Board Book Picks

Looking for a good book?

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

Very First Words by Felicity Brooks- Very First Words is a bright and lively picture word book for the very young, with over 100 objects to spot and name.

Orange, Triangle, Fox by Sarah Jones-  Common animals, such as red square owl and yellow star frog, teach young readers multiple, basic concepts at once in this educational concept book. An ideal read for bedtime or story time, this book’s rich watercolor illustrations and delightful animals will engage children and become a family favorite.

Baby Loves Shapes ill. by Dave Aikins- Baby Loves Shapes is a simple board book designed for babies 3 months or older all about shapes!

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Shaen

July Contest Winners for Fredericktown Branch

Last week, we neglected to mention our July Contest winners for the Fredericktown branch of Ozark Regional... so here they are!  Congratulations are in order (even if the sentiment is a little late)!

Madison County

Fredericktown

Coloring Contest
Killian Baker
Kinsley Baker
Phoebe Provow
Naomi Provow

"My Favorite Book" Contest
Elizabeth Settle
Grace Brooks

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Shaen

Fall 2014 Story Time: Wild About Animals!

Our bulletin board at Ironton, courtesy of Miss Pat's artistic efforts!

Fall 2014 Story Time is almost here!  Beginning Monday, September 8th, Pat and I will be visiting Ozark Regional's eight library branches with a box full of supplies- hello to eight weeks of stories, music, games, activity tables, and craft projects!  Some things to look forward to: searching for honey like bears in week 1, reading about lions in week 4, and making thumbprint giraffes in week 8!

You can find a complete story time schedule in the left-hand column of this blog or at the library's website under the "Programs and Events" tab.  If you're more of a paper person, you can also stop by your local library in person to pick up a colorful, printed calendar of events.

Take a trip to the zoo with Ozark Regional Library this fall, and stop by one of our locations for story time!

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Shaen

July Contest Winners at Ozark Regional!

As promised, here are the winners for our July Contest Month for all eight Ozark Regional libraries!  Great job to all who entered, and congratulations to those who won!  Watch your local newspaper over the next couple of weeks for pictures of the winners in your town.

Iron County
Ironton
Coloring Contest (for 3-6 year olds)
1^st place- Braeden Oberle
2^nd place- Braelyn Turnbough
3^rd place- Knox Beard
Honorable Mention- Connor Oberle

"My Favorite Book" Contest (for 7-14 year olds)
1^st place- Chelsie Rice
2^nd place- Hanna Rice

Annapolis
Coloring Contest
1st place- Sam Fisk

"My Favorite Book" Contest
No entries received.

Viburnum
No entries received.

Crawford County

Cuba
Coloring Contest
1st place- Kai Williams
2nd place- Rylynn Epperson
3rd place- Eden Frana

"My Favorite Book" Contest
1st place- Annia Viramontes
2nd place- Alejandra DeLuna
3rd place- Ximena DeLuna

Steelville

Coloring Contest

1^st place- Chloe Rippeto

2^nd place- Summer Dodson

3^rd place- Cheyenne Dobkins

Honorable Mentions- Dominic Rippeto
Autumn Dodson

Haleigh Burda
Laila Dodson

"My Favorite Book" Contest

No entries received.

Bourbon

Coloring Contest
1st place- Fischer Alexander
2nd place- Sophia Rabjohns
3rd place- Gunnar Alexander

"My Favorite Book" Contest
1st place-Genevieve Alexander
2nd place- Raven Huxel
3rd place- Jackson Carrell

Ste. Genevieve County

Ste. Genevieve

Coloring Contest
1st place-Luke Viox
2nd place- Macy Viox
3rd place- Logan Clayton

"My Favorite Book" Contest
1st place- Kylie Clayton
2nd place-Jenna Clayton
3rd place- Russell Clayton 

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Shaen

July Contest Winners for Ironton Headquarters

Congratulations to all of the kids and teens who participated in our July Contest Month!  For the Ironton Headquarters, winners were as follows:

Coloring Contest (age 3-6 category):
1st place- Braeden Oberle
2nd place- Braelyn Turnbough
3rd place- Knox Beard
Honorable Mention- Connor Oberle

"My Favorite Book" Contest (age 7-14 category):
1st place- Chelsie Rice
2nd place- Hanna Rice

Branch winners will be announced next week.

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Shaen

Ironton Back to School Fair

What a great time Miss Pat and I had at today's Back to School Fair at Ironton!  Over the course of about four hours, we registered 47 new library cards!  Check out a sampling of pictures below!

We had a selection of giveaway books for participating families.

The event brought in a steady stream of activity.

Miss Pat and Miss Shaen getting ready for the next round of kiddos!

Registering patrons for new library cards.

Registering patrons for new library cards.

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Shaen

Closing Party (Use Your Senses, Scientist!)

Check out all the fun pictures from Monday's Closing Party!  Our fledgling scientists conducted experiments on the five senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing.

In this hearing game, one kid (in the center of the circle) was dubbed "the listener".  He had to close his eyes and then identify which friend in the circle was clapping.  After he identified a few, he had to repeat the experiment with one ear covered.  Without the use of both ears to hear, it was much tougher to identify the direction the clapping was coming from.  We learned that our ears work in tandem.

Holding our nose while tasting dried fruit to see how how sense of taste and smell work together (or in this case, don't work together!) to create what we call "flavor".

Crafting paper thaumatropes.

Crafting paper thaumatropes.

The thaumatropes feature a bird on one disc and a birdcage on the opposite.  When we spin the discs, our eyes are tricked into seeing an optical illusion: the bird is suddenly in the cage!

We practicing throwing and catching with our eyes open, and then with one eye closed.  Guess what?  Our depth perception was affected and we missed more tosses with one eye shut!

Kids tried to identity objects in the drawstring bag by touch only and no visual.

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Shaen

Back to School Fair TODAY!

After lots of prep work this week, we're ready for the Ironton Back-to-School Fair!  The Fair will be at First Baptist Church of Ironton and run from 10-2:30 pm today.  Stop by and see Miss Pat and me- we'll be signing families up for new library cards, handing out giveaway books, and passing out goody bags to the kids!

A view of the library conference room yesterday.  We now have 150 goody bags ready to go!

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Shaen