Too Purpley!

Too Purpley by Jean Reidy, is a cute story about a little girl who finds many things wrong with her clothes from being too purpley to too baggy or taggy, or just plain too matchy. Told from a child’s perspective, yet it’s clever and enjoyable as everyone can relate to having issues with their clothes at one time or another.
Don't miss the follow-up to Too Purpley!, Too Pickley!

Just Press Play

On your next trip to the library please be sure to check-out our Playaway display near the Easy Reader collection. Playaway, the world's first pre-loaded digital audio player, are perfect for home, in the car, or on the go! Just add one AAA battery, some headphones or speakers and you are set for a reading adventure.

Book Review: Picture Book

How to Clean Your Room in Ten Easy Steps by Jennifer LaRue Huget

This delightful picture book geared for kindergarten through 2nd grade children, has quickly become one of our new favorites. Not exactly a book filled with valid cleaning tips for cleaning you room, this book will give you whimsical tips, like don’t answer your mother until she calls out all three of your names or, give your moldy pizza crusts to your sister. Or better yet, line up all your stuffed animals on your bed and make little blankets for them out of tissue. It’s a silly portrait of what kids dread the most, picking up their room.

Get your headphones ready!

Have you checked-out our audio section lately? The New Lenox Public Library has several ways for you to listen to your favorite books. Of course there are many books on CD and cassette tape to choose from, but we also have Playaways (pre-loaded portable audiobooks, just add headphones!) and Audiobooks you can download to your computer.

Audio books are great motivational tools to help all readers improve their listening and comprehension skills. They may also increase vocabulary and help children learn the proper way to pronounce difficult words. More importantly audio books are an engaging and pleasing activity suited for the whole family.

Here are a couple of our favorite titles:

Available on CD

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park (The Complete Collection)
Audio CD J F PAR

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne (Books 1-43)
Audio CD J F OSB

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K Rowling
Audio CD J F ROW

Available on Playaway

The Giver by Louis Lowry
Playaway J F LOW

The 39 Clues (Books 1-9)
Playaway J F THI

Available as an Audiobook

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O’Connor
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Books with CD’s

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
CD BOOK BRO

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
CD BOOK CRO

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
CD BOOK ZIO

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
CD BOOK TAB

Summer Wrap-Up

Thanks to all our awesome readers for making this year's Scare Up A Good Book Summer Reading Program such a great success! We had nearly 1700 kids sign up for the reading program - WOW! Many bigger kids finished all 12 hours of reading while many babies and toddlers finished all 30 books! A big round of applause to all of our fantastic readers! We hope you are enjoying all your fun prizes and coupons. You should be proud of yourselves! A big thank you also goes out to our amazing volunteers who staffed the sign-up table and helped pass out prizes to our readers. Thanks, everyone!

Summer Reading Program Finale: Not-So-Scary Costume Party

For all those kids who read for 12 hours and turned in an RSVP form for the Not-So-Scary Costume Party, don't forget the party is this Saturday, August 7th! We'll see you at 10:30 a.m. at Spencer Crossing! Come dressed in your favorite costume for fun, music, snacks, games and more!

Check out a Museum Adventure Pass!

Need a fun way to beat the summer heat? Check out a suburban museum!

Thanks to a grant from Macy's, we are excited to offer a limited number of free or reduced-price museum admission passes to our adult New Lenox Public Library cardholders! Passes must be checked out on a New Lenox Library card, and families are limited to one pass per seven days. Passes are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be obtained in person.

Just a few of the participating Museum Adventure Pass locations include: Air Classics Museum of Air and Space (Sugar Grove), Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield), Chicago Botanic Gardens (Glencoe), Grau Mill and Museum (Oak Brook), KidsWork Children's Museum (Frankfort), Lake County Discovery Museum (Wauconda), and the Morton Arboretum (Lisle)! Think of all the fun you can have this summer!

For a complete listing of participating museums, websites and hours, visit the program's website at www.museumadventure.org

Interested in checking out a museum pass? Stop in or call the library for more information!