Enjoy photos of this month’s Read to a Dog! Read to a Dog is a monthly program for families at the Huntley Area Public Library. The volunteer animals are licensed therapy dogs and are accompanied by their owners for the program. Families sign up for a fifteen minute time slot. Readers can bring a book from home or choose one from the library. Visit the library to meet one of our volunteer licensed therapy dogs! For more … Read more
Getting ready for our summer reading program, kids created superhero sayings at Art Discovery this month. Bam! Zap! Pow! Art Discovery is a program at the Huntley Area Public Library that usually takes place every other month. It is geared toward 3rd through 5th graders. Visit the library for Art Discovery with Miss Anne. For more details, dates and times for Art Discovery, please check the Huntley Area Public Library’s official website, the print or online copy of the library’s … Read more
Enjoy pictures of Project Tween Sun Catchers! Tweens used wire, beads and ribbons to make a colorful sun catcher. Project Tween is a monthly program geared for youth between 10-14 years old at the Huntley Area Public Library.
Families enjoyed stories and a craft brought to you by Brownie Troop 1009. For more details, dates and times for children’s programs, please check the Huntley Area Public Library’s official website, the print or online copy of the library’s newsletter The Whole Story.
For this month’s Pajamarama, we read about food! We read “Little Pea” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and talked about foods we like to eat. Kids had fun singing Flip Flap Jack and guessing what foods made up his body. Then we made a pancake craft and enjoyed a snack. Yum! Pajamarama is a monthly story time program at the Huntley Area Public Library that usually takes place on the second Tuesday of the month. It is geared towards families … Read more
Photos from the library’s teen Star Wars event! We made light sabers, learned to pilot droids, practiced our Death Star destruction techniques, did some Jedi yoga, and refreshed ourselves with Yoda Soda, Darth Pop, and Chewbacca cookies.
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare Classic Drama/Play Historical Fiction Romance Review #1 * * Stars (Just ok) This classic play is a tale of betrayal, destiny, and fortune. It gives greater insight on the somewhat far off figure that Julius Caesar sometimes is to the modern reader. It also offers a different view of Caesar’s personality if you read Antony’s speech. A bit dull at times, yet a great story!
Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler Realistic Fiction Romance * * * * Stars (Great!) Mara Valentine is a model student and daughter and has her whole future mapped out for her when her “niece” V comes to live with her. V is almost the same age, and is wilder, freer, and more spontaneous than Mara could ever hope to be. And she’ll be attending the same high school. And Mara’s parents want Mara to … Read more
Scythe by Neal Shusterman Dystopian Science Fiction * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) In the future, humans have given over the governing and control of society to an artificial intelligence known as the Thunderhead (which evolved from the Cloud/data storage). “…[T]he Thunderhead was incorruptible. Not only that, but its algorithms were built on the full sum of human knowledge. All the time and money wasted on political posturing, the lives lost in wars, the … Read more
The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Told from the points of view of four different teenagers growing up in Alaska in the 1970s, this takes a look at what it’s like for Ruth, who is unknowingly following in the footsteps of her ancestors (and ends up in a nunnery), Alyce, who desperately wants to become a professional dancer, but has to work … Read more