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Summer Reading Challenge 2024-June 22 to August 17

Summer is the perfect time to read a good book with our summer reading challenge, Adventure Begins at Your Library! We welcome all SHPL patrons (ages 2 years to entering grade 6) to read any eight books chosen from the Children's Library. Everyone will earn prizes and those who complete the club wil...

National Hug Your Cat Day

In early June, there is a very important celebration called Hug Your Cat Day and it is the best.  You should definitely partake, and give your pet cat a nice little snuggle.  If you don’t have a cat, maybe you could borrow one.  If you are allergic to cats, a stuffed one will do. ...

Celebrate Poetry: Novel in Verse for Middle Grade Readers

April is Poetry Month, and here at the South Huntington Public Library, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with a lovely little list of novels in verse!  We hope that you will try out one of these books that tells a novel length story using poetry as a lyrical writing form.  ...

Reading in the Shadows

Groundhog Day is right around the corner, and along with wondering if we’ll get an early spring, this event also brings to mind how many great books connected to shadows we have in the library.  So if your little or middle reader is in the mood for something a little different than your average...

Fingers Crossed! Mock Caldecott Suggestions

Before you know it, 2024 will be here, and with each new year comes the announcement of the latest Caldecott Award winner (among other important American Library Association awards).   Weeks prior to the awards announcements are made- an event that usually takes place the Monday after M...

The Latest Spooky Stories to Chill and Thrill!

It’s fall y’all, and the spooky season is officially here!  There is no better way to put you in the mood than to grab a book (or two or three) that brings in the thrills and chills- in an age appropriate manner, of course!  Take a look at the list below to see if any grab your attention, ...

Picture Books That Break the Fourth Wall

Do you love picture books?  Have you ever wished that the characters in the story could come to life, that you could interact with them and really participate in the story instead of just being an observer?  If so, then this is the list for you! The books described below all have character...

Honoring Juneteenth Through Children’s Books

Do you know what Juneteenth is?  It is a day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.  You might know that on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln shared the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared “that all persons held as slaves…are, and henceforth shall be free.”...

Attention, Emerging Chapter Book Readers!

Do you have an ambitious young reader in your life who is looking for chapter books that are not too short, not too long, but just right?  If so, this list might come in handy!   Including titles that are the most demanding of our easy read section and the most relaxed of our regul...

Books as Sweet as Gingerbread!

Winter is upon us, and cozy days spent relaxing at home are sure to be on everyone's mind.  While you’re curled up with a hot beverage, and snuggled up in your comfiest clothes, a gingerbread-themed book – along with a few delicious cookies – sure would hit the spot, wouldn’t they?  Come o...