up in advance; there
will be only one assistant at a time and you must have parent or guardian
permission. Call the library to schedule a Saturday.
Picture Books
Youth Books
Book Lists and Award Winners
Red
Clover Book Award 2011-2012
All titles
are available at the Library.
Dorothy
Canfield Fisher
Book Award
2011-2012
Nominees
Green Mountain Book Award
2011-2012
The titles with book covers are available at the Library now.
Click
on GMBA icon for more information.
Med Head: My Knock-down,
Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle With My Brain, James Patterson and Hal
Friedman
Have a new book suggestion? E-mail Cheryl at youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org
HOMEWORK HELP
Sites listed on American Library Association's Great Web Sites for Kids page*:
AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com/
Find explanations of mathematical topics, practice problems, and challenging
games organized by topic and grade level.
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
From Information Please, this atlas, almanac, dictionary,
encyclopedia includes a "Homework Center."
Math
Apprentice
http://www.mathapprentice.com/
Choose a topic that you need help with, including: Math for Kids, Solving
Math Problems, Math Tutoring, Help in Algebra, Geometry Tutoring,
Trigonometry Tutoring, Learning Fractions, Math Games, and Linear Functions.
National Geographic Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
National Geographic’s site for young readers is one of the best resources
for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife.
Not only can you read the newest edition of this magazine on-line, you can
check out the contests, polls, games and even virtual adventures.
Time for
Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Time Magazine for Kids offers news articles about many topics, including the
country, the world, animals, and trends in schools. Also features games,
polls, and a homework help section.
World Almanac for Kids
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
This abbreviated version of the print resource offers games, quizzes,
contests, homework help, and reference facts on tons of subjects.
* Click here to view ALA web copyright statement and release.
Other Links
(a work in progress)
American Library Association's Great Web Site for Kids
CCS
Literary Time Machine Blog Blog for The Charlotte
Library Literary Time Machine reading program June 27-July 1, 2011.
Chess
Great free chess server! Kids can host their own tournaments and leagues. No
downloads required.
College Board Resource for all college
board tests and planning, finding, applying and paying for college.
Free Chess
For hosting larger scale tournaments for
youth of America.
Kids' Book Club Book
Everything
you need to get a kid's book group started including book suggestions,
author recipes, activities and other tips
Go
international! Learn a new language!
Several
younger patrons are already using Mango to learn the native language
of a favorite sports figure or celebrity or friend from abroad. All you
need is your library card. To get started click on the above icon.
Your library card
number is 5445p followed by the last 4 digits (not including letters) of your
library card.
readkiddoread.com
Author James Patterson's (The
Dangerous Days of Daniel X) website includes book reviews for babies to
teens, a book blog , and interviews with best-selling authors such as Jeff
Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Rick Riordan (The Lightning Thief),
Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)
and more.
teenreads.com New books, author interviews, reviews, books into movies and more for teens.
www.nerdfighters.ning.com Did You Read
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green? If you loved this and his other books (Looking for
Alaska and Papertowns), take a look at . John and his brother
Hank created this site to communicate with each other and now the world
about books, words, music and other cultural phenomena.
Young
Writers' Project Young writers from VT and
NH share their writing, get feedback from their peers and
professionals, and submit work for publication. Challenges and other
inspiration to improve writing.
Favorite authors and characters- click a name and explore Jan Brett Eric Carle Dav Pilkey Roald Dahl Curious George Rainbow Magic Fairies Olivia Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Magic School Bus Warriors
Some local authors and illustrators Elizabeth Bluemle Eileen Christelow Gail Gauthier Liza Woodruff Tracey Campbell Pearson Julia Alvarez Natalie Kinsey-Warnock Jessie Haas
115 Ferry Road, P.O. Box 120,
Charlotte, VT 05445 • 802.425.3864
Hours: Mon & Wed 10am - 7pm, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat 10am - 2pm, Sat
in Summer 9am -1pm, Closed Sunday