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Day Care Kits
Each kit includes several books, a DVD, CD, and a toy or manipulative that follow a theme. Some kits are geared to ages 0 – 2 years. Others are geared to ages 3 – 5 years. Available themes are: Alphabet, Animals, Colors, Construction, Counting, Dinosaurs, Senses, Shapes, Transportation, and Weather. Checkout is one per family […]
Crayon Tower Challenge
Try our new Crayon Tower Challenge! Check out a tub of crayons from the library and build a tower as high as you can! Rules • Do not color with the crayons. • Do not break the crayons. • Only build with crayons. No outside forces, such as tape or glue, are allowed. […]
What Doesn’t Belong?
While you’re at the library looking for a book, also look for a random object that has no business being in a library. It will be sitting in plain sight, but doesn’t belong. Leave the object where it is and tell a staff member what the random object is and you win a piece of […]
Gnome on a Tome
Gnorbert the Gnome is somewhere in the library reading his books. Patrons of all ages can find him, tell a staff member, and earn a piece of candy. Gnorbert moves to a new spot every Monday, so come back each week to find him!
BATTLESHIP
Kids ages 3 – 17 can play a community game of Battleship. Come to the library any day, any time and check out a book to make a guess. Get a “hit” and win a prize! “Sink” a ship and get a bigger prize!
Escape From the Enchanted Forest
Put your fairy tale knowledge to the test! Can you make your way through the Enchanted Forest? https://forms.gle/SmhXrMx3sFdSbzAz5
The Jester Jim Show
You can watch a recording of the live show! The show begins at about 4:45 of the video. This is not your ordinary juggling show! Jester Jim, a juggling, beatboxing, comedy genius, puts on a LIVE virtual, interactive, and extraordinarily entertaining show! https://youtu.be/X_7lfQ4GTqk
Beanstack App How-to
Need help navigating the Beanstack app to log your summer reading and activities? Watch this video tutorial for guidance.
Dolly Parton Imagination Library Registration Now Open to All of Madison County
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides an enrolled child with a FREE, age-appropriate book mailed in the child’s name to their home address monthly. Children between the ages of newborn to 5 years old can register at any time to be a part of the program. Thanks to a new alliance between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, […]
TumbleBookLibrary
The TumbleBookLibrary is made possible through a donation from the Friends of the London Public Library in honor of Clayton Geib, a lifelong lover of books. The TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of electronic children’s books accessible through the library’s website. Animation, sound, music and narration are added to existing picture books to produce an […]