The Friends and Foundation of the Library are sending Kathy Ness off in a BIG way!
Come and celebrate her retirement from the Library.

Coming up for the week between Christmas and New Years

Thursday afternoon Lego & Duplo creative time! Now thru Dec. 15th!

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Special events for kids are coming up soon!

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SAD News for all our Summer Reading rewards recipients- please use your reading gift certificates as soon as possible!

COCOA BEAN & RETREATS is Closing their doors - 35% off Storewide
"To our wonderful friends and customers:
The building we've been leasing has just been 

sold, and sadly, we will be closing on October 5th.
Please take advantage of our sale - 35% off storewide!!!
It's a wonderful time to beat the season, and get great toys, all for a great price.
Stay tuned, too, for word on our holiday pop-up, at By All Means Graphics starting on December 8th, during Winter Walk.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support; we've met great people and made wonderful friends during this time.
We will miss you all."

Look who has read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten!

You can start "growing your child for Kindergarten"  We have reading records and for every 100 books you read, you start earning rewards.     You can read any book you'd like and reading the same ones over and over again is great!  That's how you grow a Kindergartener.




Congratulations Siri! 

Way to go Henry!          Great job Claire!

Morning storytimes resume Tuesday, Sept. 6th

10 am Tuesday 
Infant Lapsit is designed to encourage development of language and motor skills by incorporating books with simple songs, rhymes and fingerplays. 
 Plus you will meet other new parents!

For ages 6-18 months with  parent or caregiver.

10 am Wednesday 
Toddler Rhyme Time "reading" board books together with rhymes and fingerplay fun this interactive early literacy time if for kids 18 months through age 3 with a parent or caregiver.

10 am Thursday
Preschool Storytime is for children ages 4 and up. Come enjoy picture books, songs, fingerplays and movement

All programs are free and held in the BLUE area in the children's library.  All ages welcome however we focus of the ages listed!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for another great summer reading program!

Many, many hours were read and BINGO spaces filled this summer.  Our library kids are better prepared to learn and pick up where they left off at the end of school this fall!  A BIG thank you goes our to the parents and caregivers who bring their children to the library for storytimes, reading programs and to Books & Stars the children benefit greatly!
Enjoy our last set of photos of the summer reading fun.

Kids working carefully on their fused beads projects.

Page Brianna just helped them check in their reading records for reading rewards.

Our final ICE CREAM SOCIAL of the summer!
The ice cream melted as fast as we could scoop it.

The summer reading program ends Thursday, August 18th!

Our finale is an ICE CREAM SOCIAL from 1 to 2 pm on Thursday.  All reading rewards should be turned in by then.  Thanks to all who participated and READ so much this summer- you will be very ready for school!  

Legos! 

These folks are very busy working on fused beads projects.

Pages Ryan and Grace reading- something Pages do frequently when it's quiet.

More fused bead workers- it takes a lot of patience.

Duplos!

Pages Max, Avery and Max GM ready to check in readers.

More Duplo builders

We checked in a lot of reading records and bedtime math sheets today!

Freezie time- after it's all cleaned up.

Playing 4 square.

One of the cool Lego creations.

Paging enjoying a breakfast treat before the 2nd to the last day.

More folks busy with fusing beads.

Here are 2 more READERS OF THE WEEK!

Congrats to all so far- there is 1 more week of the summer reading program! 
the last READER OF THE WEEK will be chosen
Thursday,  August 18 right after the ice cream social @2 pm.
Keep reading and filling out those slips!

It's almost the end of the summer reading program!

Zoe and Kathy changed the "Northfield Readers" photos to 5 new ones!

Pages Cristin, Aila and Saxon playing a board game with some brothers.

YAHOO!  They finished their BED TIME MATH constellations and
received a GLOW IN THE DARK Frisbee!  CONGRATS David and Gianna!

Look who is Reader of the Week!  Gianna!
She is holding one of her favorite book series "Clementine"

The Library Pages have named the carpet sweeper GEORGE- and he does fine work cleaning
up every day.  

Meet the READERS of the WEEK!

First one- Grant!

Second one- Torin!

Third reader chosen- Emma!

Fourth one- David

Fifth reader chosen- Ben!

Sixth Reader chosen- Aiden!

Seventh ROW- Theo!

Congrats to all so far- there are 3 more weeks of the summer reading program!
the last READER OF THE WEEK will be chosen
Thursday,  August 18 right after the ice cream social @2 pm.
Keep reading and filling out those slips!

Here is some of the fun from the past week- Crazy Day and all!

Kid could try to unscramble words to receive a prize.  Pages Alyssa, Avery and Aila were ready to help.
(The Triple A's!)

Getting new library cards on Booker at Books & Stars.

All the Pages that came to see Dazzling Dave and his YO YO tricks!

Because of so much rain during the day and a chance of more in
the evening we moved to Odd Fellow's Park Pavilion.  And it didn't rain.

Library Pages Meadow and Lenyn help reshelve Booker items so they are ready to go out again.

Dazzling Dave's show was made possible by a SELCO/SELS GRANT!

He even had a top spinning- that was amazing!

Crazy Day fun- Lenyn wants out!

Maddie is not thrilled!

We invited some of the Northfield Police up for an ice cream cone.