Read more about In Every House, In Every Bed, A Bedtime Book Was Being Read…

Come dance the Charleston with dancer/author Patricia Hruby Powell. Read more about Dance With Me

“If I were a publisher, I would immediately initiate a series of books for kids who have to cope with the death of their mother or father” (151-52). Read more about What to Do When Your Whole World Crumbles...

Read more about Sometimes an Elephant is Just an Elephant

It is a great time of year to cuddle up with some good books! Join the Winter Reading Program by tracking your minutes and filling out a square of a form for each minute read. It can be library books, books from home, even books friends loan you! Once the form is filled, it reveals a picture and you can turn it in to select a free book to keep! Pick up the form from the Children's Question Desk and return it there as well, when you are done. The program runs from now until March 21, 2014. Stop by today for the form and get reading! Read more about Winter Reading Program

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It’s a tried and true story:  Lovely Princess is captured by Terrible Beast and Handsome Prince must fight Terrible Beast in order to free Lovely Princess. Read more about An Oldie But a Goodie!

Magic Tree House, Rainbow Magic Fairies, Franny K. Stein, Junie B. Jones, Flat Stanley, and Geronimo Stilton probably sound familiar to you. These are all very popular First Chapter Book Series that we have here at the Urbana Free Library Children's Department. Read more about First Chapter Books Bonanza

Read more about Who Wouldn’t Want Their Very Own Dragon?!

What book do you give a child this season?  I'm getting ready to package some for mailing.  Here are some of my favorite titles for gifting.  -Elaine B. Read more about Elaine's Favorite Books for Giving this Year