Free Children's Books!

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Friends of the Library Booksale this weekend!  All proceeds support library programs, like the Summer Reading Program.  Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. the booksale begins the Free Giveaway.  That's right - as many as you can carry in boxes, bags, and boats...  (Okay, a boat may be stretching it in Central Illinois.)  There are still a lot of great children's books - paperbacks, hardbacks, board books - for the taking.  But come at 9 - they go quickly!  -Elaine B.

First Day of School

Mr. Ouchy’s First Day by B. G. Hennessy ; illustrated by Paul Meisel.

How was your first day of school? Were you nervous? Bet you don’t know that teachers get nervous about their first day of school too! Just ask Mr. Ouchy! He was so excited and nervous about the first day of being a teacher, he couldn’t sleep on the night before, and when he was counting sheep, all the sheep have children’s faces.
Read this book and find out how did he work out his excitement and fear and how did he do on his first day!
Reading this funny and understanding story will definitely unleash those butterflies in your tummy and cure your “first day school jitter”!
Find more books on the first day of school on this link: http://urbanafreelibrary.org/children/books/booklists/firstdayschool.php or just ask us, we have put up a great amount of books on display for you on this subject.

Shih-Mei C.