Library Children’s Services on Facebook

Our Children’s Services department has its own Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hhhlcs.  Be sure to Like it so you know about all the events scheduled.

 

Dream Big – Read! Summer Reading Club 2012

Summer Reading is here!

Summer reading is fun for adults and important for kids.  Join one of our summer reading clubs and get prizes, free coupons, and an invitation to party.  Our give-aways get better every year!  Check our website for details: hhhlibrary.org.

A day at the museum – free!

Those long summer days are looming ahead, and we’d like to recommend you reserve a museum pass from the Library’s website, hhhlibrary.org. These passes provide free admission to some of the area’s most popular museums. Visit the American Museum of Natural History for the famous dinosaurs and dioramas, or the Children’s museums of Manhattan or Long Island. If it’s a beautiful summer day you can be on the Intrepid and learning in the Sea, Air, and Space museum. The Firefighter’s Museum, the Whaling Museum, and the Old Westbury Gardens are some other choices too.

The Library’s mission is to encourage life-long learning, and that means school vacation learning too! These passes provide free admission to some of the area’s most popular museums. All you need to reserve a pass is your valid Adult HHH library card.

Halloween at the library

Why you need that library card NOW

To access the databases your child needs for homework, you will need a valid library card.  Apply for a youth card online, if you don’t already have one.  Remember, you must come into the library to sign the form and give permission for  your child or teen to use the Internet in the library.

Click and join the Summer Reading Club

The summer reading club goes online this year.  Join, and even report, from anywhere there’s an internet connection.  On vacation?  At camp? By the pool?  No problem!

Click here to join and report (after June 18)

2010 Book Oscars

The ALA awards are like the Oscars in the literary world.  Although there are many, here are the top winners for 2010, announced this week in Boston at the annual mid-winter convention.

You can reserve the books using the links below, or try downloading one to listen to on an iPod, or listening to it on cd.

• Caldecott: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
• Newbery: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• Printz: Going Bovine by Libba Bray

Notable honored books include:

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Phillip Hoose
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Pet Education and Information Fair

Halloween highlights

Halloween is celebrated in style at the library!