Readers' Area
Read one of the 2009 Monarch Award nominee books and drop a bead in our special butterfly jar until February 28. During March if you guess how many beads are in the jar you win a special prize! For grades K-3.
Find out about our exciting Kids Picks reading competition for students in grades 3-5.
From June 9th, 2008 until February 28th, 2009 kids entering grades 3, 4, and 5 are invited to participate in our 2nd annual Kids’ Picks reading competition!
Using your suggestions from last year, and adding some new sure-to-be-favorites, a new list of 20 books has been chosen. The library has many copies of these books; look for a display in the Children’s Department. We hope that as the year goes on, you will offer us your suggestions for next year’s list. We want you to have the opportunity to share books you love with other kids!
Each school has its own bead jar in the Children’s Department. For each book on the list that you read, you can add a bead to your school’s jar. At the end of the program, the school with the most books read (per student enrollment) will receive a trophy, and the participating students will be invited to a party at the Ela Library!
A different color bead will represent each book title. If you want to see which book lots of other kids have read – or which school is winning – you can stop by the library and check the tubes.
During the month of February, all participants will have the chance to vote for their favorite book. The current book list may be found here.
Book Safari is a searchable
collection of children's book reviews written by the
children's librarians at the Ela Area Public Library.
Search through this database of reviews by keyword, title,
author, illustrator, ISBN, or browse through 29
categories. You can also browse Battle Book reviews, by
children's book awards, and books by grade.
Many schools are now testing students to determine their lexile ranges. These ranges can be used by parents and teachers to find books at the appropriate reading level for each individual child. Click here for a handout on how to search for books using a Lexile score or range.
Find out what next to read! Novelist is an electronic resource that assists readers with finding new titles and authors to read. Novelist contains materials for all ages including materials for children. You can find picture books and children's 'chapter' books. This database is updated monthly with current titles.
Find Book Lists created by the Ela Librarians on a wide variety of subjects and topics.
Includes the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Pura Belpré
Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Caldecott Medal, Rebecca
Caudill Award, Newberry Medal, and the Robert F. Sibert
Informational Book Medal.
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