Chidren's Book Week: May 13-19
Alphabet Soup Special: Summer Reading Club Kickoff!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
Whoo's Awake in the Night? Presented by the Virginia Wildlife Center
Author of the Month: Christopher Paul Curtis
Chidren's Book Week: May 13-19
Alphabet Soup Special: Summer Reading Club Kickoff!
Summer Reading Clubs Coming June 1!
Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
Whoo's Awake in the Night? Presented by the Virginia Wildlife Center
Author of the Month: Christopher Paul Curtis

Kids Blog

03/06/2013 - 8:31am
Cover to The Great Good Thing

There are many fantasy books that lead you to other places filled with wizards, royalty, and magical creatures. They provide an escape for their readers.  But what if the characters wanted to escape?  The Great Good Thing, by Roderick Townley, is about a princess who wants something more out of her fairy tale life—if only she can get the chance.  

For ages and ages, no one had opened the book. Just as Sylvia sat weeping in boredom by the edge of the lake, pleading for something to happen, a fan of light began opening in a corner of the sky, sending flashes of color across the water. "Rawwwk! Reader!" screamed an orange bird. "Boooook open! Ooopen! Boook open!" groaned a bullfrog.

04/22/2013 - 1:38pm

Outside the wind is lifting just so, ruffling the new leaves on the trees and chasing the old ones away. It's spring, a time to celebrate the rebirth of the flowers and the greening of the trees. It's time to go fly a kite and watch it buck and soar in the breeze.

You can make a simple kite all by yourself, paint it or color it with markers, and let it fly up in the air. 

03/01/2013 - 6:59pm

Boy are we lucky! The England Run Branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library system is one of only ten libraries in the country to receive the exhibit, Discover Earth: A Century of Change.  This exciting and fun educational opportunity is more than just a collection of information panels.  It features interactive, multimedia displays allowing visitors to experience digital information in a dynamic way, encouraging new perspectives on our planet and reinforcing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts.  Between now and the end of April, visitors can experience the exhibit and enjoy special classes and events.  The exhibit will answer many earth science related questions, but it’s also designed to encourage scientific inquiry.  The library has purchased wonderful titles for adults and children to further pursue these interests.