Happy birthday Lewis Carrol!

Who is Lewis Carrol’s you might ask?  From Wikipedia and Rodrigo Siquira’s site: 

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pen name Lewis Carrol was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer.  The son of a clergyman and the firstborn of 11 children, Carrol began at an early age to entertain himself and his family with magic tricks, marionette shows, and poems written for homemade newspapers. From 1846 to 1850 he attended Rugby School; he graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1854.

His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems “The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky”,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you have your Frindle?

Checkout Frindle; a funny book by Andrew Clements

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher’s love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

This week at the Library

Design a Valentine card with a variety of supplies. 

 

Tuesday, Feb. 5           4-4:45 p.m.   

Hanover Park Branch

No registration.  No fee. (ages 6-14)

Valentine Card Workshop

Thursday, Feb. 7          1:30-2:15 p.m.

Youth Services Craft Room or Hoffman Estates Branch   

And the award goes to ….

 

The 2008 Caldecott Medal, awarded to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children was given to Brian Selznick author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The 2008 Newberry Medal, awarded for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children was given to Laura Amy Schlitz the author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village.  

 

To read the interview with the two award winners click here: PW interview with Brian Selznick and Laura Amy Schlitz

For a list of additional book and illustration awards for children, check out the 2008 ALSC Literary Award Winners

Humor for kids

Do you think the jokes on this website Jokes for kids  are funny? Tell us what you think:

Try these for fun from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences’ Kids’ page:

 Brain Teasers, Puzzles and Riddles 

 

Want to win a book?

 Take a look at the  Harper Collins Sweepstakes website.

 

Enter to win a copy of Sword Quest, the prequel to the New York Times bestseller Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan.   According to Harper Collins, Sword Quest is an epic fantasy of how the dovelike Wind-voice searches for the magical sword and eventually becomes Swordbird.

Heard any good books lately?

If you like audio books, you will love this website: http://www.bookwink.com/  a video booktalk website for kids in grades 3 through 8. You can watch the reviewer as she reviews her latest favorite book. Check it out

What’s happening at the Library

Design a Valentine card with a variety of supplies. 

 

Tuesday, Feb. 5           4-4:45 p.m.   

Hanover Park Branch

No registration.  No fee. (ages 6-14)

Valentine Card Workshop

Thursday, Feb. 7          1:30-2:15 p.m.

Youth Services Craft Room or Hoffman Estates Branch   

Winter Reading Program

KidZ, would you like cool stuff just for reading?

Celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the Schaumburg Township District Library building.  Children through age 12 may register for the Winter Reading Program, Celebrate Your Library, at the Youth Services Information Desk or the Hoffman Estates or Hanover Park branches. 

Readers must read 10 books, and non-readers must have 20 books read to them.  Prizes will be distributed through Feb. 29.  We reserve the right to substitute incentives.  For more information, call the Youth Services Information Desk at (847) 923-3439.

Cool Sites

Do you want to know where kids go online to have fun? Check out the cool sites on the Library’s Kids’ page Cool Sites