Want to get to know the Bluestem Nominees for next year? There's still space in our Caudill/Bluestem Quick Reads on Wednesday, May 16th at 5:00PM.

Call the Children's Desk to register!
847-669-5386 Extension 26

In the meantime, try this fun online word search for titles nominated for the 2013 Bluestem award!

http://www.freewordsearches.net/wordsearch/2013-bluestem-nominees

Congratulations to our Spring Family Reading Bingo prize winners! Families read together and filled in their Bingo sheets, which were entered into a drawing. Our winners are the Brenizer family, Candice and Robin, who received a $20 Barnes and Noble gift card. Congrats to them and to all of the families who participated in the Family Reading fun!!!

May is Get Caught Reading Month. If we catch you reading in the Children's Room during the month of May, prepare to be stickered!

Something really, really BIG is coming to the Children's Room....
Mark your calendars for the Really Big Summer Reading Extravaganza, June 11-Aug. 4.
Look out for your favorite librarians at your school in May. We will be visiting to talk about Summer Reading and all the ways you can win prizes just for reading!
There will also be lots of really BIG programs for you to enjoy this summer.
Check Library Links for details.

The Bluestem Winner for 2012 is Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost.
The Bluestem award is designed for students in grades 3-5 who are ready for longer titles than found on the Monarch list, but not quite ready for the sophistication of some of the Rebecca Caudill titles.

Find this book in the library catalog/place a hold

The ISLMA has announced the winning titles of the Readers’ Choice Awards for 2012.

The winner of the 2012 Monarch Award is: Shark Vs Train by Chris Barton

The Monarch Award is Illinois’ K-3 Readers’ Choice Award. It is presented annually to the author and/or illustrator of the book voted as their favorite by students in Kindergarten through Grade Three in participating Illinois schools and public libraries.

Find this book in the library catalog/place a hold

Spring Family Reading Bingo -

Read together as a family from March 26 through April 30 to complete your Bingo card.

Read together as a family from March 26 through April 30 and participate in programs at the Huntley Area Public Library to complete your bingo card and be eligible for prizes!

For all ages.

Stop at the Children’s Room Desk for more info.

You can download digital books for free from the library. But there's more! For great bargain and FREE kids' books for your Kindle E-reader:

Pixel of Ink- Young Edition

Did you read any of the Illinois Monarch Award nominees? Check our list. For each Monarch book you've read, add one of our beads to the collection jar. You'll also have the opportunity to guess how many beads will be collected through March 10th. There will be prizes for the best guessers. For Grades K-3

See the list here

We have recently added Xbox 360 & Playstation 3 Games to our collection of available video games.

Stop in and take a look at the gaming display in front of the Check-out Desk, which also includes Wii games.

You’ll find something fun for all the gamers in your family.