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July 5, 2014
KDL Top Ten — Freegal Downloads
Liberate some new tunes for your holiday weekend playlist using KDL’s Freegal Music site. Download DRM-free MP3 files for millions of songs (KDL cardholders gets 3 free per week!). And while you’re visiting, check out “My Library Top 10.”
For help getting started, visit our eBooks & Downloads Help and FAQs page.
Rock on!
July 3, 2014
Video Love Bomb: Richard Vorase
Englehardt Branch patron Richard Vorase praises staff members — whom he knows by name — for helping him get an email account, providing a community gathering space and being a friendly place to come after his wife passed away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ymogt9IRmM
Supporters don’t get any more genuine than Richard, and we support him right back.
Drop a library love bomb: Upload a short video of your own to KDL’s Facebook page!
July 2, 2014
New Teen Booklists
“Hot” Books for Teens: featuring Burning Blue by Paul Griffin
Drawing for Teens: featuring How to Draw Steampunk by Joey Marsocci & Allison DeBlasio
Have a Spa Day: featuring Spa Water by Pam Wenzel
Great Books for Tweens: featuring The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Holiday Closing — Independence Day
All Kent District Library branches will be closed Friday, July 4 for Independence Day. We will resume normal operating hours on Saturday, July 5. For additional 2014 holiday closing information, please view our holiday closings page.
We appreciate your patronage and wish you a Happy 4th of July!
July 1, 2014
What’s Your Library Story? Tell Us & Win
KDL adores you. You know that, do you not? In the words of the ultra-suave cartoon paramour Pepe Le Pew, “We must stoke ze furnace of love, must we not?”
When you tell us how much you love the library, it feels like butterfly kisses. Like a hug from a giant stuffed teddy bear. Like being in the middle of a pile of puppies on warm grass in the sunshine. Ooohhh… happiness.
Click here and fill out the form by July 14 to tell us about one or more ways you use and benefit from your library. You’ll be entered for the chance to win a $25 gift card from Schuler Books & Music and could be featured in an article about your loving-us-ness on our website and in our seasonal program guide.
June 29, 2014
Early Lit Bits: Book Review — “Go! Go! Go! Stop!”
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
When Little Green rolls into town and says his first word, “go,” the construction site really gets moving! What happens when all the vehicles go, go, go at the same time? Who will say a word to slow things down? This bright and cheerful picture book shows the power of a single word and illustrates what it means to work cooperatively. Point to and name the letters in the words “go” and “stop” as they are repeated in the story, and ask your child to do the same. What would happen if vehicles on the street didn’t obey these signals? Play a game of “Stop and Go” together outside and take turns being the “traffic signal.” Talking and playing both build vocabulary and are great ways to get your child ready to read!
–Liz W. at KDL’s Plainfield Township Branch
This article originally appeared in our Early Lit Bits eNewsletter. Read the most recent issue online or sign up to receive this monthly update highlighting early literacy tips and resources for parents and caregivers.
June 28, 2014
Video Library Love Bomb: Miss Barb
Byron Township Branch youth librarian Barb DeYoung explains why her job is the absolute best one in the whole entire planetary universe. Ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXW6T56B6rU
Drop a library love bomb: Upload a short video of your own to KDL’s Facebook page!
Video Library Love Bomb – Miss Barb
Byron Township Branch youth librarian Barb DeYoung explains why her job is the absolute best one in the whole entire planetary universe. Ever.
Drop a library love bomb: Upload a short video of your own to KDL’s Facebook page!
June 27, 2014
KDL Top Ten — Juvenile Fiction
This week’s Top Ten looks at the 10 most popular books in our Juvenile Fiction collection! Did any of your favorite books or characters make the list? If so, which ones are the best and why? If not, what books do you think other kids will love?
And for more fantastic reads and activities sign up for Summer Reading @ KDL!
June 25, 2014
New Teen Booklists for Summer Reading
Looking for something new or different to read this summer? Check out some of these great new booklists.
Love John Green’s books but waiting for your hold? Try these If You Like John Green suggestions. Another popular series this summer is Divergent by Veronica Roth. If you have read all three books in the series and are looking for more, try If You Like Divergent or Dystopian Fiction for Teens booklists. Still not the right list? How about Action & Suspense books.
All these lists have some great suggestions to really Ignite Your Summer Reading!
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