| News from the Children's Room
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| Greetings for the Manchester-by-the-Sea Children's Room! I am here and would love to hear from you. Is there something you are looking for that I can help you with? Please email me at cbender@manchesterpl.org to help you sign up for a Library Card, access digital downloads and offer book recommendations. I hope you join our virtual story times and find some joy in the offerings below! Warm wishes from Ms. Carol
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| Virtual Children's Story Times at the Manchester Library We are excited to offer the following virtual story times on Manchester by the Sea FaceBook Live. We hope you are able to join the fun! Stay at Home Story Time Join us every Monday @ 10AM Story time fun for preschoolers & their families PJ Story Time Fun It happens every Tuesday @ 6:30PM Remember to wear your PJs and bring your special animal friends
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| The 2020 Peeps Submissions are HERE Special thanks to everyone who participated!
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| Fun & Free On-Line Offerings...Here's what I've found this week:
FIND quality non-fiction on-line books here... Big Timber Media offers an extensive ebook collection for grades preK through 12 from Abdo Digital, Bearport, Cherry Lake, Child's World, NorthStar, Reference Point Digital, and Sleeping Bear Available through June 30th Access Crabtree's complete preK through 9+ eLibrary with USERNAME: read / PASSWORD: free Available through June 30th J.Appleseed Media offers select titles from Creative Education, Amicus, Black Rabbit, 12-Story and Jump for grades K-6 Available through May 31st Listening...Creating...Playing! You won't want to miss Matthew Hart's Peter and the Wolf performed by The Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet School, choreographed to Prokofiev's charming music. Bari Koral offers kids yoga, music, and mindfulness on YouTube. Join Sesame Street friends at Caring for Each Other, a webpage filled with games, videos and art to help you breathe, laugh and play together. America's Test Kitchen Kids' Young Chef's Club will introduce kids to the world of food and cooking. Maybe someone else will be cooking you dinner tonight! FInger Knitting with Flax & Twine: try it with these step-by-step instructions HERE Remember to look for more great resources in our On-Line Offerings for Kids
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| Especially for Parents
Mindful Parent, Resilient Child: Strategies for Difficult Times is a FREE live video call with Dr. Christopher Willard. During the forty-five minute talk, Dr. Willard will offer approaches to gain presence and momentum through challenging times. This will be a rich resource for families, offering strategies for mindfulness-rooted parenting in times of extreme stress as well as peace. You’ll have the opportunity to submit questions during the talk, and Dr. Willard will answer as many as possible at the end of the presentation. Sign up HERE to receive your link to this free live call on April 25 at 2 p.m. (EST). We’ll send a link to the recording afterwards for those who are unable to attend live. Dr. Christopher Willard, PsyD, is an author, educator, and parent who teaches at Harvard Medical School and serves on the board of the Mindfulness in Education Network and the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. An established speaker in both meditation and psychotherapy communities, he regularly leads workshops around the world.
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| Digital Streaming & Downloads
Now is a great time to take advantage of our digital media, always available from your home computer, tablet or phone. All you need is your Library Card Number and PIN to get started! Overdrive for Kids offers eBooks and eAudiobooks through the LIbby app. Make sure and check out their new Always Available Classics collection for All Ages. Maybe now's the time to do a family read-aloud...Little Women, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and more! TumbleBookLibrary offers an amazing selection of streaming eBooks and eAudiobooks and National Geographic videos for kids. You will also want to make sure and check out their Audio BookCloud, a database of streaming audiobooks for listeners of all ages.
And for a limited time we are pleased to offer TumbleMath: the most comprehensive collection of math picturebooks available on-line!
If prompted please use the following: Username: matumbles Password: trial Hoopla offers on-line streaming of audiobooks, movies, tv shows and music for the entire family (up to 10 downloads per card / per month). And during this difficult time of sheltering at home, we are proud to announce the hoopla Bonus Borrows Collection with more than 1,000 top titles and hoopla favorites. Borrowing from this special collection will not count towards you monthly borrowing total! Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to thousands of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and Kids favorites. We partner with studios like A24, The Criterion Collection, PBS and more to bring your library access to thoughtful entertainment. PLEASE NOTE: Kanopy Kids streaming is unlimited and does not impact your monthly play credit balance!
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| A Few Favorite Books...currently available on OverDrive:
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| | A Nest Is Noisy
By Aston, Dianna Hutts
Illustrator Long, Sylvia
2015-04 - Chronicle Books
9781452127132 Check Our Catalog Awards:
Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (2015)
From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, A Butterfly Is Patient, and A Rock Is Lively comes this gorgeous and informative look at the fascinating world of nests. From tiny bee hummingbird nests to orangutan nests high in the rainforest canopy, an incredible variety of nests are showcased here in all their splendor. Poetic in voice …More
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| | El Deafo
By Bell, Cece
2014-09 - Harry N. Abrams
9781419710209 Check Our Catalog Awards:
Beehive Awards (2016), Black-Eyed Susan Award (2016), Buckeye Children's Book Award (2015), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2015), Charlotte Award (2016), Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children (2015), Cybils (2014), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2016), Great Stone Face Book Award (2016), Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2015), Kirkus Prize (2014), New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (2015), Newbery Medal (2015), North Carolina Children's Book Award (2016), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2016), Rhode Island Children's Book Awards (2016), Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (2015)
New York Times Bestseller
A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her …More
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| | Saving Winslow
By Creech, Sharon
2018-09 - HarperCollins
9780062570703 Check Our Catalog Indie Next List Pick - ALA Notable Children's Book - Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner "A winning tale of love." --Kirkus (starred review) Perfect for fans of Charlotte's Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving …More
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| | Elvis and the Underdogs
By Lee, Jenny
Illustrator Light, Kelly
2013-05 - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
9780062235541 Check Our Catalog Awards:
Garden State Children's Book Awards (2016), Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (2016), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (2016), Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (2016), North Carolina Children's Book Award (2016), Nutmeg Book Award (2016), Sequoyah Book Awards (2016), Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (2015), Virginia Readers Choice Award (2016)
All his life Benji, now 10, has been sickly, and he has long been targeted by the school bully. But after a seizure, Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk. Illustrations. …More
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| | The Crossover
By Alexander, Kwame
2014-03 - Houghton Mifflin
9780544107717 Check Our Catalog Awards:
Black-Eyed Susan Award (2016), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2015), Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children (2015), Coretta Scott King Award (2015), Cybils (2014), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2016), Kentucky Bluegrass Award (2016), Nene Award (2016), Newbery Medal (2015), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2016), Texas Lone Star Reading List (2015)
In this middle grade novel in verse that's "Love That Dog" meets "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" meets "Slam," twelve-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. …More
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