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Photo Post: Merchants’ Trick or Treat!

We had a great time visiting with trick-or-treaters who stopped by the library during Hudson Merchants’ Trick or Treat this week! Our Youth Services staff dressed up as characters from Laura Numeroff’s If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book series, as they passed out candy and non-candy treats to hundreds of children of all…

Stuffed Animal Sleepover Pictures!

Kids and stuffed animals visited our library last evening! We enjoyed a fun storytime, followed by a craft. And then … the stuffies got to spend the night at the library! Did they sleep? Doubtful! Did they have a great time? See for yourself … Thanks to our young patrons and their families for helping…

Nature Art

Nature Art is called many things, including Ephemeral Art, Land Art, or Temporary Art. No matter what you call it, the purpose behind it is the same: to add a little creative beauty to the world around us.   These pieces of art can be big or small and normally only last for a brief…

Summer Learning Program 2022!

Our annual Summer Learning Program begins this coming Monday, June 13! Join us for a summer of books, activities, programs, fun, and prizes for all ages. See our website here for more information and registration!

World Read Aloud Day! Featuring Our Own Children’s Librarians

Today is the thirteenth annual World Read Aloud Day! Here are our children’s librarians, each reading a short excerpt from one of their favorite Newbery Medal winners! The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (2022 Newbery Award) read by Ms Laurafind this book in the library catalog here A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle…

ALA’s 2022 Youth Media Awards Announced!

This morning, the American Library Association announced its 2022 Youth Media Awards! The full list of winners and honors can be found on their website here. While we did not pick the Newbery Medal this year here on our blog, several of our choices did win in other categories. Fun! What do you think of…

Newbery Contender: “Too Bright to See” by Kyle Lukoff

Book review: Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (tween fiction) Kyle Lukoff is an author, a former school librarian, and a bookseller. He says he writes books for kids and other people. He is most known for his picture books, When Aiden Became a Brother, a Stonewall Award Winner, and Call Me Max, which…

Newbery Contender: “Starfish” by Lisa Fipps

Book review: Starfish by Lisa Fipps (tween fiction) Lisa Fipps is an award-winning journalist who is now a marketing director for a public library. She loves dogs, traveling, art, and collecting rocks. Starfish is her debut novel, and it is our next contender for the upcoming Newbery Award.   In Starfish, Ellie wore a whale swimsuit for her fifth birthday and made the biggest splash with her…

Newbery Contender: “The Beatryce Prophecy” by Kate DiCamillo

Book review: The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo (tween fiction) Kate DiCamillo is the author of many award-winning books, including The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, which both won the Newbery Award, Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor winner, The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award Finalist, and The Miraculous…

Newbery Contender: “Red, White, and Whole” by Rajani LaRocca

Book review: Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (tween fiction) Our next Newbery contender is Red, White, and Whole, a novel in verse that is a coming-of-age story set in the 1980s. Reha is in eighth grade at a private school in her midwestern American town, where she is one of the few people…

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