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The American Library Association recently announced its 2012 Youth Media Award winners, including the Caldecott, Newbery and Printz award winners. Check out the big three below and find the rest of the winners here. Ask a Youth Services librarian to help you find any of the award winners–past or present–if you’d like to check them out!
Newbery Medal: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos Caldecott Medal: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Rascka Printz Award: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
The library encourages you to read this winter by joining our Winter Reading Club, Unwrap a Good Book! Read for at least 8 hours anytime from December 12 – January 31 and you will earn a gift of your own to unwrap! To be a part of the Winter Reading Club, please sign up at either the Youth Help Desk or the Circulation Desk.
Did you know Santa Claus loves to read? The library at the North Pole is one of his favorite places to visit, so we’re looking for some good book recommendations to send him. Kids can stop by the Youth Help Desk anytime before Wednesday, December 14th and fill out a postcard to send to Santa. Then our library staff – with its many connections to the North Pole – will make sure that Santa Claus sends a postcard to your child.
We can help! If your child ever forgets one of their textbooks at school, come check out the Homework Shelf at the library. Textbooks from Benson, Franzen, Peacock, Lake Park, and other area schools are available for in-house use at all times that the library is open. Please remember that these textbooks are the property of the schools, and the library is housing them for the convenience of the students.
Just a reminder that the last day for the Youth Department’s fall reading challenge, Fall Into a Good Book!, is Monday, November 7. If you haven’t yet, finish up your reading and stop by the Youth Help Desk to claim your prize.
