Category Archives: Newspaper column
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Books for Wonderstruck Readers
Posted on December 4, 2011 by Jennifer in Adventure, fairy tales and folklore, Fantasy, Newspaper column>Library column printed in The Mercury, December 4, 2011 When kids start reading longer novels, many are captivated by the magical qualities they can experience through the pages of a book. This is not a new phenomenon, considering children’s classics like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), to name [...]
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Have Some Fun in Our Room
Posted on November 13, 2011 by Jennifer in Family Read-Aloud, Newspaper column, Picture Books>Library Column printed in The Mercury, November 13, 2011 Each year, the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book designate a week in November to focus on the benefits of reading aloud to young children. Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Week begins today, and it’s easy to participate. Grab a book and [...]
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Going Batty at the Library
Posted on October 16, 2011 by Jennifer in animals, Fantasy, Newspaper column, Nonfiction, Picture Books>Library column printed in The Mercury 10-16-11 Another inky evening’s here—The air is cool and calm and clear.We’ve feasted, fluttered, swooped and soared,And yet…we’re still a little bored…Then word spreads quickly from afar;A window has been left ajar.Can it be true? Oh, can it be?Yes! Bat Night at the library! Brian Lies’s introduction to his [...]
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A Fall of Literacy Fun at the Library
Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jennifer in Newspaper column, Picture Books>Library column for the Manhattan Mercury, Sept. 4, 2011by Jennifer Adams, Children’s Services Manager September 12 is the beginning of the fall storytime session in the Children’s Room, kicking off with Baby Rhyme Time on Monday at 11:00. Miss Victoria will teach parents fun bounces, songs and rhymes to do with their babies, from birth [...]
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