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Hi, everyone! So we are closed for the time being and like many of you, we are at home, keeping healthy and trying to stay sane. Miss Mary is going to read a picture book every Monday and Wednesday at 10:15AM, and then host a full Story Time on FB Live on Fridays at 10:15AM, and Miss Jill is going to read a book out loud on FB Live, every day at 2:00PM.
Here is a link to the FB Live read alouds and storytimes: https://www.facebook.com/MerrillMemorialLibrary/live/
Here are some other great resources for doing things during this time of at-home quarantine:
LOOKING FOR RESOURCES for Diverse Books?
- American Indians in Children’s Literature: Dr. Debbie Reese has a fantastic site the offers critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children’s and young adults books. This is the link to the Best Books page.
- First Nations Development Institute Book List
- We Need Diverse Books, Book Finder
Early Literacy Programming
Story Times
- Baby Bounces & Books: Fridays at 10:15 a.m.
- Tales for Twos: Fridays at 11:00 a.m.
- Preschool Tales & Tunes: Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Which Story Time is right for my child?
I’m new to Story Time. What do I need to know?
Collections
Picture Book Area:
- Preschool Fiction and non-fiction illustrated storybooks
- Early-reader books
- Board books
Juvenile Chapter Book Area:
- Fiction and non-fiction books (including Maine Book Award titles)
- Graphic novels
- Periodicals
- Audio Books – CD
- Children’s Music – CD
- Movies/Children’s TV shows -DVD
- We now have a collection of multiple copy books to lend students for book groups
