2010 Summer Reading Program
"Make a Splash: Read!"
**Free! Open to all area kids and their parents**
Tuesday, August 17th Finale Entertainment
11am at the Gazebo (weather permitting, or at the Library 3rd floor)
Hampstead Stage Players perform "Treasure Island"
and hold a workshop on stage combat!
**Ice Cream Social**
**Prizes for participating readers**
Summer Reading Program
for Teens (grades 7-12)
June 29th - August 17th
Register during regular library hours.
Play Bingo! Win weekly gift certificates! Score Bingo and put your name in for the Grand Prize...
Two $75 Gift Certificates to TicketMaster!!!!
Join our children's book discussion group
Open to boys and girls age 7-12. Meet monthly on Saturday mornings to discuss the book selection. Like it or hate it, come and discuss it, have a snack, meet new kids.
September 11th - Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the
Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume
October 9th - Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar
November 13th - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
December 11th - Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Ladybug Award Nominees
Click for complete 2011 list
Sponsored by the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library, the Ladybug Picture Book Award was established in 2003 to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. NH children from preschool through 3rd grade are invited to vote for their favorite in November of each year.
Great Stone Face Award Nominees
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The Great Stone Face Book Award is sponsored by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire (CHILIS) and is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state. Each year a committee chooses 25 recently published titles, which children then use as a guide for voting. The vote takes place every April during National Library Week, and the winner is announced in May. The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite author.
Isinglass Award Nominees
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The Isinglass is a book award contest for kids in 7th and 8th grade. Middle school kids nominate fiction and nonfiction works, and a committee chooses 20 of the suggested books. Voting for the favorite book on the list takes place in the spring. Like the Great Stone Face Award, the Isinglass Award winner is announced in May.
Youth & Family Magazines
Cobblestone
Family Fun
Glamour
Kids' Discover
Kids' Sports Illustrated
Seventeen
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