The Children’s Department at the Nevada Public Library encompasses books for infants to young adults and embraces a variety of reading materials for each age group.  Do you like scary, funny, mysterious, or fantasy?  We have something for everyone.  If you need a good suggestion for a family read-aloud or a book to help with sibling rivalry, Mrs. Bledsoe, the children’s librarian, will be glad to help.  Not only does Mrs. Bledsoe have 26 years experience as a school librarian, but she also has taught children's literature at both Avila and Ottawa Universities.  Assistance is available for homework and school reports utilizing the library collection as well as computer access to on-line encyclopedias.

Pre-school story times are held the first Tuesday of each month, September through May, at 10:30 am for children ages 3-5.   Please call for reservations.

Below are some great links

to good reading

and some sites to help you

study better.

IPL Kid Space

Fact Monster

Literature Links for Everyone

 Internet Study Aids for kids

 

 

 Award Winners for Missouri Students

 Gateway Award Winner for 2007-2008 

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

 Mark Twain Winner for 2007-2008 

Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 

 Show Me Winner for 2007-2008 

Magnus at the Fire by Jennifer Armstrong

TRUMAN READERS AWARD

It is now official.  The Truman Readers Award is the name of the new award established to primarily address those readers in the middle/junior high ranges, a category for book titles a little "older" than those on the Mark Twain list, and a little "younger" than those on the Gateway list.  2008-2009 will be the first year the students will be voting in this category.  Voting is no longer restricted to the grade levels originally targated for the previous three Readers Awards.  Students may now start reading in more than one category and have their votes counted at the state level this next school year.

 

 

2008 Missouri Building Block

Picture Book Award Nominees

Ivan the Terrier Ivan the Terrier
By Peter Catalanotto.
Llama Llama Mad at Mama Llama Llama Mad at Mama
By Anna Dewdney.
Perfect Nest The Perfect Nest
By Catherine Friend.
Badger's Fancy Meal Badger's Fancy Meal
By Keiko Kasza.
Sally and the Some-Thing Sally and the Some-Thing
By George O'Connor.
Not a Box Not a Box
By Antoinette Portis.
Good Boy, Fergus Good Boy, Fergus!
By David Shannon.
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
By Kevin Sherry.
Bear Feels Sick Bear Feels Sick
By Karma Wilson
Whopper Cake Whopper Cake
By Karma Wilson and Will Hillenbrand.
 

Show Me Award: 2008-2009 Nominees

Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School
Grambling, Lois

Gold Miner's Daughter: A Melodramatic Fairy Tale
Hopkins, Jackie Mims

Hero Cat
Spinelli, Eileen

Jake's 100th Day of School
Laminack, Lester

Last Day Blues
Danneberg, Julie

Library Lion
Knudson, Michelle

Lilly's Big Day
Henkes, Kevin

Melissa Parkington's Beautiful, Beautiful Hair
Brisson, Pat

Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind
Finchler, Judy

One Potato, Two Potato
DeFelice, Cynthia

 

2008-2009 Mark Twain Award Nominations

Wright 3

Balliett, Blue

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

Blume, Lesley M

Uncharted Waters

Bulion, Leslie

 Million Dollar Putt

Gutman, Dan

Rules

Lord, Cynthia

A Small White Scar

Nuzum, K.A.

Archer's Quest

Park, Linda Sue

Moon Shadow

Platt, Chris

Sea of Monsters

Riordan, Rick

Fairies of Nutfolk Wood

Ullman, Barb Bentler

Finest Kind

Wait, Lea

Counting on Grace

Winthrop, Elizabeth

 

 

 

2008-2009 Truman Award Nominations

Beast of Noor

Carey, Janet Lee

Rash

Hautman, Pete

Sand Dollar Summer

Jones, Kimberly K.

Alabama Moon

Key, Watt

Black Duck

Lisle, Janet Taylor

Heat

Lupica, Mike

Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City

Miller, Kirsten

Summer of Kings
Nolan, Han

All of the above

Pearsall, Shelly

Life As We Knew It

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Hurt Go Happy

Rorby, Ginny

Runaway

Van Draanen, Wendelin

 

 

2008-2009 Gateway Award Nominations

Just Listen
Dessen, Sarah

Copper Sun
Draper, Sharon

The Christopher Killer
Ferguson, Alane

Diva
Flinn, Alex

What Happened to Cass McBride
Giles, Gail

Born to Rock
Korman, Gordon

Hattie Big Sky
Larson, Kirby

Sold
McCormick, Patricia

Life as We Knew It
Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Terrier: The Legend of Beka Cooper #1
Pierce, Tamora

Dead Connection
Price, Charlie

A Brief Chapter In My Impossible Life
Reinhardt, Dana

Notes From the Midnight Driver
Sonnenblick, Jordan

Rooftop
Volponi, Paul

Rules of Survival
Werlin, Nancy

Kids of all ages enjoy our programs...there's always fun things to do at the library.


Young people can use our computer lab for
research or online study projects.  We have two groups of Internet-connected computers.  This
group is for study related Internet use and we
have a another group for public Internet access.


Library programs involve story times as well as
other hands-on activities


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