Mattituck-Laurel Library Youth and Parenting Department

As we find ourselves in this new normal sometimes we want to get in our cars and drive around our town and look for BEARS! Do you want to go on a Bear hunt?  The library wants you to know we are participating and a bear sat on a bench to read a book. Place a picture of a bear on your door, in your window or someplace where people can find the bear when they go on a bear hunt. Good luck on your hunt!!

4/14/20 Get Visual Virtually.  Share with us your creative take on our weekly theme. Draw, color, build; we love any medium! Email us your work at childrens.programming@mattlibrary.org Your awesome creations that you email us will be posted on Facebook! All ages are welcome to participate. This week the theme is Community Hereos Let's showcase your designs here since we cannot place them in our glass showcase!

4/14/20 Learn to draw with another author.  This link features Jarrett J. Krosoczka Draw Every Day! Daily art lessons from author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka—author of Punk Farm, Lunch Lady, Jedi Academy, and the young adult graphic memoir Hey, Kiddo, which was a National Book Award Finalist.

We hope you are enjoying the stories while you are home.  Each week we feature stories to share on the Facebook page.  If you happened to miss them, we will provide the date of post and book read here. 4/13/20  We shared the book Full of Beans by Jennifer Holm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBU4lyR6A0&t=6s This wonderful novel takes place during the Great Depression.  You meet Beans Curry and follow him through his attempts to earn money for his family, learn to accept responsibility for his actions and how Key West was turned into a tourist town.  Each of the characters are well developed.  I suggest this is a read for a 4th grader and older.

We hope you are enjoying the stories while you are home.  Each week we feature stories to share on the Facebook page.  If you happened to miss them, we will provide the date of post and book read here. 4/13/20  We shared the book The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kji8rob1DXY&t=20s Are you surprised at what hatched from Duck's egg?  This story examines animals and their egg  size   as well as learning to be patient.  After watching  talk about the different animals and their respective size and then look at the size of the egg.    Ask about how surprised they were when duck's egg finally hatched.

Do you think you know all here is about Harry Potter? Head over to our library Facebook page and try your knowledge.  Here is the best part, you can learn and take it again. We will feature different literature based quizzes. Have fun!