Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
March 2 celebrates the birthday of Theodor Geisel - more commonly known to readers of all ages as Dr. Seuss! In recoginition of the impact Dr. Seuss's books on children's literature, March 2 has also been named by the National Education Association as Read Across America Day!

Click on the name of the famed author and illustrator to find books in the New Canaan Library Catalog. Check out a book to celebrate!

For more Dr. Seuss celebrations, join us on Saturday, March 12 @ 1:30 PM in the Children's Program Room for a Dr. Seuss story & craft!
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What's new in the Children's Department?


Here in the Children's Room, we're always adding new books, movies and programs to our collection. See below for some of the new additions!

New Picture Books

Find these and more new Picture Books in our blue New Book Cart!


New Juvenile Fiction Books

Find these and more new Juvenile Fiction Books on the bookshelves leading into the Children's Room!


And... New Programs in 2011!

  • Friday Fun Fest: For kids in 4th, 5th and 6th grade! Every Friday at 3:30, gather with friends in the Children's Program Room for games, crafts, snacks and fun!

  • Grimes Scholar Award: See the blog below for more information about our new Reader's Award Program.
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2012 Nutmeg Nominee Books are Here!








Voting is closed for the 2011 Nutmeg Books and while we don't know the winner yet, you can start reading the 2012 Nominees!


You can travel with a dragon in The Key to Rondo, travel through a wormhole to a different time in Herbert's Wormhole, or even to Afghanistan in Extra Credit.


You could talk with some ghosts in Deep and Dark and Dangerous or in Dying to Meet You.


Can you solve the puzzles of The Gollywopper Games or solve the mystery of Masterpiece or solve the kidnapping of 2 girls in Stolen Children?


Meet some kids with special powers in Savvy or Signal.


Whatever you choose, you'll want to read all the 2012 Nutmeg Nominee Books!







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Calling all book lovers!

Are you looking for a challenge for the New Year?  The Children's Room has instituted a new  reader's award called the Karen Grimes Scholar Award. 

 
  The Karen Grimes Collection is a special group of classic children's titles that  are part of our literary and cultural heritage.  For this award, you must read either all the picture books (187) for the Junior level award, or 50 chapter books for the regular award.  The program will run for the year of 2011 with the first awards being given out at a gala celebration in early 2012.  

If you would rather read than do anything else, this is the program for you!
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Not sure what to read next? Sometimes, you get caught on the same series, the same author, or even just the same exact book. Below are a list of suggestions and personal favorites, just in case you get stuck! Click on the title to get a description and to see if it's available.


Picture Books

Juvenile Fiction/Chapter Books

Is there a favorite of yours that I didn't mention? Leave a comment and let us know which book you would recommend!

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Take an audiobook along on that long drive this holiday!

From experience, I can tell you that listening to audiobooks got us through many long car trips to see the family! We all enjoyed listening to them and there were many times we had to just sit in the driveway to finish listening to the chapter!

Here are some of my favorites, both old and new.


As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.



On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells

This captivating book of time travel, trains, crime and
even celebrities will take you on a journey like no other.
One of my favorites this year.


The True Gift by Patricia MacLachlan

This Christmas story by a Newbery Medal winning author
will help you celebrate the season. All year long Lily and Liam look forward to Christmas on their grandparents' farm. It's always the perfect trip --trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in the meadow, things will be different. This Christmas, Lily and Liam will find out the meaning of a true gift.


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WHO WAS...Elvis Presley?... Sacawagea?, ...Marco Polo?, ...Queen Elizabeth?, ... Daniel Boone? (and many others)

The "Who Was...?" is a paperback series found in the Biography section of the Children's Room.
We have placed them together on the top shelf for easy access. Each one is an entertaining, informative read for children in grades 3-5.

A short chapter introduces the subject, their impact and achievements. The subject's life is then covered from childhood to adulthood. Each story is enhanced with line drawing and maps. Occasionally, an element is expanded upon in a framed box. As in the biography of Claude Monet, the painter, there is an explanation of how the evolution of oil paint allowed painters to work outside the studio for the first time.

The books are not indexed but contain a time-line of the subject's life and a corresponding time-line of the world.

In this era of celebrity fascination, here's a way to get your child interested in some real, long-standing celebrities!
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