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Author Andrew Gross was the annual summer celebrity for 2008.
An eager group gathers at author John Grogan's book signing.
The butterfly event draws families during the Summer Reading club.
Two "Teen Tellers" tell stories at the library.
Author Anna Quindlen was the 2007 Summer Celebrity.
Author Anna Quindlen speaks to an audience.
Summer reading program, 2009
Author Joyce Hinnefeld signs books.
Puppeteers at the summer reading program.
Local authors Christine Weiser, Nichola Gutgold and Elise Juska at the library.
Dr. Richard Sauers shares stories about the American Civil War.
Summer reading program, 2009
Author J. A. Jance talks about her books.
J.A. Jance signs copies of Fire and Ice (2009)
Summer Celebrity 2009, J.A. Jance
"Mark Twain" discusses his banned books.
Dr. Katherine Ramsland poses after a discussion and book signing.
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Links for Kids

  Lehigh Valley Little Ones offers info and articles on resources for parents and families in the Lehigh Valley.  Expect advertising.

Scholastic, Inc.'s  Historical Fiction for Independent Readers is a good beginning booklist for history buffs.

Middle School readers can use this booklist for Historical Fiction - also from Scholastic, Inc.

Families who are looking for an online organizational tool should take a look at Famundo.com.  Create family lists and calendars that everyone in the family can access and update.

 

Learn cursive writing with Jan Brett's Tracing Pages.

PBS has a great parent's blog about children's books.

Children's Book Week - this site has great book suggestions, graphics and activities.

StoryBee - listen to GREAT stories.  Two Parkland residents (or past residents), Chaz Kiernan and Emily Kiernan, have stories on this site.

Chatel Village - author/illustrator Kim Chatel offers a lot of fun stuff on this site, book reviews, YouTube clips, activities, recipes.  Check it out.

School links:

Parkland School District- Find your school here. 

St. Joseph the Worker School

UCC Greenawalds Day Nursery - for ages 2 through 5.

 

Links about reading and literature for children. 

Starfall:  Sound out words with Starfall's picture stories.  http://www.starfall.com/

Boys will love Jon Sciezka's Trucktown.   http://www.behindthepulse.com/trucktown/index.php 

www.janbrett.com  Jan Brett's site boasts of 4138 FREE pages of activities, coloring pages and stuff

http://www.icdlbooks.org/  Write your own book or read books and stories written by children around the world at this site.  The mission of the site is to make children aware of other countries besides their own and to foster global understanding.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ David K. Brown gathers websites that deal with books for toddlers through young adults. Take a look at his links.

http://www.parents-choice.org/ Parents' Choice offers recommendations on books, videos, toys, games, movies, music and other media for infants through teens.

http://www.bookhive.orgProduced by the librarians in Charlotte, NC, The Bookhive is a colorful, useful site. They even have Top 20 lists for grades 1 through 8. These are just suggestions, but the site is a good place to start.
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