Jerissa

Storytime Fun

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It was such a pleasure to connect with families and share the joy of reading, singing, and playing during our virtual storytime from April – July. While there will be no new storytime events in August, you and your kiddos can still enjoy recordings of both Baby Storytime and Family Storytime on our Facebook page anytime through August 30.

Youth Services staff is busily and excitedly planning a brand new series of storytime fun for the Fall which will run from September 7 – November 25. Please check back in August for more detailed information. For now, we can happily share with you that we are planning three weekly virtual storytime events: a pre-recorded storytime that will premiere every Monday and be available anytime thereafter, a live baby/todder storytime on Tuesdays at 10 AM, and a live family storytime on Wednesdays at 10 AM.

We will also have a limited number of optional storytime kits available for participating families to check out that will contain supplies for enhancing the storytime experience.

Happy reading! Happy August! And we look forward to having your family join us for storytime in September.

Julia

There’s still time to catch Ken Lonnquist!

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For my family, summer in the Chippewa Valley is all about music, so we were so excited to watch the Ken Lonnquist concert as part of the Summer Library Program. There is still time to watch the show with your family this week!

We’ll also be tuning in next Thursday, July 30th at 6 pm to hear the show on Converge Radio 99.9.

Our favorite spot to listen to the radio is on a blanket in the yard, under the trees. Where is your favorite place to enjoy a great song?

3 Ways to Watch/Listen

  • Click to watch online! 
  • Chippewa Valley Community Television
    • Monday, July 20 – Saturday, July 25 | 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
  • Converge Radio 99.9 FM
    • Thursday, July 30 | 6:00 p.m.
Julia

A Touch of Magic Comedy Show

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Join the Summer Library Program as we welcome A Touch of Magic: Mixed Nuts Comedy Show next week, Wednesday, July 29th at 1 pm. Head to the library’s virtual performances page to get your Zoom access link.

Until then, warm-up your funny bone by impressing your family with your own comedy routine. Hoopla has an awesome assortment of joke books to get you started. The library also has a round-up of silly books and e-books to keep you giggling.

 

Julia

Dog Man Virtual Meet-Ups

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Hey, supa-buddies! Sarah Hatoff has an important report on Dog Man Virtual Meet-ups set for NEXT WEEK. Don’t forget to sign up!

Sign Up Link!

More information on this awesome event is available on our DIY Discovery page.

Julia

DIY Discovery: You’ve Got Mail

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Julia

Virtual Performances: Science Tellers

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Hey friends! I just finished watching Dragons: Return of the Ice Sorceress by the Science Tellers as part of the Summer Library Program. What a show! I’m so inspired to try out my own experiments at home now. There are so many great STEAM books in the library catalog and on Hoopla to help me get started.

 

Are you also inspired? Share your photos of your latest scientific adventures with us.

Alisha

DIY Discovery: Book Munchers

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Julia

DIY Discovery: Create a Book Cover

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Thank you to Jason Reynolds, author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, for this project. This prompt comes from the Right. Write. Rite video series, part of Reynold’s Grab the Mic campaign.

Download this book cover template printable and gather items from home to create your project, or request a program bag with all the materials you need to do these activities by emailing Youth Services or calling us at 715-839-5007.

Looking for drawing tutorials? Check out this guide for drawing faces on the Poppy Kay Illustration blog or Jarrett Lerner’s guide to hand lettering and character design.

Bonus Project

Your story is an important part of history. For this reason, the Chippewa Valley Museum and the UWEC McIntyre Library are creating a public archive of the experiences and daily lives of community members about this time of COVID-19.

Their hope is to gather primary sources to help people in the future understand what life was like right now. A primary source is something that was created during or about a historical event made by someone who actually lived through that event. This could be a journal, a letter, a picture, a video, or even a book cover of your life.

Is your book cover impacted by your experiences during this current pandemic? Do you and your grown-ups feel comfortable sharing your personal experiences? If so, you may want to share an image of your book cover to the public archive project. Learn more and/or share your book cover to the archive project website:

http://uwec.ly/covid19project

 

Grown-ups: Do you find that the pandemic is a difficult subject to discuss? The Center for Disease Control has compiled useful resources for having conversations about the coronavirus with your children.

Julia

Need help finding a new book?

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Are you looking a for a new book? Youth Services wants to help with your search!

We can place up to 10 books on hold for you, and then your grown-ups can pick them up using the library pick-up service when they are ready.

To get started, we just need to know what kind of books appeal to you.

  • What is your age or grade?
  • What are some books that you have enjoyed in the past?
  • What genre do you like to read?
  • Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?
  • What are some of your interests?

Grown-ups: we’re also happy to help you pull together titles for anyone in your family!

We’ll need your name or library card number to place titles on hold. It may take a few days for your items to be placed on hold. Your grown-up will be contacted about scheduling a pick-up time when your holds are ready.

Call or email Youth Services at 715-839-5007 or ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us

Don’t forget: we also have lists of great reads and e-reads on our website.