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Children's Room
• News & Updates •
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Baby Laptime and Dance Party are offered in person only. No registration is required.
Storytime JR, Singalong, and Preschool Storytime are offered live indoors and are broadcast simultaneously virtually for those unable to attend in person. Registration is only required to attend virtually.
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• Preschool Activities •
Tuesday:
9: 30 am: Baby Laptime (for infants)
Wednesday:
10:15 am: Dance Party (ages 2 - 5)
-every other week rotation with-
10:15 am: Sing Along (ages 2 - 5)
Thursday:
10:15 am: Preschool Storytime
(ages 3 - 5)
Programs are created around the developmental stages for the ages advertised and are designed to help develop early literacy skills. Families, however, are welcome to bring children of any age to our storytimes.
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What Our Book Clubs Are Reading |
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Tadpoles (K and 1st Grades) |
Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon
Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there's nothing so odd about that. Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, but she can't overlook his odd habits. It's a good thing Chad has a normal friend like Theodora to set a good example for him. But who exactly is the odd duck here? Theodora may not like the answer
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Book 1: Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol
When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue.
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Bookmarks (2nd & 3rd Grades) |
Book 1: Diary of an Ice Princess
Lina, a Windtamer who controls the wind and lives in a palace in the clouds, wants to go to a regular, non-magical school with her best friend Claudia, but first her grandfather must teach her to control her powers.
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Book 1: Key Hunters
Neither Cleo nor Evan like the new school librarian, Ms. Crowley, but they are very curious about where she disappears to at the back of the library, so one day they follow her--and find a secret door, a magical library full of locked books, and a letter from the previous librarian telling them that she is trapped somewhere between the covers of one of the enchanted books, and they must travel through the stories in order to save her.
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Next Chapter (3rd & 4th Grades)
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Every day, Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she's just a kid. She can't even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends -- her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a black belt in karate. And she has grownup family and neighbors who, no matter how preoccupied they are, care about what goes on in their community. Then Yasmin remembers a story that Book Uncle selected for her. It's an old folktale about a flock of doves trapped in a hunter's net. The birds realize that if they all flap their wings at the same time, they can lift the net and fly to safety, where they seek the help of a friendly mole who chews a hole in the net and sets them free. And so the children get to work, launching a campaign to make sure the voices of the community are heard.
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In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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Sonali cannot bring herself to share her feelings, but when she wakes up one day and begins to involuntarily burst into Bollywood song and dance routines that showcase her emotions, she realizes she has to find her voice and share her feelings.
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When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the middle-of-nowhere China, he can't imagine anything worse. He's not expecting to become friends with fellow campers Dylan O'Donnell, Charlotte Bell, and Liu Ling-Fei. And he's definitely not planning to meet any dragons. But when the four kids accidentally open a crack in an ancient mountain, they become involved in an ages-old struggle of good versus evil. Now it's up to them to save the Dragon Realm--if they don't, the world as they know it might disappear forever.
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ComicSquad (4th & 5th Grades) |
In order to get the attention of Nia, the girl he likes, eleven-year-old A.J. pretends to be a vampire, unaware that she intends to be a slayer.
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Hoping to adopt a pet to find a sense of belonging in her busy family, Maggie is disappointed to discover she is severely allergic to anything with fur and tries to find a pet to love anyway.
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Book Talks (4th - 6th Grades) |
Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event.
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In rhythmic rhyme, incorrigibly messy Marcy Su works hard to get herself and her room cleaned up for her grandparents’ visit at her mother’s behest. But for every mess she cleans, another follows, leading to a humorously satisfying turn of events when Wàipó and Wàigōng finally arrive.
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Much like the music of Jimi Hendrix, this picture book biography of the rock star hooks you in and doesn’t let go. The book is set up like a song, with each of the different stages in his life separated out into verses, and has plenty of–VRRRRRRNNNNNN–onomatopoeic guitar sounds sprinkled throughout to truly give this book life. The colors are rich and vibrant, making use of popular color palettes of Hendrix’s time. The back matter not only includes an author’s note and timeline, but Charles R. Smith Jr. also includes a personal playlist and discography to help the reader quickly become familiar with the work of Jimi Hendrix. This outstanding picture book biography is not one to be missed.
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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month! Celebrate by reading one of these stories by an AAPI author/illustrator!
Picture Books:
Early Readers & Early Chapter Books:
Middle Grade Chapter Books
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News from the Friends of Cary Library |
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Thank You to the Lexington Community
The Friends of Cary Library wish to thank everyone who contributed to the success of our recent Children’s and Young Adult book sale. We couldn’t have done it without our community of generous book donors and all of you who showed up to buy books! Proceeds from the sale go to support Cary Library activities and projects.
We invite you to visit our Bookstore and Children’s Cart, which are always open and available during library hours. With new books added almost daily, you can find authors you love or discover new ones; all books in quality condition and most priced between 50¢ and $2.00.
Again, thanks for your ongoing generosity in donating books to stock our sales and bookstores. We appreciate your support!
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