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Lions and Leprechauns
March 13, 2018 | Public Services Department
March heralds springtime complete with roaring winds (lions) and leprechauns! Explore some books with your preschooler on one of March’s rainy days. Click on book to place a hold. Legend has it that if you … Keep Reading »

Collections of Affections
February 13, 2018 | Public Services Department
Share some collections of affections with that little someone in your life this Valentine’s Day! Plant a Kiss Little Miss planted a kiss… One small act of love blooms into something bigger and more … Keep Reading »

New Year, New Books
January 9, 2018 | Public Services Department
How about starting the new year with a look at some new picture books with your child? Click on the book to place a hold. Dog on a Frog? by Kes and Claire Gray. “You … Keep Reading »

It’s the Holiday Season!
December 12, 2017 | Public Services Department
Take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle and cozy up with your children, some hot cocoa, and a picture book! Click on the book to place a hold. For Santa, December 26th was … Keep Reading »

A few gems we can be thankful for…
November 14, 2017 | Public Services Department
Great children’s books are often easy to miss, here are a few titles to spark your season of thanksgiving (click on book to place a hold): The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for … Keep Reading »

October Reads for Kids
October 10, 2017 | Public Services Department
With gorgeous photo illustrations, award-winning author April Pulley Sayre explores the transformation trees undergo in fall. The book takes readers through the leaves’ initial change from green to red, yellow, and orange, the shedding of … Keep Reading »

Fee Fi Fo Fum! Are You Ready for Fall Fun?
September 12, 2017 | Public Services Department
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague When Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, he gets more beans than he ever expected or wanted. It’s bean … Keep Reading »

A Dog in the Cave: the Wolves Who Made Us Human by Kay Frydenborg
July 27, 2017 | Public Services Department
VOYA Reviews 2017 February This book explores the history and origins of the human relationship to and with man’s best friend. It also looks at how that relationship shaped and was shaped by the evolution … Keep Reading »

Construction Zone
July 11, 2017 | Public Services Department
From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Llama Llama books comes a new character ready to dig his way into your heart! Here come the BIG RIGS rolling down the street. Thumpa-thumpa bumpa-bumpa BEEP! … Keep Reading »

We’re going to the zoo,zoo,zoo…how about you,you,you? You can come too,too,too. We’re going to the zoo,zoo,zoo!
June 23, 2017 | Public Services Department
If you are taking a trip to the zoo this summer, be sure to check out these great picture books to take with you! Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow. … Keep Reading »