Fall
KCPL Family Read Aloud Club
KCPL's Family Read Aloud Club is a program inviting parents to read aloud to their children during the school year. The aim of the program is two-fold: for families to spend quality time together and to promote lifelong literacy. Registering for the program is as simple as A, B, C! - just visit your local library to enroll in the program. For more information.
Science Fun!
How do scientists find out how to make electricity, fuel efficient cars and an artificial heart? They test their ideas using the scientific method. Dr. Kimberlyn Gray and Dr. Stephen Goodman, science professors at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, will help us understand the scientific method with fun science experiments.
Grades 2-6 • Registration required.
- Main Library • 304-343-4646: Saturday, November 7, 11 a.m.
- Cross Lanes Branch Library • 304-776-5999: Saturday, November 14, 11 a.m.
Sit! Stay! Read with the Dogs!
We've gone to the dogs... but not just any dogs! These therapy dogs love to help young patrons improve their reading skills by listening as children read to them. All participating dogs are registered as members of a therapy dog team with their owner/trainer. Patrons are required to sign up for a four-week reservation to read to the dogs.
Grades 2-6 • Registration required.
- Individual Reading Sessions from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. November 12, 19 and December 3
- Main Library • 304-343-4646
MonKey & Me: Teaching Children How & Why To Save
How do you teach your children the importance of saving? In today's world of online banking and plastic cards, the concept of money can be difficult to explain. Let the experts help - this presentation helps explain these concepts, while identifying needs vs. wants on a level your child can understand. Learn more at www.pioneerwv.org
Grades K-6 • Registration required.
- Sissonville Branch Library • 304-984-2244: Monday, November 9, 6 p.m.
River City Youth Ballet
The River City Youth Ballet, the Official Youth Ballet for the State of West Virginia, will present a short performance at area libraries featuring selections from their fall shows, The Snow Queen and The Nutcracker. Children of all ages are invited to attend and meet some of the cast members. Ballet stories and activities by library staff round out the program.
All ages • Registration required.
- Main Library • 304-343-4646: Tuesday, November 10, 6 p.m.
- Dunbar Branch Library • 304-766-7161: Saturday, November 14, 12 p.m.
- Elk Valley Branch Library • 304-965-3636: Thursday, November 12, 6 p.m.
Going to the Moon
If you decide to go to the moon
J 629.454 MCN.FWritten in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing to lift-off to traveling through space, ultimately landing at the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first lunar landing. Full color.
Mission to the moon
J 629.45 DYE.AFrom liftoff to splashdown, this is the story of our most incredible journey - as you've never seen it before! Just in time for the fortieth anniversary of the first lunar landing and moonwalk, Mission to the Moon is a behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated commemoration of this history-making event.
Moon
J 523.3 MIT.JA guide to the Moon discusses its physical characteristics, relationship to the Earth, and the history of human reactions to and exploration of it.
The moon might be milk
JE SHU.LA young girl asks her animal friends what they think the moon is made of, and her grandmother proves that each theory is partly correct. Includes recipe.
Moon over Star
JE AST.DOn her family's farm in the town of Star, eight-year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing and dreams that she might one day be an astronaut, too.
Reaching for the moon
J B ALD.BAn autobiography of American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who landed on the moon with Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 expedition.
The way back home
JE JEF.OStranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes.