Ellie the Flower Girl The Critter Club #14 by Callie Barkley Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Ellie has always dreamed of being a flower girl. Well, her dream does come true. Her cousin Hailey asks her to be a flower girl for her wedding. The Critter Club gets a surprising visit from a little French bulldog. Ellie tries hard to find it a home, but she’s having no luck. She … Read more
Where Hope Prevails Return to the Canadian West #3 by Janette Oke Adventure Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Elizabeth Thatcher can’t wait to return to her beloved Coal Valley, after a long summer with her family. Her Mountie Jarrick Thorton has not yet proposed, but she already knows what her answer will be. His duties take him away from Coal Valley so much that he feels he is just starting to … Read more
Enjoy photos of kids showing off their incredible imaginations and super building skills at Lego Club this month! For more details, dates and times for upcoming 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.
Enjoy pictures of Project Tween Paint & Sip as tweens enjoyed a juice box as they recreated a painting step-by-step. Project Tween is a monthly program geared for youth between 10-14 years old at the Huntley Area Public Library.
Enjoy photos from this month’s Pajamarama. We read stories about friends, like “Will You Be My Friend?” by Susan Lurie. Then we made friendship bracelets, one to keep and one to give to a friend. 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 of 2-6 year olds. Visit the library in your PJs for … Read more
Come and bring a friend to Lego Club this Monday at 6:30pm. You can register online or call us at 847-669-5386, then press 4 for the Children’s area. We supply the Lego’s, you supply the imagination!
Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow series #2 by Orson Scott Card Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Shadow of the Hegemon explains what happens after Ender defeats the Formics and war breaks out on Earth. Peter, having written Locke and Demosthenes, is accepted as Hegemon, which is more of a ceremonial title that has no power.
Ender’s Shadow Shadow series #1 Companion to Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Ender’s Shadow was interesting from beginning to end because it mostly replayed the story of Ender’s Game, but from another boy’s perspective.
Xenocide Ender’s Game #3 by Orson Scott Card Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) In Xenocide, Ender hopes he has found a sustainable home for the Hive Queen on Lusitania, a rebellious world to the Federation of Planets. Meanwhile, on Path, which is an old Chinese world, the computer program known as Jane, is working with mere civilians to save Lusitania from the Doctor Device, or the Molecular Disruption Device.
Speaker for the Dead Ender’s Game #2 by Orson Scott Card Science Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Speaker for the Dead takes you into about one thousand years after Ender’s victory in war, because he is traveling at relativistic speeds trying to find a new home for the Hive Queen of the alien race he vanquished. The book is very predictable because each vignette includes Ender Speaking someone’s funeral as a … Read more