Attention all Thrill Seekers!

It's a Three-Ring Science Circus and you're invited to the main event! If you like exciting explosions and crazy concoctions - you'll love this after-school program! Kindergarten and up - come on out and join us and the McWane Center for a blast of fun!

Tumblebooks News!

TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of licensed titles from children's book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Charlesbridge Press, Harcourt, Little Brown, Walker & Company, Lerner Books, amongst others.

The TumbleBookLibrary provides enrichment to students who are reading independently with a variety of high interest material. It also provides support to students who require skill building with a variety of exercises that can be matched with other areas of the curriculum. In general, TumbleBooks are a great addition to a reading program that can be worked on independently by each student or by the whole class. It has been exceptionally well received by ESL and Special Education teachers.

The TumbleBookLibrary collection is accessed online from every computer in your school or library with Internet connection, or from home through a direct link on your school or library website.

Your teachers and students can now get up to the minute
TumbleBook updates through our Twitter feed!!  
You add us at https://twitter.com/TumbleBooks 

We're excited to announce that famed author and storyteller Robert
Munsch is going back into the recording studio this spring in order to
narrate 7 classic Munsch titles for TumbleBooks!

Boy in the Drawer, The 

I Have to Go! 

Moira's Birthday 

Mud Puddle 

Purple, Green, and Yellow 

Something Good 

Stephanie's Ponytail

Also, in an effort to provide content for all your elementary grades,
keep your eye out as we add new Early Readers and Chapter book
read-alongs into our TumbleReadable category.

Family Night: April 14th @ 6:00 (5:30 supper)

Join Brer Rabbit and his puppet friends for stories, music and humor. Brer Rabbit has his toughness put to the test in "Brer Rabbit and the Fly." Brer Bear falls for one of Brer Fox's tricks in "Brer Bear and the Beehive." You'll learn Brer Rabbit's special fishing technique in "Brer Rabbit Goes Fishing." Finally, Brer Rabbit learns to play the banjo in "Brer Rabbit Tries to Sing." Free, as always! Bring the whole family! We'd love to see you there.

Get Ready, Girls!

Come register for this super-fun, ultra-girly event. Bring your doll and spend the afternoon with us, Emmet O'Neal Library! There will be hair-styling stations, crafts, cookie decorating and more! Don't miss out...

Calling All Book Critics!

We have a new display here in the Children's Department, where we will be featuring new and exciting juvenile fiction titles. You can choose one of our selections, read it, then write your own review of it. So come get started on your career as a book reviewer today! Right now our featured selections are: Knights of the Lunchtable: The Dodgeball Chronicles by Frank Cammuso Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi Bronte's Book Club by Kristiana Gregory Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee