Fall 08 Storytime - Sept. 30 - SCHOOL

Books:
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland
Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn
Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
Maisy Goes to the Library by Lucy Cousins

Action Rhymes & Songs:
Five Apples Hanging in a Tree
Autumn Leaves are Falling Down
The Seals on the Bus

Drawing Story:
Bread and Honey by Frank Asch

Craft:
paper plate spiral snake

Tumblebooks for kids!

Did you know that the library has fabulous e-books for kids online? TumbleBooks are audiovisual versions of popular books that you can access from the OCPL website. From our website, www.ocpl.org, click on "Children's Services," and then click on "E-Books for E-Kids."

TumbleBook story books are animated versions of popular picture books such as Little Pea, Diary of a Worm, and Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10, complete with text and sound. There are also full text e-book versions of lengthier chapter books, such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with the option to turn on an audio recording of the displayed text.

TumbleBooks are great for parents who are looking to present reading in a new way and also for kids who are learning to read independently. The chapter e-books are also great for kids who read better while listening to the text at the same time.

Children's Book Week Bookmark Contest!

The Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library's 2nd Annual Children's Book Week Bookmark Contest starts today! Children in preschool through 5th grade are invited to participate. This year's theme is "Rise Up Reading." Three winners will be chosen and each will receive a Barnes & Noble gift card. Winning entries will be reproduced for distribution at the branch and local schools.

Entry forms are available at the library. Completed entries must be turned in to the library by 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007.

Be creative, have fun, and best of luck to all our budding artists!

World Book Online

Did you know that you can now access World Book Online through the OCPL website? This fabulous, fully searchable, electronic version of the World Book Encyclopedia is an awesome resource for kids' research assignments. It's got well written articles on every possible topic, as well as pictures and video for putting together multimedia presentations. Everything is true and fact-checked by World Book's editors, so you know everything is reliable and up to date.

To access this resource, go to the OCPL website and click on "Research and Resources." At the top of the center column, you'll see a link to "World Book Online." If you're trying to get to this from home, just enter your library card number without any spaces. If there's a "D" in your library card number, replace that with a "2." The default page is World Book Advanced, intended for high school students, but in the bottom right hand corner there's a link that says, "Switch to another World Book site." Click that and then select "World Book Kids," which is a more kid-friendly site intended for the youngest little researchers.

If you have any questions about it, don't forget to call the library! Enjoy and good luck with those school projects.

FALL07 Storytime - Sept. 25 - SCHOOL

Books:
John Patrick Norman McHennessy/ Burningham
Just Another Ordinary Day/ Clement
Crictor/ Ungerer
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom/ Martin
Maisy Goes to the Library/ Cousins

Drawing Story:
Monkey Face/ Asch

Craft:
apple stamp canvas bags