eBooks for Kids

The library is excited to be able to provide two new online book services for young people - TumbleBooks for early readers and TumbleReadables for older elementary through high school students. Access to either resource is simple with no login required! Find them under the Books and Reading link in the Kids section of our website.

Program for Teens

Explore Ancient Egypt

Wednesday, January 18th and February 15th @ 4pm.

Join us for two sessions of exploration about pharaohs and female rulers. Recent Iowa State graduate and anthropology major, Kathryn Mortenson will share interesting and exciting details about this fascinating period of civilization. Teens will have the opportunity to make a cartouche and eat like an Egyptian.

 


Happy New Year!

Programs for the New Year begin January 3

Winter Library Program, “Vote for Books, Elect to Read!” starts January 3.

Pick up a reading log and start reading to earn a new book.
Programs for babies and toddlers, preschoolers, school age kids, middle school and teens.

Storytime starts Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 10:30, with fantasy stories.

D.A.S.H. starts Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 1:00, Treats for Troops. Meet a real soldier and pack boxes of goodies to send to our troops in Afghanistan.

Movie Matinee, Wednesdays, Jan. 11, 18, and 25 at 3:45, with popcorn.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Hugo – the movie

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for excellence in illustration in children’s literature. The award caused a stir at the time, since it is generally awarded to illustrators of picture books, rather than novels. But Hugo is no ordinary novel. The 500 page book is told in both picture and text, in fact it has nearly 300 pages of pictures. Influenced by the early animation effects of French filmmaker Georges Meliere, Selznick modeled his book illustrations on animation cels. Selznick was fascinated by the life of Meliere himself, and cleverly inserts the filmmaker into the story.


The movie version of the book was released on Nov. 23 in 3D format. Directed by Martin Scorcese, the film has received praise for its beautiful cinematography and charming story which is engaging for adults and children alike. To see a trailer for the movie, click on the green movie title at the top of this post.

In addition to The Invention of Hugo Cabret Drake Community Library has three other books written by Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck, The Boy of a Thousand Faces and The Houdini Box. Selznick has also illustrated a number of other picture books and novels for children. Drop by the library soon and check out one of these books and tune into the magic!

Learn a Language with MANGO

Thanks to funding from Friends of DCL, we have just added Mango Languages to our list of online learning resources. Mango is free of charge to all library card holders and is an easy and effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.

CLICK HERE to learn more and start your online learning.

ADDED BONUS OPPORTUNITY: Through a collaboration with Grinnell College you have the opportunity to connect with a native speaking “conversation partner” for many of the languages. To sign up for a language partner fill out this form.

Downloadable Audiobooks & Ebooks

Check out Drake Community Library’s Virtual Branch!

WILBORSearch over 7000 eBook & audiobook titles! Download to your computer or mobile device and enjoy!
See http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com for details.
DCL received a grant from Grinnell College to enable this service.