Amazing Art, Volume 2

Sarah visited the library with her mom yesterday and shared this gorgeous pencil drawing of a house in her neighborhood.

We love the clean line and attention to detail!  Good work, Sarah!

If you have artwork you'd like to share, visit the Henry Ford Centennial library with your piece and we'll feature it here on the blog!

Amazing Artwork

Today the lovely Mahya stopped by the desk and showed us her amazing art skills.

We loved it so much we wanted to share it with you.  Enjoy!

We Love to Read!

Today the toddlers read to their adults and even some animals.  These kids love books!

Today's activity reinforced these Every Child Ready to Read early literacy skills:

• Love Books (Print motivation)
• Use Books (Print Awareness)
• See Letters (Letter Knowledge)
• Make Sounds (Phonological Awareness)

We did this using these early literacy practices:

• Talking
• Reading
• Playing

For more information about early literacy skills, visit us at Henry Ford Centennial Library!  And don't forget to read every day!

Preschool Storytime Artists

We gave the preschoolers three supplies:  paper, masking tape, and crayons.  Here’s what they created!  AMAZING!

New Books for March!

Tired of the same old, same old?  Check out the New Book shelves at your nearest Dearborn Public Library!  Here are some of the new offerings at Henry Ford Centennial Library.

Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

The High-Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash

Going to Mecca by Na'ima B. Robert

Abe Lincoln's Dream by Lane Smith

More by I.C. Springman

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything) from National Geographic Kids 

Visit us to see even more great new titles!

3rd Annual Stuffed Animal Sleepover

Wild animals are back in the library!  This year we had cats, dogs, bears, tigers, birds, a wolverine, a turtle, a monkey, a cupcake, a superhero, and even a Pro-wrestler!

After reading The Baby That Roared and Dinosaur Vs. Bedtime, we tucked the animals in nice and snug for the night.

As usual, the animals refused to sleep.  There are far too many adventures to be had in the library at night!

Bear Party!

Cousins playing.

Run, Cupcake, run!

Sweet little chick.

Thirsty.

Old bear and young bear.

Making a surprise copy.

Mr. Jake shows this pup the ropes in the Circulation Department.

Emily Gravett is a favorite of this little monkey!

This little guy loves Emily Gravett, too!

Another surprise from the copy machine!

Wolfy climbs high!

Finally, a book about a moose!

Watching the sun come up.

iCarly marathon!

Spider-man helps this giant bear climb up the stacks.

Cupcake needs some new frosting ideas since some of our guests got a little hungry.

Chef Blue checking out new recipes.

John Cena reading up on his nemesis, CM Punk.

Owl and KooKoo Bird flying high.

They watched the sun rise and made a wish in the wishing pool.

This year had a record TWENTY-FIVE stuffies spend the night!  Thank you for visiting us and making our program a huge success!  We had so much fun!

For more program information, visit dearbornlibrary.org and click 'Children's Programs.'  We have lots of fun things planned for March and April!