Children and Youth

CHARLOTTE LIBRARY

SUMMER READING
AT THE CHARLOTTE LIBRARY: 2010

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NEWS & ACTIVITIES
Read, Save, Win This Summer
“Hit the Books” sponsored by Price Chopper and the Vermont Lake Monsters. Read books and win tickets to an upcoming Lake Monsters ball game

“Read & Win” gives you a chance to attend the Champlain Valley Fair for free! Read books, earn a ribbon and enter the fair on Kids Day, August 30.

“Get Creative at Saving for College” invites parents to sign their children up for the Charlotte Library Summer Reading Program and enter to win $1,000 toward your children’s college education.

Family Program
Wander the Winooski Virtual Tour
Sign-up to take an imaginary canoe trip from Cabot to Colchester this summer:
1.    Sign up to Wander the Winooski: receive your Winooski Log and select your family’s trail marker
2.      Look at the river map: determine where to begin your imaginary Winooski journey (if this is your first hike, you start in Cabot).
3.      Find a real hike (or more than one) for your family to enjoy: Information about local hiking spots can be found on the “Wander the Winooski” cart in the library, including the Winooski River guide with information on sights from Cabot to Colchester.
4.      Take a hike! Once your family completes the hike, make note of the miles you traveled
5.      Record your progress: On your next visit to the library, mark your mileage on the Winooski map in the front foyer.

Saturday Junior Volunteer Librarian
Do you just LOVE the Charlotte Library? Are you age 6-10 years? Would you like to help the Librarian on a Saturday for an hour? Here is the scoop. You will work from 10-11 am on Saturday; you must sign-up in advance; there will be only one assistant at a time and you must have parent or guardian permission. Call the library to schedule a Saturday.

Early Literacy Counts!
Another reason to sign up your preschooler for our Summer Reading Program comes from Pediatrics, the journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to the journal’s most recent issue, reading and being read to can encourage children to lead healthy and active lives. In connection with these findings, the American Library Association recently launched its “Every Child Ready to Read” program which seeks to give all children the pre-reading skills necessary for successful reading in school. More information about the “Every Child Ready to Read” program is available from the Youth Services librarians. Look for parent-child early literacy workshops in the Fall!

2010-2011 DCF books available for download on Listen Up! Vermont:

Claudette Colvin
by Phillip Hoose
read by Channie Waites

Everything for a Dog
by Ann M. Martin
read by David Pittu

Click image to view full cover The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
read by Natalie Ross

The Hunchback Assignments
by Arthur Slade
read by Jayne Entwistle

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
by Rodman Philbrick,
read by William Dufris

POP POP
by Gordon Korman
read by Nick Podehl

Scat
by Carl Hiaasen
read by Edward Asner

When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead,
read by Cynthia Holloway

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin
read by Janet Song

NEW BOOKS & DVDs
updated 8/24/2010

NEW BOOKS
Juvenile Titles
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
We the Children (Keepers of the School, Book 1) by Andrew Clements
How to Train Your Dragon: Book 4 and Book 5 by Cressida Cowell
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones
Franny Parker by Hannah Roberts McKinnon
Faith, Hope and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight by Jenny Nimmo
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
The Magic Thief: Lost
The Magic Thief: Found by Sarah Prineas
Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor

Young Adult Titles
Library Wars: Love & War vol. 1 by Hiro Arikawa
War Is…Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War by Marc Aronson
Tyrell by Coe Booth
For the Win by Cory Doctorow
Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
Stuck on Earth by David Klass
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Hero by Perry Moore
Intensely Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Freak Show by James St. James
Skim by Mariko Tamaki

NEW DVDs
Alvin and the Chipmunks with Jason Lee
Cars with Owen Wilson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs with Anna Faris
Fantastic Mr. Fox with Meryl Streep
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian with Amy Adams
Ponyo with Noah Lindsey Cyrus
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief with Logan Llerman
The Princess and the Frog with Bruno Campos
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Toy Story with Tim Allen

Have a new book suggestion? E-mail Cheryl or Margaret at youthservices@charlottepubliclibrary.org

Book Lists and Award Winners

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
Green Mountain Book Award
Horn Book Fanfare
Red Clover