Spanish Storytime!

Mon, 01/09/2012 - 3:42pm by schoenbaechlere

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Join us at the Malletts Creek Branch this and every Saturday afternoon at 1:00. Native Spanish speakers will tell stories and lead songs in Spanish. Participants do not need to understand Spanish to enjoy this event!

Silly Stories Returns!

Sat, 12/17/2011 - 5:20pm by StoryLaura

Greg and Laura will be telling and singing and clapping with goofy stories and songs on December 28 at 2 pm at the Downtown Library for a silly storytime. Can a little boy from Italy trick a big slimy ogre? Can a grumpy bachelor find his true love through magic? Join us for good old fashioned family fun!

Youth Holiday DVDs

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 2:50pm by calmesa

The AADL has some great new and classic youth holiday DVDs that are perfect for kids and for the whole family! Check out Disney's Prep and Landing. It's a story about some high tech elves who make sure that all of the houses are ready for Santa's visit on Christmas Eve. One of the elves doesn't get promoted to the head of the Naughty List and instead, ends up working with a newbie elf. How will things turn out in the end? You'll have to check it out or get on the hold list to find out!

We also have Disney's Beauty & The Beast: Enchanted Christmas which tells another classic Beauty & The Beast tale in a special edition holiday DVD!

AADL also has Maccabees: The Story Of Hanukkah, which is an animated youth DVD that goes back in time to the second century BC and details the origins of Hanukkah. Or, take a peek at the newer Sesame Street DVD, Shalom Sesame. Chanukah, The Missing Menorah, which depicts all of the Muppet friends searching for a missing menorah in hopes to find it in time for Chanukah.

If you and your family are interested in learning about different holidays around the world, check out Elmo's World. Happy Holidays. In this special edition of Elmo's World, Elmo is getting ready to celebrate Christmas, but instead he ends up learning all about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and more!

Or, if you are hoping for a classic, we have A Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD and on Blu-ray too!

The true story behind a famous nursery rhyme

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 1:40pm by Grace22

Now you can read the true story of Mary and her lamb, as told and illustrated in Will Moses' folk-art style. The real "Mary" was a 19th-century Massachusetts farm girl named Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, who nursed a newborn lamb back to health and won its woolly, unwavering loyalty. The lamb became her beloved pet, following her everywhere, even to school one day. John Roulstone witnessed the lamb episode and wrote the first stanza of the poem. Later Sarah Josepha Hale published it and added three more stanzas.

If you like the illustrations in this book, you'll be interested to know that Will Moses is carrying on the rich tradition of folk art passed down from his great-grandmother, Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses.

Playoga!

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 4:45pm by StoryLaura

Back by popular demand, Victoria Duranona will lead us through yoga poses while we play and sing on December 27th at 2 pm at the Downtown Library. Kindergarten through third graders will enjoy all the action, while learning how to focus and relax. While you are here, check out new Parenting and Yoga books to help children become comfortable and productive individuals.

Joe Reilly Returns to AADL!

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 4:24pm by StoryLaura

Join Joe and his fans for clever songs about ecology on December 29 at 2 pm at the Downtown Library. Audience participation is key and the whole family will be bopping to the beat and working off holiday calories, while enjoying Joe’s tunes that celebrate our natural world.

December's Books to Film

Fri, 12/02/2011 - 4:23pm by muffy

Steven Spielberg directs the animated film adaptation of The Adventures of TINTIN. This first of a planned triogy is base on a very popular comic book series created in 1929 by a Belgian artist who called himself Hergé. Clever and ever-curious, TINTIN is a reporter-turned-detective whose pursuit of villains, criminals, treasure and the occasional artifact takes him all over the world, along with a colorful cast of friends. Hergé based his stories on real-world events and cultures - from space exploration to Arab oil wars.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's critically acclaimed novel in which 9 year-old Oskar Schell embarks on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York in order to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.

I was perfectly happy with the original film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first in his Millennium Trilogy. But I could be persuaded to take in the American remake coming this month with some irresistible big names (Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer) and a sizzling newcomer (Rooney Mara).

Benjamin Mee's memoir is adapted in the feature film We Bought a Zoo. Benjamin Mee, a former newspaper columnist, known for his humorous "Do It Yourself" column in the UK’s Guardian Weekend moved his family to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. Mee had a dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. Nothing was easy, given the family’s lack of experience as zookeepers, and what follows is a magical exploration of the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy.

A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt De Le Pena

Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:41pm by Tahira

From his humble beginnings to world Champion, the story of Joe Louis is told in the pictoral biography. The fight between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling is highligted as color lines are crossed to support Joe Louis on the eve of World War II. Kadir Nelson’s illustrations are stunning.

Wow, I Wrote That!: Early Story Writing with Young Readers

Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:26pm by OneillT

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Children love stories, reading them, hearing them, telling them. Stories help children experiment with language while practicing their ability to both imagine and describe their world.
Before your child is ready to write themselves, but when they are old enough to read and listen to stories, combine their love of your stories with your literacy to help them create their own book. Dictating stories for your child is an excellent way to practice their Vocabulary and Narrative Skills, both identified as Key Early Literacy Skills.
Staple together a couple of pieces of paper with their favorite crayons and markers nearby. Ask your child to tell you a story, which you then write down onto the paper. Don't worry too much about editing, since it is important that the child see that the story is their writing from their words.
After you’ve written down their story, have the child illustrate their story. They may want to have some of their favorite books nearby, so that they can emulate the style of those works. Be ready to read for them bits of their story from each page so that they can more closely match the picture to the part of the story.
After the story has been illustrated, take the time to have one or both of you read the story aloud, giving extra attention to the accompanying artwork and allowing the child to further embellish and explain that artwork and their story.
When finished, make sure to keep your child’s work, to be used as both a reading resource and as a memory of their writing life.

Youth Thanksgiving DVDs

Sat, 11/19/2011 - 3:02pm by calmesa

Remember the good old fashioned, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which was originally broadcasted in 1973? Re-live the magic and check out this DVD to watch with your family for this year's Thanksgiving! The library also has the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in Blu-Ray format. If you are looking for fun, yet informational DVDs that teach children about the first Thanksgiving, we have those too. Take a look at Rabbit Ears : Squanto & The First Thanksgiving. This DVD tells the story of Pawtuxet Indian who was captured and then escaped and returned to his childhood home. He then helped the Pilgrims establish the colony of Plymouth. Or, check out William Bradford : First Thanksgiving if you and your children want to learn more about the history of the first Thanksgiving. If you are feeling like you just want to warm up to a children's holiday favorite, check out Winnie The Pooh: Seasons of Giving, which includes "A Winnie The Pooh Thanksgiving."