The Macedon Public Library is fully open for in-person visits. Computers are available and the Discovery Room is also open. Masks are strongly encouraged for all patrons, even if you have been vaccinated. We will continue to offer “Grab and Go” services for those who prefer to place their books on hold online and then pick them up in the cabinet outside the library.
Here are a few of the new books for children that have come to the library recently. We invite you to check them out!
Happy Diwali!
Celebrate Diwali with Peppa and her family in this gorgeous storybook with a sheet of stickers! Based on the hit TV show on Nick Jr.It is Diwali and Peppa and her family are learning all about the Festival of Lights. Mummy and Daddy Pig are cooking a feast while Granny and Grandpa Pig bring everyone special clothes to wear. Then it’s time for the party to begin! This storybook comes with a fact sheet in the back about Diwali and a sheet of stickers. For ages 3-5.
Hello, Beautiful You
Get ready for sweet togetherness as you snuggle up with your little ones and show them how truly extraordinary and beautiful they are. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this joyful celebration is the perfect way to rejoice and teach your child that they too, can spread their light! This board book is part of the Bright Brown Baby publishing program, a celebration of Black and brown joy, babies, and families that “extends a hand to new parents wanting to tell their little ones how precious they are” (Kirkus Reviews). For ages baby-3.
Oh, Sal
A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning, bestselling, and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller and Billy Miller Makes a Wish. This short, humorous, and accessible novel for newly independent readers focuses on Billy’s younger sister, Sal, and what unfolds during an eventful holiday season at the Miller house. The Miller family is celebrating its first holiday with the new baby. Billy is excited that Uncle Jake is visiting, but nothing about this holiday season is making Billy’s little sister Sal happy. The baby is a noisy nuisance and hogging all of Mama’s attention. Plus, the baby doesn’t even have a name yet. To make matters worse, Sal lost the very best gift that Santa gave her! Will Sal find her present? Will the Millers find a name for the baby? Will Billy always be an annoying big brother?
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