Welcome to Nevada Public Library Kid's Place!!!

We welcome you @ YOUR library! 

Check out some of the new links below for parent resources and fun games for kids too!

We are going through some big changes at NPL and we would like your opinions too.
       Have a suggestion or a comment for the staff or the director?  Just click on the yellow
"Ask a librarian" button at the top of the screen and send us your comment.

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2011 Children's Book Awards

CALDECOTT MEDAL:

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee by Philip C. Stead
    
JOHN NEWBERRY MEDAL:

  Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool 

  
CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD:

One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
(Winner-Author)

Dave the Potter:
Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill
(Winner-Illustrator)

NCTE ORBIS PICTUS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NONFICTION:

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg

Calendar
Nevada Public Library
417-448-2770
212 W Walnut St
Nevada, MO

Programs for Kids

Preschool Storytime

This monthly program is for children ages 3-5.
Activities include stories, crafts, and a snack.
Space is limited to 30 children
.


To register for storytime, call 448-2770.


Summer Reading Program

Activities begin in June and continue
throughout the summer break.
Sign up & registration is held in May.
Children receive prizes as incentives
to meet their reading goal.
Free summer reader cards are assigned
to participating children.

Top Juv. Fiction Picks

  • Diary of a wimpy kid series by Jeff Kinney
  • Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
  • Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
  • Junie B Jones series
   by Barbara Park
  • The Giver
   by Lois Lowry
  • Inkheart
   by Conelia  Caroline Funke
  We offer a selection of   
   audiobooks & E-books
for kids!!!

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    The Kane Chronicles
            Mr Popper's Penguins                      Judy Moody
       and Are You My Mother?
  just to name a few...

Click on the link below to browse
our virtual branch for yours today!

Fun Links for Little Ones (up to age 7)

  • Bananaboo--offers a variety of online and offline activites like puzzles, stories, jokes, coloring and crafts.
  • Crayola--color online, play games, and more!
  • PBS Kids--Music, games and coloring activities based on your favorite PBS kids show characters.

Games For Big Kids

  • Word Central is a great spot to have fun with all sorts of words
  • Web Word Find -- Test your detective skills. Print a puzzle and find the words! Stuck? The solutions are published along with all but the newst puzzle.
  • Math Baseball--solve math problems (from easy to "super brain") and work your way around the bases!
  • Check out Dav Pilkey's Web Site O'Fun. If you are a grown-up, be sure to ask a kid's permission before browsing this site! Dav is author and illustrator of some great books for kids.