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Sensory Friendly Early Open

Sensory Friendly Early Open in the Children's Library on select Wednesdays from 8:30-9:30 AM on Oct 14, 21 and 28, November 4; Offers time in the Children’s Library for individuals and families with sensory processing needs, providing a calmer space, fewer people, and more individualized library service. Browse and check out books and DVDs without crowds or an overstimulating environment. Sensory bins and passive play areas available. Photos of the Children's Library.

Sensory Friendly Early Openings on select Wednesdays beginning October 14 from 8:30-9:30 AM offer time in the Children's Library for individuals and families with sensory processing needs, providing a calmer space, fewer people, and more individualized library service. Browse and check out books and DVDs without the usual crowds or overstimulating environment. Sensory bins and passive play areas available.

Upcoming Sensory Friendly Early Open Dates:

October 14, 21 & 28; November 4

 

Read Across American History: 1800s

Journey across American history in a special program series for kids, teens and their caregivers. For October, we suggest novels set in the 1800s. During our book club meeting on Oct. 21st, we will discuss the books and their historical context.

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[J] Spooky Middle Grade Fiction

Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex
Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex
Justina Ireland
The Fall of the House of Tatterly
The Fall of the House of Tatterly
Shanna Miles
Ghost and Bone
Ghost and Bone
Andrew Prentice
The Clackity
The Clackity
Lora Senf
Small Spaces
Small Spaces
Katherine Arden
Hide and Seeker
Hide and Seeker
Daka Hermon
Whispering Pines
Whispering Pines
Heidi Lang, Kati Bartkowski
Shadow School #1: Archimancy
Shadow School #1: Archimancy
J. A. White
The Stitchers (Fright Watch #1)
The Stitchers (Fright Watch #1)
Lorien Lawrence
The Darkdeep
The Darkdeep
Ally Condie, Brendan Reichs
The Vanquishers
The Vanquishers
Kalynn Bayron
Nightbooks
Nightbooks
J. A. White
What Stays Buried
What Stays Buried
Suzanne Young
Watch Hollow
Watch Hollow
Gregory Funaro
The Hiddenseek
The Hiddenseek
Nate Cernosek
The Skeleton Flute
The Skeleton Flute
Damara Allen
City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts
Victoria Schwab
Scritch Scratch
Scritch Scratch
Lindsay Currie
What Lives in the Woods
What Lives in the Woods
Lindsay Currie
Karma Moon--Ghost Hunter
Karma Moon--Ghost Hunter
Melissa Savage
The Creepening of Dogwood House
The Creepening of Dogwood House
Eden Royce
A Comb of Wishes
A Comb of Wishes
Lisa Stringfellow
Eden's Everdark
Eden's Everdark
Karen Strong
The Carrefour Curse
The Carrefour Curse
Dianne K. Salerni
The List of Unspeakable Fears
The List of Unspeakable Fears
J. Kasper Kramer
The Night Gardener
The Night Gardener
Jonathan Auxier
The Ghost Road
The Ghost Road
Charis Cotter
Ophie's Ghosts
Ophie's Ghosts
Justina Ireland
Gloom Town
Gloom Town
Ronald L. Smith
Dust & Grim
Dust & Grim
Chuck Wendig
Ghostlight
Ghostlight
Kenneth Oppel
The Ghost of Midnight Lake
The Ghost of Midnight Lake
Lucy Strange
It Happened to Anna
It Happened to Anna
Tehlor Kay Mejia
Grumbones
Grumbones
Jenn Bennett
Ghost Squad
Ghost Squad
Claribel A. Ortega
The Polter-Ghost Problem
The Polter-Ghost Problem
Betsy Uhrig
The Girl in the Lake
The Girl in the Lake
India Hill Brown
The Tale of the Gravemother (Are You Afraid of the Dark #1)
The Tale of the Gravemother (Are You Afraid of the Dark #1)
Rin Chupeco
The Ghost of Spruce Point
The Ghost of Spruce Point
Nancy Tandon
It Found Us
It Found Us
Lindsay Currie
The Secret Dead Club
The Secret Dead Club
Karen Strong
The House That Whispers
The House That Whispers
Lin Thompson
The International House of Dereliction
The International House of Dereliction
Jacqueline Davies
The Ghost Job
The Ghost Job
Greg van Eekhout
Speculation
Speculation
Nisi Shawl
The Forgotten Girl
The Forgotten Girl
India Hill Brown

50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten

Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting Kindergarten!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start Kindergarten. 

Beneath
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
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Just Because
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Kevin Henkes
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Mo Willems
Raindrops Roll
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
Jon Stone
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
Wood, Don
Wonder Walkers
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer

50 Books to Read Before First Grade

Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting First Grade!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start First Grade.

The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
Bean Thirteen
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Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
Can Bears Ski?
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Chicken Talk
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
Kipper and Roly
Kipper and Roly
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Leave Me Alone!
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
Malik's Number Thoughts
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Marigold Bakes a Cake
Marigold Bakes a Cake
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My Friend Earth
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
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This Table
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
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When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends
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The World's Best Class Plant
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
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