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Hello Friends, Sweater weather and shorter days are here. It's the perfect time to get cozy with a great book. We can help you find your next read with an individualized reading list. Read below to find out more. Don't forget to pick up your Kid Kit to keep you crafting this fall. We'll have a new kit each month. Request yours today at curbside pickup. As always, we're available for any requests you may have. Reach out to us anytime! We love hearing from you: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org Warmly, Alicia, Catherine, and Martha
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Did you know you can get a personalized list of books? Sign up for an Individualized Reading List (IRL). We'll schedule a video chat with a librarian who will create a book list just for you. Send us an email at jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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Take the library home with you! We've put together crafts, activities, and other goodies just for you. We'll have new kits and activities each month. Recommended for kids ages 4+. Request your Kid Kit at Curbside service today.
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,Join us for virtual storytimes with Alicia & Catherine! We'll post them weekly on our library YouTube channel. If you would like a shout out, you can reach us at: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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Mondays Ages 2-3 (All ages welcome)
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Wednesdays Ages 3-5 (All ages welcome)
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1st Friday Ages 2-5 (All ages welcome)
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6pm - 7pm Love to play chess? Join live games every Wednesday evening or be matched with someone for a game at a convenient time. For more information, email Chase: ccronkright@beltiblibrary.org
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Curbside service is available. The library building remains closed to the public but you can drop off old books and place new ones on hold for curbside pickup.
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You can feel thankful and appreciative any day, not only on Thanksgiving. Here's a list of kids books on gratitude and appreciation. Check one out today! You'll find more booklists on our Book Talk page.
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We've compiled activities for kids to practice gratitude. From a special kind of scavenger hunt to a family gratitude jar, these ideas may bring you together this season.
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Find tips and resources in this guide created by the Character Lab to strengthen children's Social Emotional well-being.
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This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life.
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Down Under the Pier by Nell Cross BeckermanFour children share an exciting day up above and down below a busy pier. Includes notes on creatures that can be found in intertidal zones.
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Cece Loves Science and Adventure by Kimberly DertingWhen Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp.
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It's Only One! by Tracey CorderoyA celebration of the power of consideration and good citizenship follows the story of a Sunnyville resident whose casual littering leads others to become similarly and collectively careless about community aesthetics, noise and good manners. Illustrations.
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A New Kind of Wild by Zara Gonzalez HoangIn a story based on the author’s family immigration experiences, a boy feels lost after moving away from the forest he loves before forging a bond with an equally imaginative new friend, who recasts their city home as an adventurous community of brick and cement. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The Bear's Garden by Marcie ColleenAssisted by her trusty stuffed bear to imagine a beautiful place where life and love can grow, a little girl uses her creativity to turn a vacant lot into a thriving community garden, in a tale based on true events. Illustrations.
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The Not-So Great Outdoors by Madeline KloepperAt first, a young girl laments spending a family vacation in the outdoors but gradually enjoys all the new things she is seeing and doing.
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Sharko and Hippo by Elliott KalanSharko and Hippo go fishing, but every time Sharko asks for something, Hippo pulls out something entirely different from his coat pockets.
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Letters from Space by Clayton C. AndersonAstronaut Clayton Anderson lived aboard the International Space Station--and while he didn't mail letters home, imagine if he did! These letters are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space.
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Little but Fierce by Joan EmersonA collection of Level 2 mini stories inspired by The Dodo’s viral “Little but Fierce” online series depicts a French bulldog, an alpaca and a squirrel who pushed beyond their sizes and other challenges to prove how big their hearts could be.
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Stella Díaz Never Gives Up by Angela DominguezStella is excited to visit the ocean on her family trip to Mexico, but when she learns that the sea and its life forms are in danger due to pollution, she vows to make a difference in her community.
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The Water Planet: The Water Planet by Jon ScieszkaOn their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.
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Raising Lumie by Joan BauerDesperately wanting a dog in spite of her newly orphaned status, Olive moves in with a busy half sister she barely knows before receiving a chance to raise a guide dog puppy who she struggles to prepare to be loved by someone else. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hope Was Here.
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Skunk and Badger by Amy TimberlakeThe last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends.
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Awesome Dog 5000 vs. Mayor Bossypants by Justin DeanA sequel to Awesome Dog 5000 finds gamers Marty, Ralph and Skyler confronting an unexpected enemy in Mayor Bossypants, who responds to their spectacular hero work by planning to take out Awesome Dog 5000.
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Red Menace by Lois RubyDuring the summer of 1953, thirteen-year-old Marty's parents are suspected of communist sympathies, upending his life and causing him to question what it really means to be a patriotic American.
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Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn RosenbergTrying out for the school play to spend more time with her actress bestie when their sixth grade year puts them in different classes, Lauren is devastatingly cast into a lesser part because of her mixed-heritage appearance, despite having a fantastic audition.
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The Turnover by Mike LupicaThrilled when his legendary coach grandfather comes out of retirement for Lucas’ basketball season, Lucas chooses his grandfather as a role model for a biography assignment only to discover other truths about his grandfather’s nature. By the best-selling author of the Home Team series.
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The Wonder of Wildflowers by Anna StaniszewskiA girl on the brink of citizenship becomes torn between the loyalty she feels for her family and her desire to be accepted by her new classmates, a choice that is complicated by the presence of a boy who is proud to be an outsider. By the author of the Dirt Diary series.
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Rip to the Rescue by Miriam HalahmyNavigating the bombed streets of World War II London, a 13-year-old bike messenger befriends a canine survivor that demonstrates a remarkable capacity for tracking down living victims beneath the rubble, before using the dog’s talents to help protect a Jewish friend’s family.
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The Silver Arrow by Lev GrossmanLonging for the kinds of adventures she reads about in books, 11-year-old Kate receives the unexpected gift of a colossal steam locomotive from a mysterious uncle and teams up with her younger brother on visits to fantastical lands in the company of exotic talking animals.
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