The Little Book Of Friendship: The Best Way to Make a Friend Is to Be a Friend

The Little Book Of Friendship: The Best Way to Make a Friend Is to Be a Friend

Friendships are like flowers. If you take care of them, they grow and bloom until you have a beautiful garden! The Little Book of Friendship helps young boys and girls, preschoolers, and toddlers of all ages learn what they need to know about making friends, and how to be a good friend to others. The ability to make [...]

Thank You, Mommy: Heartfelt Tribute of Gratitude, Appreciation, and Celebration for Selfless Mothers Everywhere (The Gratitude Series)

Thank You, Mommy: Heartfelt Tribute of Gratitude, Appreciation, and Celebration for Selfless Mothers Everywhere (The Gratitude Series)

Let's celebrate and thank mommies for everything they do. This heartwarming book celebrates and promotes gratitude and features a range of diverse children expressing thanks to their mothers. Perfect for children ages 2 and up, new moms, baby shower gifts, and Mother's Day. Through charming illustrations, children are shown the many ways in which their [...]

Louisiana Jazz Festival : New Orleans

Louisiana Jazz Festival : New Orleans

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, more commonly referred to as Jazz Fest, is an annual festival celebrating the music, art, culture, and heritage of New Orleans. Over the years, it has worked its way into the hearts of locals and visitors alike. Jazz Fest is slated to return from April 28 - May 7, [...]

Saturday Children Book and Crafts :

Saturday Children  Book and Crafts :

Today the kids and I are cleaning flower beds and replanning flowers in the flower beds in front of the Library..... From the aster to the zinnia, Mrs. Peanuckle introduces very young children to 26 types of flowers from across the globe. For each one, she offers a single defining characteristic, some of them very [...]

Jana’s Brightly Coloured Socks Book Blitz: 

Jana’s Brightly Coloured Socks Book Blitz: 

We are thrilled to share Sally Fetouh's debut picture book Jana's Brightly Coloured Socks, a beautiful story about inclusion and kindness. Jana’s Brightly Coloured Socks Publication Date: May 19th, 2022 Genre: Children/ Picture Books Illustrator: Alexis Schnitger Cheerful text and whimsical illustrations bring alive this heartwarming story of kindness and inclusion featuring a character with [...]

The Colourblind Kid Blitz

The Colourblind Kid Blitz

Children’s Book     Tim starts his first day at school, but he soon gets embarrassed by the way he sees colours differently from other children in the class. He is colourblind, colour vision deficient (CVD), and learns how this is okay. The story uses colours that someone who is colourblind might see and has [...]

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang [...]

Phoebe Cakes the Bulldog A Mardi Gras Tail (Phoebe Cakes Tails)

Phoebe Cakes the Bulldog A Mardi Gras Tail (Phoebe Cakes Tails)

About the Book: From Twelfth Night to Mardi Gras, follow Phoebe, a tiny bulldog on a tail-wagging adventure through the streets of New Orleans in search of a parade just for dogs! "Beads, bouncy balls, and blinky rings...You can catch so many things.So many things to see and do!Throw me something I can chew!" Phoebe [...]

Lisa Book Shelf

Lisa Book Shelf

Happy Saturday! Today we are at the Melville Library sharing our Library Reading Challenges. Since school went back in January we started a new Reading Challenges. 5 books in 5 months. How to enter ; Read 5 books ( Jan - May) and write 5 thing about each book. Each entry with be entered in [...]

Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas

Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas

Shanté Keys loves New Year's Day! But while Grandma fixed chitlins, baked ham, greens, and cornbread, she forgot the black-eyed peas! Oh no―it'll be bad luck without them! So Shanté sets out to borrow some from the neighbors. New Year's Black eyed Peas : 1 pound dried black-eyed peas, sorted and rinsed1 pound dried black-eyed [...]