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Library staff design a full schedule of engaging, entertaining, and educational programs and events for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged children. Various events – including options for early literacy, STEAM, gaming, and crafts – are offered year-round.

1KB4K: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

1KB4K is a library initiative that promotes reading 1,000 books to preschoolers before they begin Kindergarten. It’s easy to do, and the child gets a free book every time they read and report 100 books. Register and track their reading progress online with Beanstack, or visit the Youth Services Department for additional information or to register in person. You can also view the 1KB4K brochure here.

100 Club

The 100 Club is a fun way for kids to build their reading habits year-round – while earning prizes! Kids in kindergarten through 8th grade can join the club and track their progress on Beanstack. There’s no time limit for completing the challenge, but the goal is to read 100 books! The structure is simple: log books in any category and earn a prize for each 10 books read. Each month, a prize winner will be drawn from active readers, and readers who finish all 10 badges will earn a 100 Club completion prize and get to pick a free book to keep. Learn more about signing up in Beanstack at fondulaclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365 or ask a librarian for help and get your young readers involved in this awesome reading challenge!

Anytime Activities, Toys, & Games

Even when there’s not a program scheduled, there’s always something fun to do at the library! Stop by the desk in the Youth Services Department to learn more about the library’s current Anytime Activities – crafts, games, or projects kids can do whenever they visit the library. Additionally, the library offers a wide selection of board games and card games, as well as a train table, Lego table, puzzles, and a puppet theater to play with during your visit.

Children’s Books for Spring

Spring’s greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out – Edgar Guest

It is said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Springtime arrives in the middle of the month. March is a picture of baby bunnies, baby chicks and flowers. March also brings us the beginning of daylight-saving time, St. Patrick’s Day, Good Friday, and Easter.

There are so many delightful books about the season of spring.  Many of the subjects covered in these books are about warming temperatures and new life. These books focus on the end of hibernation, the sprouting of seeds, the budding of trees, and the return of migratory birds. March is a month full of new life and new beginnings.

Abracadabra, It’s Spring!

Bloom, Boom!

Diego’s Springtime Fiesta

Finding Spring

Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

Spring is Here

by Christy Schurter, Youth Services Assistant

March 15th, 2024|

New Children’s Book Highlight: Light and Air

New Book Highlight: Light and Air by Mindy Nichols Wendell

Genre: Historical Fiction

Suggested Age: 8-14 years old

Light and Air takes place in the 1930s and shows the widespread impact of tuberculosis. Halle’s mother falls ill and is taken to a nearby sanitorium, which treats tuberculosis patients with sunlight and fresh air. Halle struggles with a strained relationship with her father and fallout from her classmates, before she mysteriously becomes sick and must also move to the sanitorium. This is a beautiful book that shows family struggles and building new friendships in unexpected places. It also includes some reference notes at the end, which explains more about early tuberculosis treatment and compares the story to reality. This is a great book for readers who love to read about history, with a light mystery mixed in!

Read this if you like: books based on history, Refugee by Alan Gratz, Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ignalls Wilder, I Survived series

Light and Air is available in print, and as an ebook on the Boundless app!

by Alyssa Young, Youth Services Assistant

March 11th, 2024|
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