CHILDREN
Children's Collection
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Enjoy a wonderful selection of materials available through the EPLD children's department! Juvenile materials are located on the lower level of the library, which is accessible by stairs and by elevator.
Youth Services Collections:
There is also a make-and-take craft station! (The train table, puzzles, and interactives have been put away due to the pandemic.) Are you a teacher or homeschool parent? Feel free to fill out our Educational Materials Request Form when you need books for upcoming learning! |
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New Juvenile Books
JANUARY 2021
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Board Books:
JP Hudson – The Golden Acorn JP Love-Byrd – How Many Do I Love You? Tiny Books: JP Daywalt – Love from the Crayons Picture Books: JP Adams – Love Is JP Bruel – Bad Kitty Gets a Bath JP Bruel – Bad Kitty Goes on Vacation JP Callot – The Pink Umbrella JP Cushman – Soaked! JP DiPucchio – How To Grow Happiness JP Dubuc – Up the Mountain Path JP Finison – Dozens of Doughnuts JP Guendelsberger – Inky the Octopus JP Hayes – The Elephants Guide to Hide-and-Seek JP Higgins – Spring Stucks JP Kung – No Fuzzball! JP Little Learners – I Spy with My Little Eye. Valentine’s Day JP Lord – The Mess That We Made JP Luckey – Sending Balloons to Heaven JP Malia – Too Sticky: Sensory Issues with Autism JP Montgomery – Inky’s Amazing Escape JP Rosenthal – Chopsticks JP Rylant – Snow JP Schmidt – Almost Time JP Shaffer – Emergency Kittens! JP Tullous – A Gift To Remember JP Vaught – Together We Grow JP Watkins – Mabel: A Mermaid Fable Easy Readers: E Capucilli – Biscuit and the Little Llamas E Kratts – Wild Dogs and Canines! (Wild Kratts) Chapter Books: JP*Dowell – Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan JP* Harrison – The Enchanted Ruby (The Rescue Princesses) JP* Harrison – The Snow Jewel (The Rescue Princesses) JP* Shaskin – Pizza and Taco: Who’s the Best Graphic Novels: JF Buckley – Harriet Tubman: Fighter for Freedom (Show Me History!) JF Hale – Alamo All Stars (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hale – Big Bad Ironclad! (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hale – Donner Dinner Party (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hale – Lafayette! (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hale – Major Impossible (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hale – Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) JF Hirsch – Rocks and Minerals (Science Comics) JF Maddox – Home Plate Heist JF Maddox – Running Wild JF Maddox – Skateboard Summer JF Maddox – Swim Team Trouble JF Pilkey – Cat Kid Comic Club JF Smith – Wannabees (Pea, Bee & Jay #2) JF Sutherland – The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4) |
Fiction:
JF Andrews – Spindlefish and Stars JF Blume – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing JF Braswell – Once Upon A Dream (A Twisted Tale) JF Braswell – A Whole New World (A Twisted Tale) JF Johnston – Ahsoka (Star Wars) JF Keene – Danger at the Iron Dragon (Nancy Drew Diaries #21) JF Lee – Minecraft: The Shipwreck JF McLean – Blackbeard’s Ship: The Voyages of Queen Anne’s Revenge JF Mathison – Believe JF Myracle – The Backward Season (Wishing Day #3) JF Patterson – Field Trip Fiasco (Middle School #13) JF Simon – Ice Cream and Sweet Dreams (Sprinkle Sundays #12) JF Stilton – Superstore Surprise (Geronimo Stilton) JF Teagan – Kira Down Under (American Girl Kira #1) JF Teagan – Kira’s Animal Rescue (American Girl Kira #2) Books on CD: J CD 1170 Dixon – Return to Black Bear Mountain (Hardy Boys Adventures #20) J CD 1188 Appleton – The Spybot Invasion (Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy #5) J CD 1189 Keene – The Vanishing Statue (Nancy Drew Diaries #20) J CD 1196 Kadohata – Saucy Nonfiction: J 323.11 Smith – What Is the Civil Rights Movement? J 338.7 Shaw – What Is Nintendo? J 507.8 Dziengel – Steam Play & Learn J 507.8 Chatterton – Awesome Science Experiments for Kids J 507.8 Heinecke – Steam Lab for Kids J 551.57 Shaw – Curious About Snow J 590 Clarke – The Fascinating Animal Book for Kids: 500 Wild Facts! J 613.7 Towler – Yoga Animals J 621 Schul – Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids J 629.45 Rocco – How We Got To the Moon J 629.8 Katovich – Awesome Robotics Project for Kids J 641.5 MasterChef – MasterChef Junior Cookbook J 741.5 Watterson – Calvin & Hobbes Sunday Pages, 1985 - 1995 J 741.5 Watterson – The Days Are Just Packed (Calvin & Hobbes) J 796.02 Buckley – Scholastic Year in Sports 2021 J 818.54 Moore – Tough Riddles for Smart Kids J 920.72 Favilli – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women J 973.2 Morley – You Wouldn’t Want to be an American Colonist Biography: JB Confucius – Who Was Confucius? JB Ellington – Who Was Duke Ellington? JB Harris – Who Is Kamala Harris? JB Stokes – Lil’ Bet and the Big Blue Airplane Parent Collection: 248.8 Clarkson – Awakening Wonder 649 Borba – UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succe |
Children's Programs
Story times and other fun programs are held each month throughout the year.
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Regular programs:
Storytime in the LibraryIn-person storytime and craft time has resumed! All children are welcome. Limited space is available. Please call Miss Angela (309-467-2922) if you would like to attend. |
Special programs:
Children's Art ChallengeAll art challenge creations are due on or before February 1. They will be on display at the library during the month of February. All participants will earn a Chick-fil-A kids meal. 
Birthday Story Writing ChallengeMiss Angela's birthday is in March and she wants to hear about your birthdays! We will have a story writing challenge for the month of March for all children 8th grade and younger. Write a story about your birthday, how you got your name, a special birthday memory, or any birthday story you would like to share. Submit it to childrensepld@gmail.com, drop it in the book drop, or give it to Miss Angela in the Children's Library. She will read them with your permission for special online storytimes in March and April. All participants will receive a free Culver's ice cream or a kid meal to Chick-fil-A. Starts Monday, March 1 Free program. No registration required. 
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!March 2 we will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. The Children's Library will feature a special display and gifts to pick up during the first week of March. Tuesday, March 2 Free Program. No registration required. 
DIY Bouncy Ball projectPick up your kit to make a DIY Bouncy Ball from the Children's Library on March 10! Wednesday, March 10 Free program. No registration required. |
Online Children's Resources
World Book Online:
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TumbleBook Library:
TumbleBook Library - K-6 children's ebook database
Use the following username and password: username: eurekapld password: libra |
The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Videos (from National Geographic), TumbleTV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which the company licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. You will NOT need a Eureka Library card or PIN. Just click on the image to the left to explore online resources for kids!
You can also download the TumbleBooks app for your preferred device below:
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Award Winner Lists:
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The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Readers' Choice Award
The Bluestem Award: Illinois' 3-5 Readers' Choice Award Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' (4-8) Book Award |
Youth Award List Titles Now in eRead Illinois Axis 360
The 2021 Monarch, Bluestem, Lincoln, and Rebecca Caudill award titles are now available in eRead Illinois Axis 360. Find them on our Axis 360 site today.
The 2021 Monarch, Bluestem, Lincoln, and Rebecca Caudill award titles are now available in eRead Illinois Axis 360. Find them on our Axis 360 site today.
Additional Educational Resources for Kids:
This website features members of the Screen Actors Guild reading children's stories online. 
Games and activities by grade level Pre-K though 5th. 
TurtleDiary includes educational online games for grade level Pre-K through 5th, as well as specific math games and arts and crafts. |
This website features public-created webmixes of their favorite sites. We recommend "Library Symbaloo" for a mix of educational resource and game sites. 
Educational games and activities related to PBS shows, including art and science for older kids! |
Available On The Library's Public Computers!
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ABC Mouse has a program just for libraries! With over 3,500 fun-filled learning activities, find ways to help your child enjoy exploring the world!
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For additional information on children's programs or materials, please call the library at 467-2922 during library hours and ask to speak with someone in the children's department. You can also contact the Youth Services Manager, Angela Roberts, by emailing childrensepld@gmail.com or submitting a request using the form to the right. |
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