CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT SERVICES
Storytimes for March and April
We are offering three storytimes during March and April:
- Toddler Storytimes - Main Library (43 Church Street) at 10:30 am - ages 2 and under
March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, and April 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th. - Story Circle - Endicott Branch Library (257 Mount Vernon Street) at 1:30 pm ages 3.5 - 5
March 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th, and April 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. - Story Circle - Main Library (43 Church Street) at 10:30 am ages 2.5 -3.5
March 8th, March 15th, March 22nd, March 29th, and April 5th, April 12th, April 19th, April 26th.Readers Theatre Program for Children Ages Seven and Older
Good readers are invited to participate in a Readers Theatre program at the Dedham Main Library, 43 Church Street on Thursday, February, 23rd at 2:00 pm. Readers Theatre activities require no costumes, stage sets, or props - they rely on the readers' voices to bring characters written on a page to life. Registration is necessary for this program - please stop by the Main Library Children's Room or call
(781-751-9283).Make 'Treasure' Boxes During School Vacation Week!
We will cover cigar boxes with origami paper, pictures from magazines, text, cartoons, and stickers to make a "one-of-a-kind" treasure boxes to hold jewelry, sports cards, or any other 'treasures' you want to store. This craft is for children 9 years and up. Registration is required - call either Library to sign up: Main: 781-751-9283; Endicott: 781-751-9178.
The Children's Room staff thanks Courtside Cigars for their donation of cigar boxes.
Winter/Spring Events with Ms. Marsha
We have eleven programs with Ms. Marsha coming up:
Tot Sing n' Learn at the Endicott Branch Library (257 Mt. Vernon Street) 10:30 - 11:15
(Ages 9 months - 3 years)
Magic Carpet Book Club at Endicott (257 Mt. Vernon Street) 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
(Grades 1 - 5)
Play n' Learn at the Main Library (43 Church Street) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
(Preschool, Ages 2.5-5)
Drop-In Storytimes for January & February
We will have drop-in storytimes for all ages (18 months and up) on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am. No need to sign up: join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and feltboard stories! Storytime will begin on January 3rd, and continue through February 28th.
Do You Have Our Han Solo Minifigure?
It was on the cover of the "Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia."
Did You Leave The Monster in the Backpack, by Lisa Moser, in the Children's Room? Call 781-751-9283 if you think it may be yours.
Found at the Holiday Party on Saturday, December 10th
A yellow and green pacifier. It has been washed, but not disenfected. We will have it in the Children's Room; call 781-751-9283 if you think it may be yours.
Did You Leave a Bag of Puzzles in the Children's Room?
Are they donations to the Children's Room? Please call the Children's Room at 781-751-9283 so that we can thank you properly! We also found some iParty receipts that you may want.
The Children’s Department offers storytimes, crafts, an annual teddy bears’ picnic, a dedicated summer program, and other events throughout the year. Pre-registration may be required for some events.
Thanks to the Parents' Advisory Committee, our Parent/Teacher collection has been expanded through donations from members of that organization. Attached please find a list of books arranged by disability or disease at both the Main Library and the Endicott Branch Library. Click here for the lists.
Did You Return the Wrong DVD/CD?
Did you return the wrong DVD/CD? A Tigger & Pooh Hundred Acre Wood Haunt DVD case was returned to the Children's Room with what appears to be a homemade CD of piano and violin music.
ALA Award Winners Now Posted
The recently announced winners of the Randolph Caldecott Medal, the Coretta Scott King Award, the John Newbery Medal, and the Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature are now posted under Award-Winning Books.
We are compiling information of interest to local families in our "Community Connections" file. The file, which is right inside the door on the table in front of the librarians' desks, includes handouts for such activities and events as:
- Arts and Music Instruction
- Childcare - Help Wanted
- Childcare - Services Offered
- Children's Health
- Children's Theatre
- Clothing Sale
- Dedham Community Theatre
- Fairs
- Free Movies
- Free Music
- Holiday Events
- Kindergarten Registration
- Language Instruction
- Literary Events
- Local Preschools
- Recreation
- Teen Jobs
- Teen Venture Clinic
- Tutoring
- Youth Athletics
Updated 1/10/12
If you are sponsoring a local event or activity and you would like to make the information available to library patrons, stop by the Children's Room and we can add your event/activity to our file.
Here is a sampling of some of our new books (updated 2/3/12)
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Picture Books
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Juvenile Fiction
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| Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett | Lost in Lexicon by Pendred Noyce |
| Fall Colors by Brian Enslow | The Family Greene by Ann Rinaldi |
| Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan | Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer |
| Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman | Big Nate Out Loud by Lincoln Peirce |
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Juvenile Non-Fiction
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YA Fiction
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| Nature Got There First by Phil Gates | The Frenzy by Francesca Lia Block |
| Treasury of Greek Mythology by Donna Jo Napoli | Everneath by Brodi Ashton |
| Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael Tunnell | Green Witch by Alice Hoffman |
| Mammoth Bones and Broken Stones: The Mystery of North America's First People by David Harrison | He's So Not Worth It by by Kieran Scott |
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