National Young Reader's Day

 National Young Reader's Day 

November 9, 2010

Happening every year on the second Tuesday of November, National Young Reader's Day highlights the importance of reading to young people. Began in 1989, in conjunction with the Library of Congress and Pizza Hut's "Book-It Program," this special holiday has created an awareness for reader's of all ages about the importance of literacy in our communities. 

What can you do to celebrate this holiday? 

Read to a child, any child, today. Beyond creating lasting memories, reading aloud to a child has many real world applications. Children learn new words, new auditory sounds, discover new concepts and new ideas, relate pictures to real items in their lives and foster lifelong creative thinking. 

Reading a book can take you to a world you never could have imagined.

 For more information or to find a fun book to share today, come by to see us at the library or check out our website, www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us

Missouri Building Blocks (Part One)

Building Block Award Nominees 

(Part One)

“The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, administered by the Children's Services Round Table of MLA, is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries. Designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age, the award was first given in 1996. Parents and other caregivers are encouraged to read aloud to children from a list of ten titles selected annually by a group of Missouri children's librarians”  (Source: http://molib.org/BuildingBlock.html)

·        “I Can Do It Myself!” by Diane Adams (2009) Emily Pearl is a big girl who insists on doing everything for herself until evening, when having someone help her get ready for bed is nice.

·        “The Great Dog Wash” by Shellie Braeuner (2009) Rhyming text welcomes the reader to a dog wash that goes awry when someone brings their cat.

·        “Put It On the List” by Kristen Darbyshire (2009) When family members see the consequences of forgetting to write things on the grocery list, they not only do better at keeping the list up-to-date, they also help with the shopping to ensure they never again eat pickled grubs.

·        “The Pout Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen (2009) The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

·        “The Birthday Pet” by Ellen Javernick (2009) Danny can have a pet for his birthday and he knows exactly what he wants, but the other members of his family think differently.

Blast from the Past

Craft times from long ago...

Do you recognize any faces that may have changed?

Kaleidoscope Craft Time  

Moberly Public Library - 2003

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New content is added every day as well as new locations on materials. 

Place a hold, find a book...your one stop shop!

Brown Bags and Books Reading Group - "Scent of Rain and Lightning"

"Scent of Rain and Lightning" by Nancy Pickard

November 9th at 12pm

Moberly Public Library

From Booklist

*Starred Review* A decades-old mystery is solved and a woman’s haunting questions put to rest in Pickard’s latest thriller. When she was just three years old, Jody Linder lost both parents in one night, when her father, Hugh Jay—eldest son of the wealthiest rancher in the small town of Rose, Kansas—was killed and her mother, Laurie, vanished. Raised by grandparents, Hugh Senior and Annabelle Linder, and with loving support from three uncles, Jody spends years collecting human detritus around the area’s towering Testament Rocks, where authorities once searched for clues to Laurie’s disappearance. Jody’s world is rocked 23 years later when Billy Crosby, the vicious drunk convicted of her father’s murder on circumstantial evidence, is released for a new trial; his return to town brings events to a head.  --Michele Leber

For more information, please contact Little Dixie Regional Libraries

Little Dixie Dispatch: Personal Memoirs

Personal Memoirs

   “My appetite for destruction : sex, and drugs, and Guns n' Roses” by Steven Adler (2010) After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a debilitating stroke, Steven Adler, the most self-destructive rock star ever, is ready to share the shattering untold truth in My Appetite for Destruction.

·    “In a Heartbeat: sharing the power of cheerful giving” by Leigh Anne Tuohy (2010) Those familiar with the film The Blind Side, or Michael Lewis's best-selling book, will likely already know the inspiring story of how the Tuohys took future-NFL star Michael Oher into their home and adopted him. For anyone wondering what more there might be to say about it, the answer is: plenty. 

“Staying True” by Jenny Sanford (2010) Sanford—the wronged wife of Mark Sanford, disgraced governor of South Carolina, who famously refused to stand by him when his affair came to light—delivers a crisp and affecting reading of her memoir of her family, career, faith, and the very public implosion of her marriage. 

     “The Politician” by Andrew Young (2010) Andrew Young volunteered for the Edwards campaign for U.S. Senate in 1998 and soon became the Democratic candidate’s right-hand man and most trusted friend. As Edwards became a national star, Young’s responsibilities grew to include a series of questionable assignments that culminated with being asked to conceal the Senator’s ongoing adultery.

TumbleBooks

Have you heard 

about the new TumbleBooks craze?

What's TumbleBooks you ask?

TumbleBooks are a great, FREE way to share the enjoyment of children's books with your child. 

According to TumbleBooks.com, "TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of licensed titles from children's book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Charlesbridge Press, Harcourt, Little Brown, Walker & Company, Lerner Books, HarperCollins Publishers, amongst others.

The TumbleBookLibrary provides enrichment to students who are reading independently with a variety of high interest material. It also provides support to students who require skill building with a variety of exercises that can be matched with other areas of the curriculum. In general, TumbleBooks are a great addition to a reading program that can be worked on independently by each student or by the whole class. It has been exceptionally well received by ESL and Special Education teachers"

Little Dixie Regional Libraries offers TumbleBooks to any cardholder free through our website. 

Ready to check it out? 

Simply click on the link (www.little-dixie.lib.mo.us) and look for the TumbleBooks logo!