Jerissa

Storytime is BACK!

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The storytime train is coming. Hop on board! Choo! Choo!

We are excited to begin our Fall Storytime Online series the week of September 7! Please join us for:

  • Baby/Toddler Storytime: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. (geared toward ages 0 through 2 and their caregivers)
  • Family Storytime: Wednesdays, 10 a.m. (geared toward ages 3+ and their caregivers)

Featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more, these interactive storytimes foster of a love of reading and promote the development of early literacy skills. Storytime will take place live via Zoom—a free online and mobile video conferencing app. Registration is required. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link. During registration, participants can also choose to reserve our all-new baby/toddler storytime kit and/or family storytime kit. Each kit contains materials that will enhance your storytime experience at home. A new kit will be made available for storytime families each month during this series.

The September baby/toddler storytime kit contains a board book, scarves, bubbles, and song/rhyme sheets. The September family storytime kit contains a STEAM activity bag, scarves, and song/rhyme sheets. After you register for storytime and a kit, please contact Youth Services to arrange a kit pick-up.

It doesn’t stop there, folks! In addition to Storytime Online, we are pleased to offer Storytime OnDemand which will be available to you anytime starting Monday, September 7. You can access these videos via the Kids Page of the library website, our YouTube channel, and our Facebook page.

We look forward to connecting with you and your children during storytime this Fall! Questions? Contact Youth Services at 715-839-5007 or ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us

Go ahead! Register for storytime now!

Julia

Tween Virtual Book Club

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The year is 1912 and you are aboard the Titanic. The ship has just hit an iceberg. Will you go to the cabins or stay on deck? Will you try to find your family or will you get into a lifeboat? Will you head to the boiler rooms or the kennel?

 

YOU CHOOSE the story at our first virtual book club meeting for kids in grades 3-5 on Thursday, September 17, 2020.

 

Learn more and register for the book club today!

 

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

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.

YS Librarian

Stories Aloud: Friday Night Wrestlefest

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It’s time for FRIDAY NIGHT WRESTLEFEST by J. F. Fox! Enjoy this spirited telling of our newest Stories Aloud with Miss Riss.

YS Librarian

Stories Aloud: My Toothbrush is Missing

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Help Miss Riss get to bottom of this case of the missing toothbrush. Enjoy My Toothbrush is Missing by Jan Thomas!

Alisha

Preschool STEM: Resources

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If you’re looking for some fun and interactive experiments to introduce, expand, or enhance your kids’ knowledge in the areas of STEAM (or if you’re simply looking for a fun afternoon project!), check out this great selection of STEAM activity e-books through Hoopla. Look for the “Learning with STEAM” categories. There are activity books for young children through teen to support Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. E-materials may be checked out from Hoopla with your Eau Claire library card.

Quick Links

YS Librarian

Read This: The Strangers

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We have a new Read This personality this week: Julia, from Youth Services, has a great recommendation perfect for upper-elementary and middle school readers.

The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix is available for download at Wisconsin’s Digital Library or Hoopla with your Eau Claire library card. Happy reading!

YS Librarian

Stories Aloud: Max Speed

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Miss Riss has a super secret story to share this week: Max Speed by Stephen Shaskan! Great gadzooks!

Listen, read along, and be sure to share your reactions by email or Facebook.

 

YS Librarian

Stories Aloud: Let’s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy

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Stories Aloud and Miss Riss are back to present Let’s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas. Help Miss Riss with the story and be sure to share your reactions by email or Facebook.

Contact us at ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us.