Where The Child Things Are
Banned Books Week
By: Deanna Siegel, Youth Programming Associate Imagine going to look for Captain Underpants or Junie B. Jones on the shelf and not being able to find it, only to learn that it was taken out of the library! How would you feel? The end of September is near, which means so is Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is from September
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Telling Stories
By: Kate Easley, Youth Librarian While on vacation this summer, my family took a ferry boat from Hatteras Island, North Carolina to Ocracoke Island. It’s a beautiful trip, but it takes about an hour to get from island to island. Due to poor planning on my part, I found myself without my usual bag of tricks to keep my two
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Setting the Standards
By: Megan Stepniewski, Youth Associate School is back in session, and while parents rejoice for the moment, they soon dread all the information overload of placement testing, reading levels, MAP testing, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, STEAM based learning, the Daily 5, Lexile, Fountas and Pinnell, research based practices, response to intervention, and all this other educational
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Summer Reading Wrap-Up
By: Melissa Hilt, Youth Department Assistant Director Summer reading is officially over for the year and I am happy to say the Glen Ellyn community met our goals. The Youth Department passed our reading goal of 75,000 hours. Our final number was 75,179 hours read, phew! The Adult Department, also, passed their goal of 4,250 books by reading 4,306 books. Since our
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Every Child Ready to Grow
By: Katy Almendinger, Early Literacy Librarian In the first few years of life, more than 1 million new neural connections form every second. This means that the brain is hardwired for learning in early childhood in a way that diminishes as we age. Isn’t that amazing? So, it makes sense that parents want to know when their young child should be mastering
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What’s On Your Happiness List?
By: Amy Waters, School Liaison I admit it, I am a frequent list maker. Grocery lists, to-do lists, packing lists, bucket lists, book lists…there are all kinds of reasons to make lists. Many people make lists in order to stay focused on the tasks at hand and to help them get things done. Lists can be serious “pro and con”
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Are You Listening?
By: Deanna Siegel, Youth Librarian Are you a lover of audiobooks? Do you prefer holding a book in your hand? Are you indifferent? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this post is for you. I’ll admit, I joined the audiobook world hesitantly and begrudgingly. I did not want listen to a book, I wanted to physically
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Organization Tips for Middle Schoolers (And Their Parents)
By: Christina Keasler, Middle School Librarian As we’re coming toward the end of our summer reading program, benefiting Supplies 4 Success, we’ve been thinking of other ways to help our young readers succeed, whether it be by preventing summer slide, having fun over the summer months, or prepping for the upcoming school year. Going into middle school may be the first
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Boredom Busters
By: Stephanie Rivera, Youth Department Director With summer vacation more than halfway over, you may be feeling restless and a little bored. You’ve likely tackled the summer with gusto and visited some of your favorite local places to pass the time. If you’ve exhausted all of your regular activities and are still looking for things to do, we have you covered!
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The Dog Days of Summer
By: Alexa Moffat, Youth Associate The end of July has arrived, and in my house, that signals the arrival of a few things. Our favorite blueberries from Michigan have arrived at the Farmer’s Market in full force and in the coming weeks, local sweet corn will start trickling in from farms surrounding our area. As a former teacher, I traditionally
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