The 2010 census is in progress, and census takers are needed. Check out these websites for more information on the census and how you can obtain part-time employment as a census-taker:
How to Apply for 2010 Census Jobs
Interactive Map of Census Offices and Rates of Pay
Practice_Test (PDF) of the types of skills a census taker may need
Join kids from across the U.S. and from Nova Scotia, Canada by making a short video about your favorite book. Use the online form at Storytubes to enter and compete for prizes - and, be sure to check out the rules, but here are the basics:
(This event is not hosted by the Cheshire Public Library, but we sure think it looks like a lot of fun! Parents can learn more information here.)
Books make great gifts. Check out our children’s page for some fantastic lists created by Connecticut youth librarians with recommended new books for kids and teens. Courtesy of the Connecticut Library Consortium.
More Festive Fun…
Craft and decorating ideas at FamilyFun (This link is for the Christmas page, but use the search bar for Hanukkah or Kwanzaa for other great ideas).
Kaboose also has some great activities for Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa.
Stop into the children’s department to see our wonderful holiday books, you won’t be disappointed!
Kids ages ten and up are invited to join us for a book discussion on Neil Gaiman’s award-winning The Graveyard Book in the old St. Bridget’s Cemetery.
The event is scheduled for Monday, October 19th from 4-5pm. If the weather doesn’t cooperate we will meet on Monday, November 2nd instead. We’ll talk a bit about the book, look for a “ghoul gate”, and try some grave rubbings. To join the fun register in the Children’s Department. Copies of the book are available and waiting at the circulation desk.
… to bring your baby to the library.
Come and join us on Wednesday mornings at 10:00am for Baby Lap-Sit in the Children’s Room. Infants up to 12 months old with a parent or caregiver are invited to bounce, rhyme, sing and play with us. Registration is required but spots are still available for September. Call or stop in to the Children’s Room for more details.
Come to talk to other adults with young children, to learn some new ways to play with your baby, and to give your baby positive experiences around books and the library.
Learn more about getting your baby ready to learn and read at this fantastic Zero to Three site, Early Language & Literacy. And, as always, feel free to ask the children’s librarians for book recommendations– we’re happy to share our favorites for even the littlest ones.
Critter Caravan, originally scheduled for July 29th, has been postponed.
Thankfully, magician Chick Kelman was available to join us. Everyone is welcome to attend the show at 1:00pm on Wednesday, July 29th! No registration is required.
Here our some of our favorite summer vacation books for kids.
Great for reading on vacation (or sitting on the couch and wishing you were on vacation)!
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
JE Frazee
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon’s grandparents during summer vacation.
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Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
JE Perkins
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good memories.
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On My Trip: The Sound of “Tr” by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed
J RE Klingel
Simple text about a summer vacation and repetition of the letters “tr” help readers learn how to use this sound.
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Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume
J Fiction Blume, J PBK Blume, J Spoken CD Blume
Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
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The Get Rich Quick Club by Dan Gutman
J Fiction Gutman
Summer vacation in their small Maine town does not look too promising until twelve-year-old Gina and four of her friends make a pact to become millionaires before school starts in September.
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Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! by Barbara Park
J Fiction Park, J Series PBK Junie B. Jones
Excitable Junie B. Jones manages to find trouble both before and during a trip to Hawaii and records each incident in a photo journal given to her by her teacher.
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Made You Look by Diane Roberts
J Fiction Roberts, J PBK Roberts
Twelve-year-old Jason’s dream of being a contestant on a cool game show is jeopardized by his family’s trip to California–a cross-country nightmare in an embarrassing camper with annoying siblings and a copycat nemesis.
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The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy by Jeanne Birdsall
J Fiction Birdsall, J PBK Birdsall
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
Did you know that the Cheshire Public Library has a long-standing tradition of not charging overdue fines on most library materials checked out by senior citizens?* If you are 65 or better, make sure we have you listed in our computer system as such so that you are not charged overdue fines.
*Seniors pay overdue fines only on VHS tapes, DVDs, museum passes and art prints.
The Cheshire Public Library would like to recognize the Cheshire Energy Commission for their recent donation of six Kill-A-Watt meters, to be available for check-out by library customers interested in increasing their awareness of their home and office energy usage. Many thanks, from the library and from Cheshire’s residents!
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