Children

Children's Summer Reading Challenge Starts June 21st

Summer is the perfect time to read a good book with our summer reading challenge. 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 will receive a free paperback book. P...

Look to the Stars for National Astronaut Day

National Astronaut Day happens on May 5th every year, but you can celebrate all month long! We have plenty of fiction and nonfiction books for future astronauts, or those who are simply interested in life beyond our planet. Check out the highlighted books listed below, or pop into the children’s dep...

Celebrate National Crayon Day!

Break out your crayon box and indulge in some coloring fun to celebrate National Crayon Day, which takes place on March 31st! This day is meant to recognize the creativity and comfort of this special form of art.  Through the booklist below, we’d like to take this opportunity to share some fict...

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