47 facts about some of the most famous Children's Books

John Green, author of the wildly popular teen book, The Fault in our Stars, created a Mental Floss You Tube video about some interesting facts about the most famous children's books. Please watch it yourself before sharing with others. 

Cathy

Do you love taking your child to the library?

Have you heard about the local website, Kids Out and About?   It is a great resource for all sorts of activities to do with your kids.  They are doing a survey about the top 20 family friendly things to do in Rochester and  would love you to tell them.  We are also hoping that visiting the library gets a nice ranking. You can take the survey here. 

School is entering the home stretch and we are busy planning for summer reading. We will have book lists with reading suggestions, the reading program and plenty of fun activities to do. The theme this year is Fizz Boom Read! Check out the calendar for activities and the summer reading brochure will be out  early June. 

Cathy

Rochester City Ballet- Cinderella

  The Rochester City Ballet paid a visit on Saturday, May 3rd. 
  They read Cinderella to the group, showed us some ballet
   positions and met admirers in the audience. They come back 
   in November each year for the Nutcracker. 

Cathy 

Collection Spotlight- The Bays /Pre-School Area

Several years ago when we remodeled the Children's room, we wanted to make the collection more accessible to our youngest patrons. So we created the Bays {Location - Pre School} 

We wanted children too young to read, to be able to pick out books because they could see the covers face out and know by looking at the covers what the books were about.  The Bays are mostly picture books on the following themes:

• Animal Stories
• Favorite Friends- Curious George, Biscuit, Disney Princesses, Thomas the Train and many more.
• Things that go- vehicles of all types.
• Great Read Alouds- books we love to read aloud. 
• Milestones- books about milestones in a child's life; new sibling, potty training, big kid bed and others. This bay has picture books and non-fiction.
• I spy- the original I spy books and many new favorite picture puzzles.
• Bedtime Stories- great stories to read at bedtime.
• Dinosaurs. 

We add new titles to the Bays all the time. Stop by and check them out. 

Cathy

Butterflies at Barnard Crossing Branch Library

The caterpillars have arrived at the Barnard Crossing Branch! Stop in and observe the caterpillars turn into beautiful pained lady butterflies. The Barnard Crossing Branch Library is located at 2780 Dewey Avenue. To learn more about butterflies or to simply enjoy a great story, try a few of these books:



Butterflies by Seymour Simon



Monarch Butterfly of Aster Way by Elizabeth Ring




National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Butterflies by Laura Marsh




The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

-Karen

Greece Public Library Summer Reading Program - 2014

Join us at the Greece Public Library for "Fizz, Boom, Read", the theme for this year's NYS Summer Reading Program beginning Friday, June 27 through Friday, August 8, 2014.  The 2014 Summer Reading Program is open to children ages birth-12 years old.  The birth-2 years-old children have a special program with game board; 3-9 year-olds need to read 140 or more minutes per week in order to win a prize.  The tweens (10-12 yrs) need to read 210 or more minutes per week in order to win a prize.  The Summer Reading Program will be online again this year.  Be sure to log all the minutes you read online no later than Friday, August 8, 2014.  There will also be many exciting children's programs over the summer, too!  Please go to our website at http://www.greecepubliclibrary.org/ to register for programs, or call 225-8951.

** Attention Teens (13-19 years old): We need you!  Do you need volunteer hours and like children?  The library is the place for you this summer.  Submit a volunteer application today!

May is National Bike Month

In honor of one of my favorite activities, we will celebrate bikes and bike riding.

Tillie the Terrible Swede: How one woman, a sewing needle and a bicycle changed history. By Stauffacher. J Bio Anderson

Ride Right: Bicycle Safety by Donahue. j796.602 Don

Bicycle Science Projects: physics on wheels by Gardner. Teen Non-Fiction 531.6 Gar

Ben Rides on by Davies. Picture Book- Dav 

Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Raschka.Picture Book- Ras 

 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The adventure of the solitary cyclist by Goodwin NewJ Graphic Novel- She

I can ride by Kertell Easy Reader- Ker 

Olympia the Games Fairy by Meadows J Series Rainbow Fairies 

The Best Bike Ride Ever by Proimos Picture Book- Pro 

New Red Bike by Ransome. Picture Book- Ran 

Bree's Bike Jump by Mortenson J Graphic Novels- Mor 

The Race Across America by Stilton. J Series Geronimo Stilotn  

Froggy Rides a bike by London. Bay- Favorite Friends- Lon 

Hello Two-Wheeler by Mason Easy Reader- Mas 

We are holding a Bike Safety Awareness Class on June 18th. Grades K-1 4-4:30 p.m. and Grades 2-3 4:30-5:00.  Check out the program calendar for more information and to register. 

Cathy

New Apps for you to try

The following Apps have been loaded onto the iPads in the Children's room:

Slides & Ladders

Nothing says 'quality time' like playing a family board game with the kids. Slides & Ladders is a mobile version of the classic "Snakes and Ladders" with a few new twists. It is fun for children of all ages. {$1.99 iTunes} 








This new game allows early learners to jumpstart their understanding of how words are formed. {$1.99 iTunes} 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar 

One of our favorite picture books now has it's own app. The graphics are almost as beautiful as the picture books. There are games and activities based on several of Carle's books. {$3.99 iTunes} 

Busy Shapes

Cathy 

This app helps children improve their ability to handle simple objects through a series of puzzles, in which they must change simple shapes and place them in the proper holes. This one is a lot of fun!