At New Hampton School
Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is having a great May so far! It’s wonderful to see leaves on the trees again. Next week we will have a craft station set up in the children’s room all week, starting Monday at 3:30pm. Every day we will have different materials out, so you can stop by multiple…
Hello Everyone! It’s finally May! The trees are budding, pollen is everywhere, and it’s warm again! What’s your favorite springtime activity? The Surprise books are downstairs instead of upstairs now, near the new Juvenile Fiction. I’ll be switching them out and adding more throughout the month! Next Thursday we’ll be making Mother’s Day crafts at…
Hello Everyone! This email is a few days late, but that’s because the May events calendar is out today! We’ll continue to supply crafts all month, and we’ll also be having a Surprise Book Display, where you can pick out an unknown book based on its genre and age level. It’s a fun way to…
Hello Everyone! Next week is vacation week! I hope everyone has a fun and/or relaxing vacation! Our book of poetry for this week is dear world by Takayo Noda. It’s full of adorable poems about observing the world, so it’s great for Earth Day! For this week’s story time, we read 4 books, including Dooby Dooby Moo, by…
Hello Everyone! This week’s poetry book is Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker. Every poem in the book is a haiku about an aspect of the Earth, and there’s a section at the end that gives more details about the poem’s subjects. The art is really pretty too! You can find it…
Hello Everyone! That snowstorm was quite something. I hope everyone made it through alright. The library has power and Internet, so if you’re in need of either of those, come visit us! April is poetry month! As a kid, I always found poetry super scary because people were always making such a big deal out…
Hello Everyone! I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and finds lots of mysterious eggs! This week we learned some things about the eclipse! I discovered a book with pictures from past eclipses: Cosmic Phenomenaby Gabriele Vanin (You can find it in adult nonfiction under “523 Vanin”). Come take a look and get an idea…
Hello Everyone! Spring is no longer here? I got out my sandals so I could be ready for warmer weather, but I had to put them away again after two days. Might as well make the most of tomorrow’s snow! What last-minute winter activities will you be doing? Story time next week will be Thursday…
Hello Everyone! March is about halfway over already! And tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day! Everyone remember to wear green! (This is also a reminder to myself because I always forget) This week we had a paper airplane contest! We tested three different plane designs and found that the one designed to glide went the farthest….