May 2023 at Manhattan Public Library
 
Looking for a great time for everyone in your family?
Visit Manhattan Public Library's online event calendar, manhattanks.librarycalendar.com. 
Keep an eye on the library's social media for 
Summer Reading 2023 information. #AllTogetherNow
 
Celebrate Children's Book Week, May 1-7, 2023
Do you remember your favorite books from childhood? Maybe you still have them or they are at your mom's house or dad's shelf. What made them so interesting? Perhaps the book helped you make sense of your world (like the Phantom Tollbooth) or gave you a space for wonder and learning (Dinotopia anyone?).
 
This Children's Book Week, we invite you to Read Books. Spark Change. It's never too early or too late to read with kids. The benefits to their language and understanding and creativity can start at any time. 
 
In honor of this week, we asked our #MHKLibrary colleagues what their favorite books from childhood were. Here are some of their answers. You'll find many in our collection when you search our catalog.
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • Coraline
  • Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
  • George the Babysitter and Hank the Cowdog
  • Animorphs and Watership Down
  • The Diary of Anne Frank and Down a Dark Hall
  • Ramona series
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
  • Amelia Bedelia and Margaret and Maragrita
  • Magic Tree House and Redwall series
  • Obi, Gerbil on the Loose and the Hans Christian Anderson fairytales
  • Bread and Jam for Frances and the American Girl series
  • Creepy Little Bedtime Stories
  • Chronicles of Narnia
  • The Pee Wee Scouts
  • The Lightning Thief
  • Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters!
  • My Side of the Mountain
  • Anne of Green Gables and Harriet the Spy
  • Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead
  • The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses and Gregory the Terrible Eater
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Fanny at Chez Panisse
  • The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
What were your favorite books? Wondering how you can encourage the children in your life to dive into their own favorites? Visit Children's Book Week online and Every Child A Reader, everychildareader.net, brought to you by the Children's Book Council.
 
COMING SOON: Information about Summer Reading 2023!
Readers of every age are invited to Summer Reading 2023. Sign up, read or listen to books and earn prizes! Keep up to date with what's happening at #MHKLibrary. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. 
 
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