Accelerated Reader's List

Accelerated Reader Link

Looking for information on the Accelerated Reading List being used by the Hancock County Schools?
Many of the books on the list are in our collection.  You can search for book titles based on authors, topics, or titles of books.  Click here for the Accelerated Reading link [2]

 

 

 

 

 

Children's Book Awards

Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, 1938-Present [3]
Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present [4]
Buckeye Children's Book Award [5]
Horn Book Awards--Boston Globe [6]
Coretta Scott King Awards [7]
National Book Award for Young People's Literature [8]
E.B. White Read Aloud Award [9]
Ezra Jack Keats Award [10]
The Giverny Award [11]
Golden Kite Award [12]
Indie Next Kids Ages 4-8 [13]
Indie Next Kids Ages 9-12 [14]
Mildred L. Batchelder Award [15]
Orbis Pictus Award [16]
Pura Belpre Award [17]
Robert F. Silbert Informational Book Medal [18]
Scott O'Dell Award [19]
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award [20]
 

 

 

 

 

 

Children's Programs

Click here to view the 2013 Winter Programs [21]

 

 

 

Early Literacy Center

Welcome to the new Early Literacy Center, located in the Children's Services Department. 

Parents or caregivers are encouraged to use the Early Literacy Center with their children, from birth to age 5, to enhance their library experience and to develop early reading skills. The center encourages learning by providing a vibrant literacy rich space to help young children develop early literacy skills using colors, letters, numbers, sounds, objects, shapes, textures and books.   
   The Early Literacy Center will feature an interactive sensory wall and activity wall, special book collections, an alphabet/numbers carpet, play tables, activity sheets and seating for parents and children. Over 100% of the cost of the project was covered by local donations.

                                                                        Early Literacy Center 

• Books for children and parents
• Sensory wall
• Crafting and writing area
• Activity sheets
• Games
• Puppets and stuffed animals

 

 

The Early Literacy Center provides a place where parents and caregivers can spend time with their children, and enjoy working on developing and enriching pre-reading skills together. 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellison Dies List

Our collection of Ellison Dies is available to the public and located in the Children's Department.

Click here for a full list of Ellison Dies (PDF) [22]

 

 

 

 

Favorite Websites

Listed below are some kid friendly websites: 

Cartoon Network [23]

Disney [24]

Barbie [25]

PBS Kids [26]

Kids Space [27]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kid's Books

Children's Services houses materials for children in many formats. The materials in the Library are intended for children ages 0-12 and include a juvenile non-fiction section on a broad variety of subjects, a separate collection of biographies, board books for the very young, a large picture book collection for pre-readers, “readers” for developing new readers, and longer “chapter” books for grade-school aged kids.

Click here for a short selection of new Children's Books [28]

 

 

 

 

NoveList

NoveList [29] is a readers' advisory service covering all types of fiction.
It was selected as a Library Journal Best Reference Database. It also offers a wide range of other resources like author and series searches, along with book reviews. With over 100,000 titles listed, along with 75,000 full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete spectrum of searching options, NoveList gives both flexibility and power to even the most discriminating reader. Use the "Find a Favorite Author" or "Find A Favorite Title" feature to locate a list of John Grisham's titles, and then use one of these titles to find more than 200 legal thrillers. It also uses natural language searching to search NoveList's full-text reviews to find "fast-paced thrillers" or books that make good "read aloud" titles for a storytime or children's program.

Click here for NoveList [29]
 

 

Online Children's Reference Collection

Students & Homework
Kids Search [30]
Kids Search What is it? Research tool for middle school and elementary age students from EBSCOhost.  Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Look up words in the dictionary. Explore and search by topic.

Searchasaurus [31]
Searchasaurus What is it? Research tool for elementary age students from EBSCOhost.  Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Learn about animals. Look up words in the dictionary.

Student Research Center [32]
Student Research Center What is it? Student research tool for grades 6 through 12 from EBSCOhost.  Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Find magazine and newspaper articles. Learn about other countries – through reports, maps, and photos.

World Book Kids [33]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SummerRead

Build your imagination with exciting activities for all ages and reading levels by joining the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library’s SummerRead Program. Parents and grandparents can establish good reading habits by setting a good example. Every year the Library has a Summer Reading Program. Children who continue to read during the summer when school is not in session perform better in the fall when school resumes. Summer reading programs make educational reading activities fun!