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It's school picture day at Brinkley Middle School and Viv decides to shake things up by giving herself a haircut. In the bathroom. While waiting for her turn to have her photo taken. This is brave,…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… and uncomfortable middle school ups and downs as kids use their phones to record and share absolutely …
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Everyone has stories to write, even if your writing...squiggles a little. All you need to start is a single letter. What will happen next? Preschool kids will love the comic book style of A Squiggly…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… start is a single letter. What will happen next? Preschool kids will love the comic book style of A Squiggly Story , …
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Kids app
Design your own fireworks by feeding each blank firework a combination of shapes and patterns. Then, light the fuse with a tap of your finger and watch your creation spout endless fountains of…
Last updated 2 months ago
… endless fountains of beautiful explosions! This app allows kids to be in control of their own show and might help reduce …
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Kids app
One of the best games in app-land now has a sequel! This app was not specifically created for children, but it’s kid-safe and a wonderful app for kids and adults to use together.
Last updated 2 months ago
… for children, but it’s kid-safe and a wonderful app for kids and adults to use together. Since the first Monument …
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Article
It Takes A Village After-School Enrichment sessions at Goodman South Madison Library are created in an effort to promote community, and to provide a safe place for youth patrons between 12 and 18…
Last updated 4 months 1 week ago
… provide materials for various arts and crafts projects. Kids are welcome to engage in whatever projects they're drawn …
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Kids app
This app is based on a story of two friends (a person named Lassa and a pink rabbit) going shopping. In one segment of the app, you can read the story (there are no recorded narration options, so you…
Last updated 2 months ago
… story and spinning out a number of interesting ways that kids can interact with the story themselves, playing a more …
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Kids app
The creators of Endless Alphabet and Endless Reader turn their talents to the realm of numbers. This app sneakily teaches so many different math concepts (counting by ones, twos, threes;…
Last updated 2 months ago
… humorous animation to illustrate the quantity, which kids will want to watch over and over. The free version …
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MADreads post
Alam starts his novel on the most ordinary of notes. Amanda and Clay and their two kids, Archie and Rose, are headed to a rural area of Long Island for a summer vacation. They've rented a house, a…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… the most ordinary of notes. Amanda and Clay and their two kids, Archie and Rose, are headed to a rural area of Long …
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Kids app
This app should really be labeled "all ages" because it has so many different options to explore on so many different levels. Babies will be entertained by the kaleidoscopic swirls,…
Last updated 2 months ago
… swirls of color using the slightest of touches, older kids will enjoy making careful spirograph-like works of art …
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Ally Condie had a major hit years ago with her young adult Matched trilogy, and has been a mainstay of the children’s and young adult lists since. The Unwedding marks her adult debut, an entry into…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… him. Ellery does not want to be in Big Sur—she misses her kids back in Colorado—but at the urging of a good friend (and …
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All young Owl has ever hoped and dreamed of is becoming a knight, but it was just a dream until suddenly knights begin disappearing from the castle. Taking advantage of this staffing shortage, Owl…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… with humor and twists and turns - plenty to enjoy for kids and grownups alike! … Knight Owl …
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Winner of the coveted 2018 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children, Wolf in the Snow artistically explores themes of moving beyond fear and mistrust of…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… stereotypes and would make a great discussion-starter for kids aged 4 & up. … Finding ways to help …
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Kids app
A cooperative cooking game to play together with a group of people, each with their own screen! Combine ingredients on a plate as indicated on the "recipe" cards at the top of the screen. Once you've…
Last updated 2 months ago
… It's a fast-paced game (so if that stresses you or your kids out this is not the game for you) and you need to be …
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Wanda's big brother is the bravest kid she knows, but when her turn comes to match his feats of bravery, things are a lot harder than she thought. The monkey bars don't agree with her, the giant hill…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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Kids app
Spend a day at the farm with your favorite Sago Mini characters. In addition to the things you might expect to find on a farm (horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, a garden, tractors, a barn,…
Last updated 2 months ago
… than most Sago Mini explorer apps, this one encourages kids to play in this space however they want to. See how …
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Kids app
A story-starter, in French or English! With simple design, this app allows players to mix and match phrases to make sentences from the sublime to the ridiculous. If you hit the button in the…
Last updated 2 months ago
… are associated with original words.This app is best for kids who are able to read or for adults to read to children …
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Beaming with lightness and brightness, Marla Frazee’s In Every Life shows the great expanse of human experience. With sparse and lyrical text, the book reads like a poem or song. The illustrations…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… looking out at an expanse of shoreline, and a trio of kids enjoying a windy and flowery hilltop. This beautiful …
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I loved playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? a computer game created in 1985 by the American software company Broderbund. The game was originally classified as a "mystery…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… used in the computer lab when I was a student, to teach kids how to install computer programs and to build typing and …
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Impact story
Home Delivery Program Pairs Spanish-Language Picture Books and In-Home Daycare Providers during the Pandemic and Beyond
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… District to ensure that they could reach a large group of kids and families. The Right Books at the Right Time The home …
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I think most kids who have siblings wonder, "am I my parents' favorite?". If you could know, would you want to? And what happens when you discover you're not the favorite? Those are questions that…
Last updated 2 weeks 1 day ago
… I think most kids who have siblings wonder, "am I my parents' favorite?". …
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Cuando Mónica va en bicicleta, es más rápida que el viento, pero lo que más más más le gusta del mundo es pintar. Pinta muchas cosas con todos los colores, pero nunca ha pintado un beso. Pinta con…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… up with a rainbow colored discovery. Great to share with kids ages 3-6 and follow with an art project. … Pintando un …
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MADreads post
There are lots of ways to be strong. When Rob Kearney was a kid he was STRONG. He was able to lift heavy boxes and open jars with the tightest lids. He tried activities that tested his strength. His…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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Kids app
Travel the Australian outback with a cute little wombat, searching for food and a safe place to sleep. This is a story told in 5 chapters of beautiful watercolor paintings.
Last updated 2 months ago
… wanting a way to talk about the Australian fires with your kids, this is a gentle entry into that conversation (don't …
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Kids app
Scribbling is an important pre-writing skill. This app gives simple drawing prompts that allow kids to try their scribbling skills on pre-illustrated scenes. When they're done scribbling…
Last updated 2 months ago
… skill. This app gives simple drawing prompts that allow kids to try their scribbling skills on pre-illustrated …
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This is a touching story that starts with a day that is not like the others. Eleven-year-old Sophie Winslow is best friends with her neighbor, eighty-eight-year-old Sophie Gershowitz. Eleven-year-old…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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MADreads post
I've been super motivated this summer to read political memoirs and manifestos, starting with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's life story, This is What America Looks Like.
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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Kids app
Become a magician’s assistant as you explore this playful app! You choose the colors, the tricks, the items to combine and then see what magic the bear magician will create.
Last updated 2 months ago
… the gameplay for this app is fairly simple and older kids will be done exploring the whole app rather quickly, it …
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Article
Join a multi-week after-school art program with local artist Amy Mietzel at Lakeview Library! Each week, Amy will guide school-age kids and tweens through hands-on art projects including everything…
Last updated 4 months 1 week ago
… at Lakeview Library! Each week, Amy will guide school-age kids and tweens through hands-on art projects including …
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MADreads post
Kimêtawânaw! We all play! Animals hide, peek, swim, chase, wiggle, and yawn in this gorgeously illustrated book by Cree-Meetis author, illustrator, and artist Julie Flett. And we play too! Children…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… of the book. This is a great story to read aloud to young kids, with plenty of opportunities for moving your body. The …
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Kids app
Canadian developer, Sago Mini, really knows how to have fun in the snow! This app, similar to their previous apps, Road Trip, Planes and Boats, begins by users choosing a vehicle -- in this…
Last updated 2 months ago
… exploratory app that will bring a smile to the face of kids of all ages. … Sago Mini Snow Day …
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Book list
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MADreads post
Last weekend was the celebration of the Lunar New Year and it is now the Year of the Dragon. How cool is that? For those of you who celebrated and those who want to learn a bit more, here are a…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… book will have you in fits of giggles, I know my own kids always ask for seconds - Again! And it will definitely …
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Ready for some rollicking and roaring word play? Check out Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart by Mary Ann Hoberman for some unforgettable poems. This is a wonderful treasury for…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… poems. This is a wonderful treasury for elementary school kids. The poems are joyful and include bright and colorful …
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Kids app
With funky modern illustrations, TinyBop invites kids to play with the six classic simple machines (lever, screws, wheels and axles, inclined planes, wedges, and pulley) and make adjustments (like…
Last updated 2 months ago
… With funky modern illustrations, TinyBop invites kids to play with the six classic simple machines (lever, …
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Article
The Express Yourself art program is back at Meadowridge Library this fall! We've invited local artist Lexie to lead this weekly class on art history. During each session, kids and teens will be…
Last updated 4 months 1 week ago
… this weekly class on art history. During each session, kids and teens will be introduced to a different period of …
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Kids app
Design a fancy hat for your Sago Mini friends -- you can even try the hat on your own head! In this app, kids become the hat maker. Each customer arrives (a standard collection of Sago…
Last updated 2 months ago
… you can even try the hat on your own head! In this app, kids become the hat maker. Each customer arrives (a standard …
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Kids app
Breaking words down into individual syllables is a key literacy skill and this app gives players a lot of practice with that concept! In this game, users search for familiar words within a pile…
Last updated 2 months ago
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The Seed Library is a self-sustaining seed exchange program. Choose from flower, herb and produce seeds then "check out" seeds for at-home gardening. After growing and harvesting the vegetables…
Last updated 5 days 6 hours ago
… Book List for Adults Download Gardening Book List for Kids Winter Seed Library Madison Public Library's Seed …
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MADreads post
Anna is BORED. The museum is full of stuffy art, and all the fun things one can do to stay occupied - like climbing on the kids stuff, and eating one's afternoon snack - are strictly forbidden and…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… things one can do to stay occupied - like climbing on the kids stuff, and eating one's afternoon snack - are strictly …
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Kids app
Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this weather app from marco polo. Choose from three different characters to place into the environment, then make sure they're…
Last updated 2 months ago
… Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all …
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MADreads post
It seems like a perfect meet cute: wide-eyed debutante Eve Ojukwu, fresh from the hinterlands of Kepler, bumps into wealthy bachelor Esteban Mendez-Yuki of megacorp MYCorps on a half-gravity…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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The American Indian Library Association has created a reading challenge called Read Native 2021. You can find a printable reading tracker for adults and for kids along with suggested reading lists,…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… can find a printable reading tracker for adults and for kids along with suggested reading lists, which will be …
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MADreads post
There was a boy
name Emile
who fell in love with a field.
It was wide and blue --
and if you could have
seen it
so would've you.
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… at having to share the field with sleds and other loud kids. His father reminds him that if others love the field …
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Kids app
Visit seven Sago Mini friends in each of their apartments and discover what they like to do at home! From cooking and gardening to building and exercise, each friend has their own favorite activity.
Last updated 2 months ago
… garden gnome, Kiki the raccoon and Neville the penguin. Kids will enjoy taking the elevator between floors and …
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Kids app
Note: This app is only available on Apple Arcade. A new game from the makers of "Love you to Bits" and "Bring You Home" this app continues on the theme of CUTE cartoony characters on a search for…
Last updated 2 months ago
… just swooning). This would be a fun one for adults and kids to play together. See what your child can solve without …
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MADreads post
Looking for a way to help your child find their own quiet place in a busy, noisy, clambering world? Charlotte and the Quiet Place by Deborah Sosin takes a gentle look at how to find quiet and…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… their child find the quiet inside themselves. For other kids’ books on yoga and meditation try: The Happiest Tree , …
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Resource
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… and tinkerers 100+ hobbyist titles including STEAM Lab for Kids and The Lego Build-It Book, Volumes 1 & 2 Case studies …
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MADreads post
J.D. is this librarian’s new hero. The night before his first day of 3rd grade, his wonderful, well meaning mom gives him a terrible haircut. Facing ridicule and embarrassment at school J.D. …
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Kids app
Telling time on analog clocks was a skill that was difficult for me to learn as a child, so I am always on the lookout for new great ways to teach it to my own kids. This app does a nice job of…
Last updated 2 months ago
… on the lookout for new great ways to teach it to my own kids. This app does a nice job of first explaining the …
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Kids app
A spooky, Halloween version of the Where is my Hat? app reviewed earlier on this site. The hats are spookier, the costumes are costume-ier and there are spiders in their webs in the corners of…
Last updated 2 months ago
… in 2-player option, the impulse control practice that kids get while playing it and the silly fun. … Halloween - …
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Kids app
This oddball app straddles the line between adorable and gross while challenging logic skills and dexterity. Help the little green piggy escape from the hungry red monster by luring the monster…
Last updated 2 months ago
… app for you. Otherwise, this is an excellent one for kids and adults to play together (as long as you’re not too …
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MADreads post
Cal Hooper is a retired Chicago police detective who is recently divorced. Those two major life changes have prompted him to make a third. He's bought a rundown farmhouse (from an online posting) in…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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Kids app
Although this app was originally designed to be used by professional and aspiring musicians, it is simple and entertaining enough to be a great app for kids as well. The screen has 8 blocks of color…
Last updated 2 months ago
… it is simple and entertaining enough to be a great app for kids as well. The screen has 8 blocks of color and each color …
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Impact story
Even though Madison Public Libraries remained mostly closed to the public during the pandemic, a majority of library services didn’t stop, including reference services. They simply shifted from…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
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Kids app
It’s time to take a trip and you’re the pilot! Choose your plane (standard or silly like a corn-on-the-cob plane?), choose your travel companions, then take off and explore the skies!
Last updated 2 months ago
… this one is easy and fun for young toddlers but older kids will also gravitate towards it to discover all of the …
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Kids app
Another great interactive world to explore from Sago Mini. This one takes kids to the big city!
Last updated 2 months ago
… world to explore from Sago Mini. This one takes kids to the big city! You’ll hear big city sounds in the …
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Kids app
With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app? In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a…
Last updated 2 months ago
… but all of them are tucked behind a "safety gate" so kids can't accidentally buy a bunch of in-app purchases. … …
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MADreads post
I've now read three books by Mhairi McFarlane and she has quickly moved up my list of romantic comedy authors to the top with Kristan Higgins and Marian Keyes. McFarlane's heroines…
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… partner tells her that not only is he not ready to have kids, but that he's breaking up with her because he needs …
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Kids app
One of my favorite book apps! This simple story about colors has the perfect amount of interactivity. There is no spoken narration, but the printed words are available in English, French, Spanish,…
Last updated 2 months ago
… text and reinforce the storyline and the interactions lead kids through from beginning to end without distracting from …
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