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Visit our virtual Preschool Fair to find the perfect place for your child.

 

Looking for something to do at home? Check out our Online Resources page and our Youth Online Resources page for your favorite digital content. 

Keep scrolling for Storytimes, Family Book Discussions, Recommended Reads, and our Activity Corner!

 

Fun Facts About Fish

Curious about our fish? Find out all about them here.

 

Virtual Storytimes at Home

Now you can enjoy storytime planned by your favorite youth librarians at home! 

 

A picture of smiling librarian Ms. Wendy 
Storytime Presented by Ms. Wendy 

Waiting by Kevin Henkes

Counting is for the Birds by Frank Mazzola Jr. 

Pete the Cat and his Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James Dean

 

 

A picture of smiling librarian Ms. Kim

 Storytime Presented by Ms. Kim

 

Are you Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex

Rain! by Linda Ashman

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

A picture of smiling librarian Ms. Lucia 

Storytime Presented by Ms. Lucia 

 

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin   

Unicorn Day by Diana Murray

Hey! That's My Monster by Amanda Noll

A picture of smiling librarian Ms. Sue

Storytime Presented by Ms. Sue

It's Spring! by Linda Glaser

It's Summer! by Linda Glaser

A picture of smiling librarian Ms. Angela

Storytime Presented by Ms. Angela

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner

Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo by E.S. Redmond

Unicorn Day by Diana Murray

Family Book Discussion Kits

Inside each kit you'll find a chapter book title to read aloud together, picture book recommendations for younger family members, and discussion questions and activities to keep your family busy, together!

Museums

   From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler book cover. Two children with overnight bags and instrument cases walking into the Metropolitan museum of art in New York.  From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

 

Book cover of sixty-eight rooms. A magical image of a girl inside a museum gallery. She is perched on a hand that reaches into what looks like a room in a doll's house.     The Sixty-Eight Rooms 

Backyards

Gone Camping book cover. Two kids are helping their grandfather set up a tent. There is camping gear spread everywhere and a fox is about to pounce on a chipmunk  

 

    Gone Camping

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Insects and Bugs 

The girl who drew butterflies book cover. An illustration of Maria Merian shows her painting a butterfly onto the cover of the book. There are butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalises all around the edges of the cover.  The Girl Who Drew Butterflies 

Zoey and sassafras: dragons and marshmallows book cover. Zoey is in her science lab with protective goggles perched on top of her head. Her and a orange cat look on in surprise as a small green dragon spews fire.  Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows

Switch: spider stampede book cover. Two kids run from an enormous spider that takes up the entire cover of the book   S.W.I.T.C.H. Spider Stampede

 

Book Recommendations
Looking for your next favorite? Check out these lists.

 Click the number next to the title and it will take you right to the book. Happy reading!


 

RCS Media Specialists' Recommendations
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Activity Corner 

 Check out these great non-fiction titles for at home fun! Click on the cover to take you right to the book. Click on the activity to take you to a paired selection chosen by your librarian.

 

Backyard Scientists

marshes 

    Wetland Detective

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

investigate

 

  Investigate Weather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitchen Scientists 

mentos

 

  Mentos Explosion!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scents

 

   Guess the Scents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineers

water level 

  Make a Water Gravity Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dams 

  Build Your Own Dam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

roller coaster 

  Build Your Own Rollercoaster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-brained Scientists

pointilism  

   Pointilism and Molecules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aztec cup   

   Make an Aztec Cup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

styrofoam   

  Styrofoam Prints