Check out this snowflake that I made at Make-a-Flake. You can make one (or more) of your own. Once you get the hang of the scissors, you can make some pretty amazing snowflakes.
We recently received an email from a nine-year-old girl who is in the process of reading all the Newbery winners. (Her favorite titles so far are Hitty, Her First Hundred Years and Caddie Woodlawn.) Laura's goal is to read all the winners before she gets to Middle School. She is curious if there are other kids who might also be working on this project.
Is your little one ready to start potty training?
Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Have a wonderful seven days of celebration!
Merry Christmas!
All of the Allen County Public Library locations will be closed today and tomorrow. We will reopen on Saturday, December 26th.
Gingerbread is one of the treats of the season. Join us at 10:30 on Wednesday morning for a storytime about Favorite Foods. We'll share a story that will remind you of The Gingerbread Man, a classic story that can be found in many varieties here at the library -- check out this list! And if you don't have any good smelling gingerbread of the real variety, make yourself a virtual gingerbread house at this website. Have fun!
It is here, it is here, the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year! From now and until the Summer Solstice the days will get longer and longer. Enjoy winter, it only lasts for three short months!
One of the books on our ACPL Mock Caldecott list is Tillie Lays an Egg by Terry Golson with photography by Ben Fink.
Daily we find treasures in the Early Learning Center mailbox. I couldn't resist sharing this special drawing of an octopus with you. This child had fun and worked on early literacy skills at the same time.
Do you ever wonder how snowflakes form? Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? What do snowflakes look like 
Happy Hanukkah!
Do you love to play chess? Are you wanting to learn more about the game? Check out the All Ages Chess Club at the Main Library, held in the Young Adults’ Services department every Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
Does the cold, cold, cold weather outside make you think about snow? Check out the Snow Crystals website to learn more about snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena. There's even a section on the physics of snow flakes to help you understand why snowflakes look the way they do!
The photographs of human babies and animals in Baby! Baby! and Baby Nose to Baby Toes by Vicky Ceelen are placed side by side so it is easy to see the commonalities. Gorgeous photographs and darling babies and animals make these board books perfect for sharing with your favorite baby.
Check out our dental visit booklist for great stories and informational books to share with your child before a trip to the dentist. And don't forget to brush your teeth after every meal!
Over twelve hundred kids and young adults in Kindergarten through Grade 12 entered this year's "I Like It When..." Poetry Contest.
I can't believe that I haven't shared my favorite book of the year yet! I read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead months and months ago and I still think about the story and the characters quite often. These entirely believable, well developed, fully realized characters work through their normal problems and strangely enough some of them travel through time. This is much more than a time travel story; it is a story about people and you will love them all before the end.
Staying healthy is something that's important to all of us. BAM! is a website for kids with facts and information on physical fitness, illnesses, nutrition, stress, and other health-related issues.
Teachers and parents -- did you know there is a website that collects and organizes videos for kids ages 3-18 from sites like YouTube, SchoolTube, and Google Video? WatchKnow catalogs online videos by topic and by age, and also allows viewers to add videos to its collection.
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