Winter-Spring Storytime 2010

E Fox - Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Winter-Spring STORYTIME - January 12th through April 1st, 2010
Please call the Children's Desk at 766-2546 or
email us at stacirc@ccpl.org for more information.
No registration is needed for Storytime.

88 Wee Reads (under 2) - Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 AM
88 Time For Twos - Tuesdays at 10:30 AM and Thursdays at 11:30 AM
88 Preschool Storytime and Craft (ages 3-6) Tuesdays at 11:30 AM
88Family Rhyme Time (all ages) Wednesdays at 11:30 AM

Get In the Spirit With a Spooky Read!

Fall is the time for cooler weather, shorter days, and falling leaves. It's also perfect for curling up in a cozy place with a good ghost story for company! 

Presented for your consideration, a spectral selection guaranteed to pique the reader's interest. You may also want to check out The Moonlit Road: Strange Tales of the American South (http://www.themoonlitroad.com/), a great online resource for ghost stories and spooky tales.


You can find the following titles haunting the stacks of the Charleston County Public Library.

Local favorites include:

Ghosts of the Carolinas by Nancy Roberts ( 398 Roberts)

Tales of the South Carolina Lowcountry and More Tales of the South Carolina Lowcountry by Nancy Rhyne (J 398.2 Rhyne or 398.2 Rhyne)

Classic creepy folktales:

In a Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz (*J Schwartz) - This beginning reader is perfect for younger kids.
For older kids, Alvin Schwartz's three awesome collections of stories (J 398.25 Schwartz)
Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark
More Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark
Scary Stories 3:  More Tales To Chill Your Bones

Fiction selections include:

This year's Newbury Winner, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (J Gaiman)

The Dark Thirty:  Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Pat McKissack (J McKissack)

Mostly Ghostly Series by R.L. Stine (J Stine)

The Book of Ghosts by Michael Hague (J Book)

Mary Downing Hahn (J Hahn)  has authored a variety of ghost stories.
The Old Willis Place:  A Ghost Story
All the Lovely Bad Ones:  A Ghost Story
Deep, Dark, and Dangerous:  A Ghost Story
Time For Andrew:  A Ghost Story
The Doll In the Garden:  A Ghost Story
Wait Till Helen Comes:  A Ghost Story

Seer of Shadows - Avi (J Avi and Y Avi)

Jade Green - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Y Naylor)

Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge by Kathryn Reiss (Y Reiss)

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (J Snyder)

The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe Series) by L.M. Boston (J Boston)  

Author Spotlight on Eric Carle: We Read For the Record!

On Thursday, October 8th, 2009, St. Andrews Regional Library Children's Services participated in the Jumpstart's national literacy program, Read For the Record, by reading this year's book selection, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, to 73 children and adults.   This was the fourth year for this program, which tries to set a world record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day.  Our participation helped break last year's record, when we read Corduroy by Don Freeman.  Individuals are eligible to take part in this program, as well, and can enter their info in Jumpstart's online entry form to be counted as participants.

Read For the Record was featured on MSNBC and other media sources.  Check out the video below for more details and save the date to participate in next year's event!

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Eric Carle Author Spotlight

Eric Carle is one of the world's best loved children's book illustrators and authors. His bright pictures and simple, engaging stories gently combine concept instruction with pleasantly alliterative text to create read-aloud books that captivate listeners of all ages.


Click here to visit the Eric Carle website! 

Author Spotlight: Jeff Kinney - Miss Meemee Recommends Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, a Great Tween Read!

Miss Meemee recommends The Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney.  This book is the first in the Wimpy Kid series, which has been a runaway best seller.  The fourth book, Dog Days, will be released on October 12th, 2009.

The book description in the Charleston County Public Library catalog reads, " Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship." 

The author, Jeff Kinney, is also the creator of a popular online educational game site for kids, Poptropica (http://www.poptropica.com).  According to his author bio on the Wimpy Kid website (http://www.wimpykid.com), Kinney discovered that he wanted to be a cartoon artist while in college and originally published first The Diary of a Wimpy Kid online on another popular children's educational website, Funbrain (http://www.funbrain.com), in daily installments (Click this link to read online: http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1).

CLICK HERE to check out Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid series in the CCPL catalog!

CLICK HERE for links to fun, educational websites for kids like Poptropica and Funbrain!


Author picture from http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2009/01/13/wimpykinneyx-topper-medium.jpg. Accessed  9/18/09.

Author Spotlight: Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis (J Curtis) is an award-winning author who writes historical fiction and humorous tales for kids. 

His second children's novel, Bud, Not Buddy, was the first book to win both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award.  Curtis, a native of Flint, Michigan, modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy on his grandfathers, one who was a Depression-era bandleader, and the other who was a Negro Baseball League pitcher.  Click here for more bio info and fun facts about Christopher Paul Curtis from his publisher's website!

Miss Meemee recommends Elijah of Buxton.  The CCPL catalog description of this book reads, "In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom."

 (Click here to see all Christopher Paul Curtis books in the CCPL catalog!)