Ages 5-11
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Ziba Came on a Boat by Liz Lofthouse
by Tahira
Ziba sat on her mama's lap in the hull of the boat on her way to a new land. She remembers all they left behind before gunfire as tore through their village. Liz Lofthouse tells a moving tale through the eyes of a young refugee.
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Not just another cute polar bear
by annevm
For a heart-warming, environmentally concerned book, try Knut: How one little polar bear captivated the world, told by Isabella, Juliana, and Craig Hatkoff, and Gerald R. Uhlich, with photographs by Zoo Berlin. The story of how Knut is rejected by his mother bear and raised by a human is well told and touching, and I also liked the tie-in at the end with polar bears and global warming. This worthy book is from some of the same people who brought us Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship about a baby hippo and a giant tortoise. I love these books -- educational (not boring), touching (not saccharine) and nurturing (not overwhelming) for young hearts and minds.
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Cup Stacking @ the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum
by lola
Spend some time at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum enjoying their Winter Break Cool Adventures Series. Enjoy storytelling with Rowena Conahan, Ron Loyd the Bubbleman, juggling, dancing and more.
Don’t miss cup stacking on Jan. 2 from 1-3 PM with AADL librarians Elizabeth Schneider and Laura Raynor at AAHOM. Try your hand at stacking pyramids. By the end of the afternoon, you’ll be a stacking fiend!
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Pokemon Craziness
by lola
Join the Pokemon Frenzy! Bring your DS and your copy of Pokemon Diamond or Pearl to battle in such places as the Pokemon Union Room or the Hoenn Underground! Prizes will be award to the top two finishers each day. Come at the beginning of the event to register to be in the tournament.
December 26: Level 50 & Under Tournament
Downtown Library Multipurpose Room, 1-5 PM
December 27: Level 51 & Over Tournament
Downtown Library Multipurpose Room, 1-5 PM
December 28: Pokemania Championship
Downtown Library Multipurpose Room, 1-5 PM
Don’t have a Nintendo DS? Don’t worry about it. Come anyway and battle using our house Pokemon. Or bring your XD and have impromptu matches with friends at the event. Hope to see you there!
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Listening Bits - Tall Tales
by ryanikoglu
Road Trip! Need good stuff for the family? Books on CD produced by Rabbit Ears Productions are great for family listens! Try World Tales volume 5 with Catherine O'Hara and Whoopi Goldberg's voices; American Tall Tales volume 4 with Keith Carradine doing the voice of Pecos Bill; or my personal favorite ... Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories with Jack Nicholson and Danny Glover's voices. Buckle Up and listen!
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Listening Bits - Mystery !
by ryanikoglu
Road Trip!! Do your kids need more challenge than Magic Tree House and A to Z mysteries now? Try Chasing Vermeer and then hope Wright 3 will be recorded soon. The author, Blue Balliett, has taught at the University Of Chicago Lab School. The story details are accurate, both historically and geographically. You might explore the game Pentominoes after you've enjoyed the books. Buckle Up and Ponder!
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Listening Bits - Funny Stuff
by ryanikoglu
Road Trip! Need funny stuff for the family to hear? Here are some recommends that are published books, as well as recorded on CD. Bill Harley creates songs in his stories and Blah, Blah, Blah includes 4 funny stories of clams, pirates, swamp monsters (not too scary) and more. Fun "chapter book" listens are Betty MacDonald's Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series; and Kate DiCamillo's series with the pig named Mercy Watson. Hee, Hee, hee .... Buckle Up and Chuckle !
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Kid Bits - more TOOTH stories
by ryanikoglu
Who stole my tooth?! "I'm gonna send them Airmail To The Moon." This is what Ora Mae Cotton is going to do to the person who stole her tooth. She was saving it for the tooth fairy of course!
Dear Tooth Fairy: A Harry & Emily Adventure is Emily's letter to the tooth fairy in anticipation of a tooth falling out. Throw Your Tooth On The Roof tells tooth tales/traditions from around the world. AND then there's Mabel The Tooth Fairy And How She Got Her Job... another view all together...
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Unique Gift of Story with a Local Flavor
by StoryLaura
I think the best part about the CD Time Warp Tales is that it will spark memories and get the family telling stories together. These growing up tales from members of the Ann Arbor Storyteller's Guild are clever, warm and funny. How can you go wrong with stories entitled The Worm with a Face Like a Cat, Grandpa's Claim to Fame or The Search for Laughing Sal? I was especially moved by the last tale written by Sunnie Tait, beloved Ann Arbor school librarian and teller, who lives on through her stories. You will find the CD for sale at Nicola's Books, Sixteen Hands or Peaceable Kingdom.
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Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite Davol
by Tahira
First published in 1993 Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite W. Davol celebrates the similarities and differences of an interracial family.