4-06-09 New Children's Books

Now most of you know we don’t just have adult books at the public library, we’ve got children’s books, too. And some of the new children’s books we’ve gotten in lately are fabulous!

If You Give A Cat A Cupcake, by Laura Numeroff
This beautifully drawn book tells all wary readers of the consequences of giving delicious small cakes to felines. If you enjoyed If You Take A Mouse To School and If You Give A Pig A Pancake will love this new book in the series!

Melvin Might? By David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon
Poor cement mixer Melvin – he can’t stop worrying about things that might go wrong. But when his friend Rita the Ambulance is in trouble, he has to stop worrying and save her! Any truck lover is sure to enjoy!

First the Egg, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
This book is the 2007 Caldecott Winner! It doesn’t answer the question of which came first, but it uses very bright colors to show that very small things can become much larger things, such as an egg becoming a chicken, and a word becoming a story. Beautiful colors, simple story, and very entertaining.

Listen to the Wind: The story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and Susan Roth
There once was a man named Greg, who was climbing mountains and got lost. He was very sick when he got to the village of Korphe in Pakistan and the villagers nursed him back to health. When he asked their wise man what he could do for them in return, the wise man told him to “Listen to the wind.” Greg could only hear the voices of the children, and he realized the best way to repay them would be to build a school. This book is told with beautiful collage pictures and tells the story in a simple, heartfelt way that children will understand.

We’re also thinking of redecorating the children’s area to make it more exciting. If you have any giant cardboard tubes, or access to some (we’re talking a foot in diameter or so), please let us know! They would make great tree trunks! We’re also looking for vines, branches, leaves, and stuffed animals if you have any of those things just lying around. Also, if you have extra time and/or artistic talent, please consider giving us a hand as we try and turn a section of the library into a forest for reading exploration, complete with trees, animals, and a mural or two.

If you are doing any spring cleaning and have any children’s books, movies, music, or even games you would like to donate, please bring them by! If we don’t put them straight into our collection, they can be used for our book sale.

Meinders Community Library is open Monday – Thursday from 10 AM to 8 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM. If you want to place one of these books on hold, please don’t hesitate to call us at 825-6714.