Ms. Kala Sims is our Children’s Librarian—many people may remember her as Kala Hill, daughter of Judy Hill and the late Scotty Hill.  Ms. Sims is responsible for ordering books for our children’s section, conducting story time at 10:00 am each Friday morning, and organizing our summer reading program which begins in July.

            Our children’s section contains books for children of all ages.  We have picture books and early readers for our youngest children, chapter books for our elementary children, young adult novels for our junior high readers, and teen novels and nonfiction for our high school students.

            We have a number of series or collections of books that many adults may remember, such as the Nancy Drew mysteries and the Hardy Boys series; the Boxcar Children mysteries; the Magic Tree House series; and the Hank the Cow Dog series.  We also have the Junie B. Jones books, the Goosebumps books, the Dr. Seuss Books, and the Berenstain Bears books.  One of the best ways for parents to encourage their children to read is to share with them about the books that the parents themselves have read.

            Some of the newest books in the children’s collection include the Ready, Freddy series and the Bad Guys series.  In addition, we have some new titles, such as the Dino-World series, including titles such as Dino-Birthday, Dino-School, Dino-Thanksgiving, and Dino-Hockey.  Several of these titles were requested by students and parents, so we ordered as many of them as we could find.  In addition, our library contains many books which are included in the Accelerated Reader Program.

            Don’t forget that Story Time is held each Friday morning at 10:00.  Ms. Sims chooses a variety of books to read aloud and selects different activities for children to do.  Parents and children also have time to select books to check out for home reading.  Parents and grandparents are welcome to accompany their children to Story Time.

            Information about the upcoming summer reading program will be out soon.  The schedule for Monday and Thursday activities will be placed on our library website as soon as it can be determined, and the entertainers for each Monday will be shared as well.  Be sure to check the website for all information about future events.

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