The Children's Room

 

Our Children's Librarians have years of experience working with youngsters and the books they love. Weekly Storytimes and all other programs and activities are thoughtfully designed to encourage, in children of all ages, curiousity, learning, social engagement and a love of books and reading.

Our regular programs include:

Weekly Story times  for toddlers and for Preschool-Kindergarten. Nancy and Carolyn pick the best stories and come up with fun songs, dance, and crafts. Sometimes held outdoors for extra fun!

Monthly Baby Time with Carolyn an interactive story time for 0 through 24 months designed to stimulate hand-eye coordination, awareness, verbalization, listening skills and it is just plain fun. Also a great opportunity for young parents to meet one another.

Meet our latest Teacher LIbrarian 

Meet our latest Teacher Librarian - Nikki DeSantis. Ms. DeSantis has been at Danville Elementary for 25 years, currently teaching second grade, and she was a student there herself!

Ms. DeSantis has hundreds of books in her classroom and she loves when students are excited to share a fact they learned reading a book or when they tell her a joke they found in a book.

Maybe someday one of these students will follow her footsteps and return to Danville Elementary to foster the love of reading in their students.

Some of her favorite books are on display at the libray. We hope parents will bring their children to the library to see h them and get some of their own.

Nikki is our fifth Teacher Librarian. We love meeting the Danville educators and our partnership to promote reading.

 

 

 

1000  Books Before Kindergarten is an ongoing program for children 0-5.  This a free national program is designed to get children ready to learn to read when they begin school. Readers earn milestone stickers and parade around the library when they reach 1,000! 

Congratulations to Quinn who recently completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge!

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is an ongoing program for children 0-5. This a free national program is designed to get children ready to learn to read when they begin school. Readers earn milestone stickers and parade around the library when they reach 1,000!

Quinn read 1,000 books before he started kindergarten this fall! He received his certifiticate and crown this week and also a parade through the library! Congratulations Quinn

 

We're Saying Goodbye to Nancy!

        

Please see a message below from Nancy Sheridan who is retiring next week. Nancy was also a Trustee of the library for ten years prior to joining the staff in 2007 and also served on the Building Committee for the library expansion.

Nancy works "upstairs" greeting everyone with her cheerful and helping nature as well as "downstairs" where she is known as "Miss Nancy" and where she has delighted legions of Danville children with stories thoughout the years. Her love of and vast knowledge of literature for children of all ages and good reads for adults has made her an invaluable asset to our library and and a joy to work with. We will miss her terribly!

Dear Friends,

How sad to say goodbye to all the friends and families I’ve met after more than 17 years at the Colby Library! I’ll be retiring on November 7th, and although I’m excited about moving on to new adventures, I will really miss you all. So many wonderful conversations over the years–from talks about books, community happenings, family stories, and more. It’s been a pleasure getting to know so many of my neighbors, to see families grow and change, and to be able to put a great book into someone’s hands. Thank you for letting me share those things with you.

I will still be in town, so I hope to see you in the library!

Happy reading!

 

 

 

KID LIBRARIAN PROGRAM

 

 

Meet our newest Kid Librarian - Amelia! Amelia, 10, likes  graphic novels. If your 8-to-12-year-old loves to read, we are taking "job applications" for Kid Librarian! The chosen children will get to pick a theme (or their favorite books) to make a fun book display in the children's room. All books must be from the Juvenile Fiction or Juvenile Non-fiction collections.
Bring your readers in to check out Amelia's display and apply to do their own. If you have already applied please be patient as we have had lots of interest!