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Children's Picture Books

• Bye-Bye, Crib by McGhee, Alison
  
• Don't Worry Bear by Foley, Greg
  
• Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch by Kerby, Mona
  
• Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective by Biedrzycki, David
  
• Diary of a Fly by Cronin, Doreen
  
• Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug by Newgarden, Mark
  
• Bugs in My Hair?! by Stier, Catherine
  
• Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Emberley, Edward R.
  
• Spider and the Fly by Howitt, Mary Botham
  
• Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!: A Word by Park, Barbara
  
• Eek! Stories to Make You Shriek by O'Connor, Jane
  
• Skunkdog by Jenkins, Emily
  
• Puppy Love by Holm, Jennifer L
  
• Ant and the Grasshopper by Poole, Amy Lowry
  
• Ants Go Marching by Owen, Ann
  
• Bug Jokes by Rosenberg, Pam
  
• Will Sheila Share? by Savadier, Elivia
  
• Busy Bugs: A Book about Patterns by Harvey, Jayne
  
• Lots of Ladybugs! by Dahl, Michael
  
• Best Bug Parade: Level 1: Comparing Size by Murphy, Stuart J.
  
• Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Kent, Jack
• Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunte by Cushman, Doug
  
• First the Egg by Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
  
• Living Color by Jenkins, Steve
  
• Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist by Elliott, David
  
• Child's Guide...Household Monsters by Thach, James Otis
  
• Fancy Nancy's Glamorous Gift by O'Connor, Jane
  
• Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by O'Connor, Jane
  
• Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race by Rylant, Cynthia
  

Children's
Non-Fiction

• Spiders by Bishop, Nic
  
• Frogs by Bishop, Nic
  
• P Is for Pakistan by Razzak, Shazia
  
• Honey in a Hive by Rockwell, Anne F.
  
• Life Cycles of a Praying Mantis by Hipp, Andrew
  
• Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects by Johnson, Jinny
  
• Ugh! a Bug! by Crowley, Ned
  
• Ant Cities by Dorros, Arthur
  
• Assassin Bugs by Hipp, Andrew
  
• Chirping Crickets by Berger, Melvin
• Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dange by Rockwell, Anne F.
  
• How People Learned to Fly by Hodgkins, Fran
  
• Dinosaur Tracks by Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner
  
• Pop!: A Book about Bubbles by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
  
• Gravity Is a Mystery by Branley, Franklyn Mansfield
  
• Air Is All Around You by Branley, Franklyn Mansfield
  
• Who Lives in an Alligator Hole? by Rockwell, Anne F.
  
• What Makes a Magnet? by Branley, Franklyn Mansfield
  
• Volcanoes by Branley, Franklyn Mansfield
  
• Bullies and Gangs
  
• Our Stepfamily
  
• Global Warming
  
• Elections and Voting
  
• Chickens
  
• Goats
  
• Llamas
  
• Pythons
  
• Opossums
  
• Raccoons
  
• Desert Food Webs
  
• Forest Food Webs
  
• Grassland Food Webs
  
• Lake and Pond Food Webs
  
• Ocean Food Webs
  
• Tundra Food Webs
  
• Electric Eels
  
• Giant Anteaters
  
• Meerkats
  
• Ticks
  
• Alternative Cars
  
• Everyday Conservation
  
• Boll Weevils
  
• Cockroaches
  
• Stink Bugs
  
• Elements and the Periodic Table
  
• Komodo Dragons
  
• Vultures
  
• Bio-fuels
  
• Energy from Wind, Sun, and Tides
  
• Geothermal Energy
  
• Hydroelectric Energy
  
• Endangered Elephants
  
• Endangered Komodo Dragons
  
• Endangered Manatees
  
• Endangered Pandas
  
• Endangered Rhinoceros
  
• Coral Reef Food Chains
  
• Seashore Food Chains
  
• Wetland Food
  
• Hidden Walkingsticks
  
• Ellis Island

Juvenile Fiction

• Seekers #1: The Quest Begins by Hunter, Erin
  
• Five Ancestors #5: Eagle by Stone, Jeff
  
• Lightning Thief by Riordan, Rick
  
• Sea of Monsters by Riordan, Rick
  
• Betrayal on Orbis 2 by Haarsma, P. J.
  
• Willoughbys by Lowry, Lois
  
• Outcast by Hunter, Erin
• Pixie Tricks #08: The Wicked Wizard by West, Tracey
  
• Elijah of Buxton by Curtis, Christopher Paul
  
• Feathers by Woodson, Jacqueline
  
• Airman by Colfer, Eoin
  
• Back to the Divide by Kay, Elizabeth
  
• Half-Moon Investigations by Colfer, Eoin
  
• Jinx on the Divide by Kay, Elizabeth
  
• Key to Rondo by Rodda, Emily
  
• Cobra King of Kathmandu by Kerr, Philip
  
• Day of the Djinn Warriors by Kerr, Philip
  
• Cats of the Clans by Hunter, Erin
  
• Dark Day in the Deep Sea by Osborne, Mary Pope

Juvenile
Graphic Novels

• Owly: Time to Be Brave by Runton, Andy
  
• Shocking World of Electricity with Max by O'Donnell, Liam
• Mary Anne Saves the Day by Telgemeier, Raina
  
• Avengers : Leader Has a Big Head
  
• Captain America: Stars, Stripes, and Spiders!
  
• Spider-Man and Fantastic Four: the menace of Monster Isle!
  
• Siderman: Coming of the Scorpion!

Juvenile
Non Fiction

• Mosquito Bite by Siy, Alexandra
  
• Pocket Babies: And Other Amazing Marsupi by Collard, Sneed B., III
  
• Sea Monsters: A Nonfiction Companion by Boyce, Natalie Pope
  
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: by, Laura Amy
  
• When Is a Planet Not a Planet?: The story of Pluto by Scott, Elaine
  
• Dragon Legends
  
• Dragon Life
  
• Dragonatomy
  
• RealLife Dragons
  
• Global Warming Alert!
  
• Arab-Israeli Conflict
  
• Atomic Structure
  
• Big Bang
  
• Genetics
  
• Bow Hunting
  
• Freshwater Fishing
  
• Ice Fishing
  
• Human Impact on the Environment
  
• Amazing DNA
  
• Daring Cell Defenders
  
• Mountain Creatures
  
• Polar Creatures
  
• Rainforest Creatures
  
• Safari Creatures
  
• Bigfoot
  
• Frankenstein
  
• Mummy Mummy
  
• Vampires
  
• Werewolves
  
• Mosquitoes: Tiny Insect Troublemakers
  
• Praying Mantises: Hungry Insect Heroes
  
• Baboons
  
• Caribou
  
• Octopuses
  
• Polar Bears on the Hudson Bay

Juvenile Audio

• Charlotte's Web by White, E. B.
• Wednesday Wars by Schmidt, Gary D.
  
• Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank

Young Adult Fiction

• Before I Die by Downham, Jenny
  
• Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Black, Holly
  
• To Catch a Pirate by Parker, Jade
  
• Missing Girl by Mazer, Norma Fox
  
• Romiette and Julio by Draper, Sharon Mills
  
• Quaking by Erskine, Kathryn
  
• Unwind by Shusterman, Neal
• Rebel Angels by Bray, Libba
  
• Fall of the Templar by Benz, Derek
  
• Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Napoli, Donna Jo
  
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by Lubar, David

Young Adult
Graphic Novels

• Afterschool Nightmare Volume 1 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• After School Nightmare Volume 7 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• After School Nightmare: Volume 3 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• After School Nightmare: Volume 4 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• After School Nightmare: Volume 5 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• After School Nightmare: Volume 6 by Mizushiro, Setona
  
• Empty Empire: Volume 1 by Kita, Naoe
  
• Moon Child Volume 1 by Reiko, Shimizu
  
• M by Muth, Jon J.
  
• Laika by Abadzis, Nick
  
• King of Thorn: Volume 1 by Iwahara, Yuji
  
• King of Thorn: Volume 2 by Iwahara, Yuji
  
• King of Thorn: Volume 3 by Iwahara, Yuji
  
• King of Thorn: Volume 4 by Iwahara, Yuji
  
• Arrival by Tan, Shaun
  
• Flight Explorer, Volume 1 by Kibuishi, Kazu
  
• Sidescrollers by Loux, Matthew
  
• Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Gonick, Larry
  
• Beowulf by Petrucha, Stefan
  
• One Piece, Vol. 17 by Kamio, Yoko
  
• Bigfoot and Other Strange Beasts
  
• Ghosts and Poltergeists: Stories of the Supernatural
  
• UFOs: Alien Abduction and Close Encounters
  
• Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen
  
• Elizabeth I: The Life of England's Renaissance Queen
  
• Richard the Lionheart: The Life of a King and Crusader
  
• Spartacus: The Life of a Roman Gladiator

Young Adult
Non-Fiction

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 U. S. Department of Labor
  
• Thin by Greenfield, Lauren
  
• Am I Fat?: The Obesity Issue for Teens by Gay, Kathlyn
  
• America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America by Hill, Laban Carrick
  

Young Adult Audio

• Great and Terrible Beauty by Bray, Libba
  
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by Lubar, David

Catch the Reading Bug at the Stone Ridge Library

This summer we will be bugging out with creepy crawly critters. Join our story hours for a look into what makes those bugs so special, their homes, their bodies, their food, their sounds etc.

Check out our children's room this summer too with terrariums of live critters to watch.

We'll have it all, the crunchy, the wiggly, the slimy and the beautiful!

Story Hours on Thursdays

Story hours will be every Thursday this summer begining July 10th and continuing through August 14th Call 687-2044 or stop by to register.

Preschool Story Time -
with Julianna

July 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7 & 14
10 -11am

Pre-K (3-5 year olds) will be reading stories, doing crafts & winning prizes

sign-up at the Marbletown Youth Commission! 687-0800

Kindergarten - 5th grades -
with Julianna

July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 & 14
Thursdays at
1:30 - 3:00 or 3:30 - 5:00

Stories, crafts, games & prizes.

Sign-up at the Stone Ridge Library:
687-2044

“Metamorphosis at the Library” for Grades 6 & up

Take the challenge and change your reading habits - maybe read more, read a different genre, or read to children. How will you change this summer? For our older readers, grades 6 and up, we offer an independent reading program with prizes and incentives to keep them reading during the summer! There are many ways to earn points in this program towards prizes and cool incentives. Activities include anything from reading books to working on puzzles, to volunteering at programs for younger participants.

Stop in to see Julianna or call the library to sign up 687-2044.

NEW!!!

We are pleased to offer bilingual story times this summer.

Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 30 & August 6, 13

2:00-3:00pm

Tamara Kirson a local resident and bilingual educator will be conducting special Spanish/English story hours. Tamara's goal is to have children develop a cross cultural appreciation of the Spanish culture and language while having fun. She will read Spanish cultural stories in English with a sprinkling of Spanish vocabulary. Then through games, choral reading, drama, and crafts the children will secure these words and stories as their own. These story hours are for the Spanish speaking , and the Spanish learning. All language levels are welcome! call 687-2044 to register or stop by the library.

Discover more
this summer
at the library:

To register call 687-2044

Frogs, Bugs, and Animals!

July 9
1:00-2:00
all ages

Kick off the summer reading program with Jason and his critters. You'll bug-out when you see his tree frog, tortoise, hedgehog, centipedes, and his bucket of hissing cockroaches! uggghhhh, that's sooooo disgusting ... and soooooo cool!See these awesome creatures, learn about them and .... touch them!!!!!

Bee Movie

July 21
4:00-6:00
all ages

Everyone is buzzing about our Movie evening. We'll be showing Bee Movie a Dreamworks production rated PG. About Barry B. Benson a bee who has just graduated from college and is disillusioned with his lone career choice: making honey. Very funny animated film. Come hang out in the air conditioned library, have some snacks .

Beekeeping

July 17
3:00-3:45
ages 5 and up

Kathy, a beekeeper from the Albany area, will be discussing bees with us. She'll bring visuals and hands-on examples of bees and the tools needed to work with them. This program will be held between the regular story hours that day.

Dissect a Worm

July 14
4:00-5:00
ages 12 and up

In this workshop participants will be able to have a hands-on chance to dissect a worm. We will see and study the digestive, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous system of the earthworm. We will work with a plain preserved dissection specimen, the earthworm, species Lumbricus terrestris (nightcrawler). Participants will work in pairs and have ample opportunity to fully participate in the dissection, and to carefully examine the specimen.We will also able to share and discuss our observations. This program is limited to 20 participants.

How Sweet It Is

July 21
2:00-3:30
ages 2nd grade and up

Learn the history of honey and how this sweet stuff has saved the lives of millions of people? We'll taste test different varieties of honey and see where in the world honey comes from. This workshop is open to only 20 people in second grade and up. Bee ... sure to register early.

Annual Tea Party

July 29
2:00-3:00
all ages

Ladybugs and Gentlebugs we'd like to invite you to our annual tea party. Wear your wings, bring your antenna, but leave your strings at home. We'll have snacks, crafts, prizes and more. Be sure to reserve your spot!

CELEBRATION!

August 14
2:00-3:00
ages 5 and up

You did it, you read all summer! Now let*s celebrate with a party. We'll celebrate with an all out epic battle the Wayfinder Experience way, foam swords and lots of drama. Take-on your favorite bug and battle for the flag. Be King of the anthill/ Queen of the hive. Our party will conclude with ice cream and prizes.

To register stop in or call 687-2044.

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TEEN ADVISORY GROUP (T.A.G.)

We are begining a Teen Advisory Group at the library. Teens and tweens interested in furthering their participation with the library can join together in this group to decide if they'd like to work on creating and running teen or children's events at the library. Maybe creating a booth at the library fair, volunteering time, and/or assisting with collection development. T.A.G. is a group of teens, run by teens, for teens and the library. If you have some interest please email us at Julianna or call 687-2044.

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Battle of the Books

The Stone Ridge Library is pleased to be taking part in the Mid-Hudson Library System’s 4th Annual Battle of the Books this September. This great book-based competition will be an exciting part of our summer reading program. We are inviting students going into grades 6-9 in the fall of 2008 to become members of our local Battle of the Books library team. This team will then represent our library and our community at the Regional Battle of the Books competition in the fall.

Battle of the Books is a nationally recognized literature contest in which young people answer trivia questions based on 10 specific books they have read. It encourages young people to get involved with great literature, work together as a team and then gather with other teens in the spirit of friendly competition to test their knowledge. Please consider joining our team if you enjoy reading, like a little friendly competition, and want to have fun.

For more information about this exciting program, contact the Julianna at 687-2044 or drop by the library.

The list of books we are reading for this years battle include:

• All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
  
  
• The Boggart by Susan Cooper
  
  
• Code talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
  
  
• Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
  
  
• Hero by S. L. Rottman
  
  
• The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
  
  
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
  
  
• Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach
  
  
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
  
  
• The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum

TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books (from children's book publishers such as Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Little Brown, Walker and Company and others) adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Have your Library card barcode ready. more

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GREAT WEBSITES

Kaboose.com

A family focused site "from pregnancy to parenting, birthday parties to scrapbooking and entertainment to education, Kaboose has the content and applications to help parents plan and share their family life." This site has it all. more

Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy

Companion to a 2008 exhibit about costumes worn by cartoon superheros and associated fashions. Features images and essays on topics such as the graphic body (in which "the 'S' emblem inscribed on Superman's chest and cape functions as a simplified statement of his identity"), the patriotic body, and the armored body. Click on the comic book pages at the top of each essay to view images. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art. more

Insect Collecting and More

An on-line source for insect fun and information, including Mystery Bugs, an on-line insect game and Critter Case Files to find entomology facts. From the University of Kentucky. more

State Insects

Quick list of the state insects for the "41 states in the United States [that] have officially designated State Insects." It also notes that "California was the first state of the United States to select a state insect. The Dogface Butterfly, Zerene eurydice, was officially adopted as the state insect of California in 1929." From the Smithsonian Institution. more

Insects at the Smithsonian

This is a starting place for locating the Smithsonian Institution's projects and content on insects, including exhibits, fact sheets, research, and classroom guides. Includes links to pages on mosquitoes and cicadas. From the Smithsonian Institution. more

Stop Cyberbullying

This site discusses cyberbullying ("when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted" usually by another child, preteen, or teen, via "the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones") and provides prevention tips and action items. Includes details about the roles of parents, teachers, and police in creating a safe online environment. From WiredKids, a charity focused on the prevention of cybercrime and abuse. more

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Contact Us

Desk Phone: 687-7023

e-mail: Webmaster

Children's Services Phone:
687-2044

e-mail Children's Services: Julianna