Staff videos

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

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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)

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1963 Newbery Award)

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2008 Newbery Award)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1978 Newbery Award)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1968 Newbery Award)

Holes by Louis Sachar (1999 Newbery Award)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2017 Newbery Award)

We hope you enjoy listening to these stories, and we hope that you find some time today to read, too!

For more information on World Read Aloud Day, please see here or here.

As always, happy reading! … Today and every day!

Our Video for the Summer Learning Program!

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Our annual Summer Learning Program begins on Monday June 14, and registration is already open!

Our children’s librarians have created a video with information about the program for kids and families. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/XWmFo2lLzx4

Find out details about the reading program for preschool through grade 12, and also get a sneak peek of some of our many other upcoming summer programs, both virtual and in-person! We hope that you join us this summer!

See https://www.hudsonlibrary.org/…/summer-learning…/ for registration and more information.

Summer Storytimes Begin Next Week!

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Summer storytimes begin next week! Our virtual summer storytime session runs from June 8 – August 13, every Monday through Thursday at 11 a.m. Join us for storytime right here on our Youth Services blog on our videos page.

We will host Family Time, geared towards ages 2-5, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Babytime for the little ones under 2 will be Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.

Join your favorite Hudson Library Youth Services staff members as they share stories, rhymes, and songs!

Staff-made Videos for You!

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Members of our Youth Services staff have made a variety of videos for our young patrons: from storytimes to crafts to experiments!


Links to each video are on our “Videos” page here on our blog, and most will be on our facebook page, too. And we will keep making more, so check back here often!

We would love to hear your ideas for more fun children’s videos that you would like to see from us, so feel free to leave a comment.