Children’s Room

Winter Events in the Children’s Room

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Children’s Events ~ Winter 2018 Just letting you know some of the upcoming events in the Children’s Room this winter. Ms. Jenn the Nutrition Detective will visit us two more times ~ Tuesdays, Mar. 6th and Apr. 3rd. We will have stories, songs and a craft at 10:00am for preschoolers. Art @ the Library on Tuesday, Mar. 27th, from 6:00 to 7:00pm. Wear your pajamas to the library this evening. We will have stories and a craft. Story Time & Crafts every Tuesday at 10:00am. Babies Love Babies on Fridays at 10:00am. Adults and children are welcome to attend these …

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Children’s Events ~ Winter 2018

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Just letting you know some of the upcoming events in the Children’s Room this winter.   Ms. Jenn and the Nutrition Detectives will visit us three times ~ Tuesdays, Feb. 6th, Mar. 6th and Apr. 3rd. We will have stories, songs and a craft at 10:00am for preschoolers.   Nocturnal Animals presented by LC Bates Museum on Tuesday, Feb. 20th at 10:00am during school vacation week.   We will show a Movie on Thursday, Feb. 22nd at 10:00am. Stay tuned, we will announce the movie as the time gets close.   Upstream will join us for Art @ the Library …

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Music in the Children’s Room

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I am usually recommending books for the children, so this time I thought I would recommend some music CD’s for children. Some we have in, and others I am planning to buy in the month of December. Music helps with child development, motor skills, learning new sounds, meaning of words, etc. I Believe in Little Things by Diana Panton Trees by Billy Kelly Home by Tim Kubart Nursery Rhyme Parade by Lisa Loeb Saddle Up: A Western Adventure Album by The Okee Dokee Brothers A Laurie Berkner Christmas by Laurie Berkner Ranger Rick’s Trail Mix: Vol. 1 by The Whizpops …

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New Children’s Books for September

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Picture books The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas. Illustrated by Erin E. Stead. The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles has a job of the utmost importance. It is his task to open any bottle found at sea and make sure that the message is delivered. He loves his job, although he always wishes that one of the letters would someday be addressed to him. Then one day he finds a bottle with the most intriguing note inside, and no name attached. As he devotes himself to solving the mystery, he ends up finding what his heart wanted all along. …

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School Vacation Week at the Gardiner Public Library

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We had a wonderfully full school vacation week here in the library. Story time & crafts were on Tuesday morning at 10:30, then a Bugs, Bugs, Bugs program & craft with L.C. Bates Museum in the afternoon funded by Crossroads Youth Center and through a generous grant received by the Maine Community Foundation.  Thursday was an Origami Fish Folding Workshop.  Each program had a great number of people in attendance. Other things happening were Legos, as well as the train set, doll house, and Puppet Theater. We were so happy here with all the participation for each event. This is …

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What’s Going On?!?!?!

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  Over the next couple of weeks, we have several irons in the fire. National Library Week is celebrated from April 10 – 16 this year.  We have a display of “library” related books for your perusal. The ALA (American Library Association) theme for the week is “Libraries Transform Lives”.  As part of the promotional campaign, we have blank “speech bubbles” available for folks to let us know how a library may have transformed your life!  Next time you’re in the library, pick up one at the desk, and we’ll add it to our on-going display! School Vacation week is …

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