KidSpot Costume Characters
Enjoy stories and activities and don’t forget your camera!
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Storybook Land
Sunday, March 30 | 1 - 4 Benson Branch | 6015 Binney St.
pm
Fun for the entire family! Spend the afternoon with some of your favorite storybook characters for a meet and greet, storytimes and photo opportunities. Children in attendance will receive a free book to keep!
2:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saddlebrook 10:45 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Millard 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main Library 10:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elkhorn 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willa Cather 11:00 am.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benson
Lyle Lyle Crocodile May 3 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10
Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Millard 10:30 am.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abrahams 10:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington 10:30 am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saddlebrook 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorensen 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willa Cather 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swanson
2014 Youth Media Awards
Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. John Newbery Medal Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo Randolph Caldecott Medal Locomotive illustrated and written by Brian Floca Michael L. Printz Award Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick Coretta Scott King Book Award Author—P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia; llustrator—Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Daniel Beaty 4
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop illustrated by Theodore Taylor III and written by Laban Carrick Hill Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Patricia and Fredrick McKissack Schneider Family Book Award Ages 0-10 A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet; Ages 11-13 Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell Ages 13-18 Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein Alex Awards Brewster by Mark Slouka The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell Golden Boy: A Novel by Abigail Tarttelin Help for the Haunted by John Searles Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu Mother, Mother: A Novel by Koren Zailckas Relish by Lucy Knisley The Sea of Tranquility: A Novel by Katja Millay The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence 2/20/2014 2:16:43 PM