Thursday, December 28, 2006
Caroline visits the library
Friday, December 08, 2006
Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner Announced!
On November 14th I paid a visit to the Freedom Elementary School to read all ten of the Ladybug Picture Book Award nominees to the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders. It was a marathon session and thank goodness for school librarian Missy Bishop who read several of them or my voice would have given out! The kids were really great listeners... they had to be, because after they heard all ten books, they each got to vote for their favorite. Each child was given a ladybug sticker to put on the outside of the book they liked the most. I also read to the preschoolers that week and at storytime at the library. The favorite book by far was I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, garnering 32% of the vote in Freedom. It's my favorite, too, because you don't just read this book, you SING it!
Today, The Center for the Book announced the winner of the 2006 Ladybug Picture Book Award.
It was....
drum roll, please...
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! which earned 21% of the 17,027 votes cast in 130 libraries and schools across New Hampshire. The voting results are as follows:
3,553 I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow
3,252 The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel
2,282 Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi & John Manders
1,531 Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
1,397 Mr. Tuggle's Troubles by LeeAnn Blankenship & Karen Dugan
1,349 The Dog Who Cried Wolf by Keiko Kasza
1,105 Terrific by Jon Agee
1,067 Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel & David Catrow
943 The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle, Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
548 The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle & Hanako Wakiyama
All of these wonderful books are available to borrow at the Freedom Public Library!
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
And now... a puppy!
Friday, November 10, 2006
Kittens!
Meghan brought their three 6-week old little kittens to the library again. They tuckered themselves out playing, then slept on her lap while she worked on the computer for a long while. They are keeping the one Meghan has her hand on and the two others will go to their new homes around Thanksgiving. Kitten visitors brighten our day. Thanks for coming, you little cuties!
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
A bunch of turkeys at story time
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Three little kittens
The Davis girls brought their three 4-week-old kittens to the library on Saturday in the middle of a Nor'easter and that brightened everyone's day! The kittens had just learned to walk and their hindquarters were wobbly and kept splaying out. You could see they wanted to play, but couldn't get their bodies to cooperate. Judy has picked one out to adopt when they are old enough.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Judy's cat visits the library
More Pokemon Club members
Pictured with their favorite Pokemon cards above: Haden chose Ancient Mew because it's the rarest card you could ever get. Audrey chose Squirtle because h'e cute and he's powerful when he evolves. Elizabeth chose Shifty because "he's my strongest." Tucker chose Blaziken who is a Fire Pokemon that's really powerful.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Pokemon fans gather at the library
8 enthusiastic Pokemon collectors gathered last Friday for Pokemon Club. They ate popcorn and checked out each other's collections. No one actually played Pokemon yet. There's plenty of time for that! We're going to have Pokemon Club after school every Friday through the week before Thanksgiving. Pictured above the kids pick their favorite Pokemon cards to be photographed with: Hilary chose Igglybuff because "it's adorable." Liam, the club founder, chose both Aggron ex and Mightyna ex because they a both brave Pokemon, cute, and extremely dangerous. Kyle's favorites are Golem (becasue he's really strong) and Pikachu (because he's cute.) Abram chose Mew because he's cute and Umbreon because he's "so cool." Next post I will show the 4 other Pokemon Club members and their favorite Pokemon.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 29, 2006
Scenes from Storytime Fall 2006
It was Lego-City after storytime last week!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Our puppet creators
Friday, August 25, 2006
Arr, it's Captn Shush!
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Scenes from Our Book & Bake Sale
The table was laden with goodies.
Meghan helped sell raffle tix.
The rain forced us to set up the book and bake sale completely in the barn, but that turned out ok... especially for kids who like puddles.
We found homes for many, many great books.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Raffle winner
Friday, August 04, 2006
We're Number One! We're Number One!
The pirate puppets that Tyler, Tiffany and Cora made turned out so great! The parade judges thought so too - The Freedom Public Library won a first place trophy! Thanks so much to Paul Mathieu for leading the puppet workshop and to Heidi Glavin who made the gorgeous professional-looking banner and who also helped with the workshop. What would the library do without great volunteers like them?? This is a question I ask myself daily. Thank you!
Click on any picture to see a larger sized version, so you can see all the details!
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Jigsaw fun
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Pirates on Parade
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Storytime kids at the beach
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Friday night at the movies
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Liam picks a winner! Nora acts goofy!
Friday, June 16, 2006
Thomas spins a plate
Reading program off to a great start!
It was the last day of school AND Rebecca's birthday! Here she is with her sister Kathryn, choosing her free book.
Melanie wastes no time getting started on reading.