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Christmas in July at the Library!
TEDDY BEAR SLEEPOVER
Wednesday, July 28, 6pm
Teddy Bear Sleepover at the Chesley Memorial Library! The teddy bears (and other stuffed friends!) are invited to a sleepover at the Library on Wednesday, July 28, to celebrate Christmas in July. Bring your cuddly friend at 6:00 pm, listen to some Christmas stories, and enjoy a light snack. Tuck your friend in for the night and come back to the library between 10:00am and 7:00pm on Thursday, July 29, to bring your friend home.
No registration required; all ages welcome.
(Don’t let the kids have all the fun, adults have stuffed friends too!) Please contact us at 942-5472 to make arrangements if you can’t attend the Story Time but want to drop your friend off for the sleepover.
Merry Christmas!
TEDDY BEAR SLEEPOVER
Wednesday, July 28, 6pm
Teddy Bear Sleepover at the Chesley Memorial Library! The teddy bears (and other stuffed friends!) are invited to a sleepover at the Library on Wednesday, July 28, to celebrate Christmas in July. Bring your cuddly friend at 6:00 pm, listen to some Christmas stories, and enjoy a light snack. Tuck your friend in for the night and come back to the library between 10:00am and 7:00pm on Thursday, July 29, to bring your friend home.
No registration required; all ages welcome.
(Don’t let the kids have all the fun, adults have stuffed friends too!) Please contact us at 942-5472 to make arrangements if you can’t attend the Story Time but want to drop your friend off for the sleepover.
Merry Christmas!
New Hampshire Child Care Search and Camp Info
New Hampshire Child Care Search
NH Child Care Search is a free service that helps families find childcare to best meet their needs. Reach out to Child Care Aware of N.H. (CCAoNH) by calling the Main Outreach line at (603) 578-1386, ext. 2531 and an Outreach Specialist will return your call. General Summer camp information can be found here: https://www.nh-connections.org/families/nh-camps/
They can also contact CCAoNH here: https://www.nh-connections.org/contact/ and select Child Care Resource and Referral Outreach.
DOE Summer Camp Program
The Department of Education is offering summer programming. The state-operated summer enrichment program will pay up to $650 of the youth recreation camp fees of qualifying students. Parents/caregivers of qualifying students will select a New Hampshire youth recreation camp from a list of approved camps across the state. For more information, please visit https://rekindlingcuriosityeducation.nh.gov/
Additional support - Office of Student Wellness toolkits that may be helpful for providers, yourself and families you are working with.
https://nhdoe.instructure.com/courses/37/pages/osew-toolkits
Find a Summer Camp in New England Map
With more than 130 years of experience in providing a safe, thriving environment for young people to explore personal interests, build self-esteem, develop interpersonal skills, discover the creativity and health benefits of the outdoors, and make lasting friendships and memories. Find a Camp – YMCA Alliance of Northern New England (ymcasofnh.org) https://ymcasofnh.org/find-a-camp/
NH Child Care Search is a free service that helps families find childcare to best meet their needs. Reach out to Child Care Aware of N.H. (CCAoNH) by calling the Main Outreach line at (603) 578-1386, ext. 2531 and an Outreach Specialist will return your call. General Summer camp information can be found here: https://www.nh-connections.org/families/nh-camps/
They can also contact CCAoNH here: https://www.nh-connections.org/contact/ and select Child Care Resource and Referral Outreach.
DOE Summer Camp Program
The Department of Education is offering summer programming. The state-operated summer enrichment program will pay up to $650 of the youth recreation camp fees of qualifying students. Parents/caregivers of qualifying students will select a New Hampshire youth recreation camp from a list of approved camps across the state. For more information, please visit https://rekindlingcuriosityeducation.nh.gov/
Additional support - Office of Student Wellness toolkits that may be helpful for providers, yourself and families you are working with.
https://nhdoe.instructure.com/courses/37/pages/osew-toolkits
Find a Summer Camp in New England Map
With more than 130 years of experience in providing a safe, thriving environment for young people to explore personal interests, build self-esteem, develop interpersonal skills, discover the creativity and health benefits of the outdoors, and make lasting friendships and memories. Find a Camp – YMCA Alliance of Northern New England (ymcasofnh.org) https://ymcasofnh.org/find-a-camp/
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NARRATED STORY for kids provided byTumbleBooks, please click the banner below.
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Narrated Childrens' Stories are available to our public library patrons at nh.overdrive.com . A library account is needed to access this Free service. Use it with your web browser, the Overdrive app or with Libby app.
On your device - Go to your App store to get Libby.
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BOOK AWARDS
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
For a list of nominated books and more information please click here.
For a list of nominated books and more information please click here.
2020 Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner
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2020 Great Stone Face Book Award Winner
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2021 Isinglass Award Winner
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2021 Flume Award Winner
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2021 FLUME AND ISINGLASS TEEN BOOK AWARD AMBASSADORS
If you are a current 6th grader or 7th grader interested in serving on the 2021-2022 Flume and Isinglass Awards committee, please contact the Chesley Memorial Library at 942-5472 for an application before May 17, 2021. As a Teen Book Awards Ambassador, your main tasks would be to read and review nominated books, to attend monthly virtual check-in meetings and to attend the Flume & Isinglass committee meeting in March 2022, where you will share your opinions about the books you have read, and whether they should be on next year's short list. This is a 10-month commitment, from June 2021 - March 2022. You must have a librarian (school or community) or English/Language Arts teacher complete the Librarian/Teacher Nomination Form.
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you have applied for this position in the past, you will need to submit a NEW librarian/teacher nomination. A committee member will be in touch to let you know if you have been selected as a Teen Book Awards Ambassador by May 24th. |
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TAKE AND MAKE CRAFTS
Call the library at (603)942-5472 to ask for the supplies to create you're own crafts.
If you do any of the crafts, please feel free to email pictures to share of your artistic abilities to chesleylib@gmail.com with subject line CRAFT. |
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APRIL TAKE AND MAKE CRAFTS
First week of April – Pompom flowers for spring Second week of April – Picture frames to celebrate National Siblings Day (April 10) Third week of April – Plant flowers to celebrate Earth Day (April 22) Fourth Week of April – Paper bag trees to celebrate Arbor Day (April 30) |
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WINTER ACTIVITY/READING CHALLENGE
Congratulations to our Winter Activity/Reading Challenge winner, Kaylee Hummel! Kaylee read a non-fiction book, a new book, a book suggested by a librarian, a book with snow in the title, a book with a blue cover, a fairy tale, an award winner, a book with winter in the title, a book that was made into a movie…and still found time to play a board game, do an art project, build a snowman, and listen to an audiobook! Kaylee picked up her gift bag with an assortment of prizes that will help her to enjoy more reading as well as get her ready to enjoy some outside spring activities. Great job reading, Kaylee! |
Story Time - Online - ended for the summer
Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m.
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Sign UP ONLINE!
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HELPING CHILDREN UNDERSTAND CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
This free online illustrated book for children talks about how 2020 Spring was a different time that changed things, about the Covid-19 virus, and things kids can do to help prevent the spread of the disease to help end the pandemic. Simply click the button and then click on the story book cover to start the book.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE TEEN POET LAUREATE
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The NH Teen Poet Laureate (NHTPL) is an honorary one-year position held by a NH high school student who has shown dedication to and excellence in writing, and who demonstrates the enthusiasm to share it with the public. The NHTPL serves as an ambassador who will heighten the visibility and value of poetry by and for young people in New Hampshire.
The program is coordinated by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire in collaboration with the New Hampshire State Council of the Arts.
The NH Teen Poet Laureate is an honorary, unpaid position. Each Teen Poet Laureate can serve a maximum of one term which will run from September 1 to August 31 each school year. The NHTPL will have an opportunity to assist in the management of an online zine for the purpose of publishing teen poets.
Deadline to apply: June 1, 2021
To be eligible the student must be a New Hampshire resident and in the 9th-12th grade as of September of the year the position begins. The student may graduate before the appointment ends on August 31.
More information at https://nharts.submittable.com/submit/187125/nh-teen-poet-laureate-2021-2022
The program is coordinated by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire in collaboration with the New Hampshire State Council of the Arts.
The NH Teen Poet Laureate is an honorary, unpaid position. Each Teen Poet Laureate can serve a maximum of one term which will run from September 1 to August 31 each school year. The NHTPL will have an opportunity to assist in the management of an online zine for the purpose of publishing teen poets.
Deadline to apply: June 1, 2021
To be eligible the student must be a New Hampshire resident and in the 9th-12th grade as of September of the year the position begins. The student may graduate before the appointment ends on August 31.
More information at https://nharts.submittable.com/submit/187125/nh-teen-poet-laureate-2021-2022
Things for parents to check out during this time:
To help keep children interested in books and learning, several authors, illustrators, publishers, and such have come together to help give children a constant. To see what authors and illustrators are doing for kids, click here.
We also have some links to things museums are doing and Educational resources. To check out those resources please click here.
Parents and adults looking for Covid-19 resources, click here.
If you're looking for a virtual escape, click here.
We also have some links to things museums are doing and Educational resources. To check out those resources please click here.
Parents and adults looking for Covid-19 resources, click here.
If you're looking for a virtual escape, click here.
Passes are suspended until further notice
June 14, 2021
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Legos, Magformers and Brainflakes!
will not be available until further notice - August 2020
Let your imagination be your guide. LEGO creations will be on display until the next session so bring your family and friends back to see your masterpieces.
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Spend family time at the library. Get involved.
You and your children can learn a lot of things together! Like how to make a magnetic Ferris Wheel with our magnetic Magformers. |
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DRESS-UP CHEST - clothing not available for play until further notice as of March 2020
The library has a lovely new cedar chest to house our dress-up collection in memory of library trustee Pat Bondelevitch.
If you have dress-up clothes or costumes you would like to donate, please bring them in. We have enjoyed seeing pirates, turtles, and fairies float around the children’s room. (Please no hats or headgear!)
If you have dress-up clothes or costumes you would like to donate, please bring them in. We have enjoyed seeing pirates, turtles, and fairies float around the children’s room. (Please no hats or headgear!)
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