Canton Public Library is teaming up with Canton Leisure Services to provide fun activities for the whole family. See the Fall edition of Discover for more information.

• Holidays at the Bartlett-Travis House

Do you watch your grandchildren on a regular basis? Looking for something fun and different to do with them? Want to meet other grandparents who babysit too? The CPL Grandparents Group provides fun activities for you and your grandchildren.

• Billy Bear's Happy Valentine's Day Games, crafts and more. 
• Cards and Crafts for Valentine's Day Craft projects fro preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. 
• Funschool Valentine's Day Activity Center You'll find games, crafts, jokes and e-cards at this site from the Kaboose network. 
• Ivy's Valentine Coloring Pages Coloring pages to print plus links to other Valentine's crafts.

• The First Thanksgiving This site from Scholastic tells what life was like for both the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag around the Plymouth Colony of 1621.
• The History of Thanksgiving This site from the History Channel tells the origins of our Thanksgiving rituals.

• Billy Bear says... Happy St. Patrick's Day Fun site with games, puzzles, coloring and clip art.
• St. Patrick's Day @ Alphabet Soup Songs and poems as well as games, recipes and art and printables. 
• St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids Coloring pages, crafts, games, recipes and links to other cool St. Patrick's Day sites. 
• St. Patrick's Day Fun Crafts, activities and recipes from Familyfun.com 
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• Billy Bear's 4th of July Coloring pages, clip art, games and more!
• Betsy Ross Homepage 
• Flag of the United States
• Flag Picture Gallery
• Make a Flag Cake
• Happy Birthday America This site gives U.S. history, information about the U.S. flag and some fireworks safety tips.
• U.S.

Halloween Books

• Boo Who? 
• CPL lists of Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket read-alikes

• Earth Day Network Official site of the non-profit coordinating group for worldwide Earthday activities.
• Earth Day at Kid's Domain Stories, games, songs, crafts and recipes to help commemorate the day. 
• Earth Day from Familyeducation.com Are you and your family eco-friendly?

Location	Author	Title
J 398.238 AES		Aesop's Fables
J Fiction ALCOTT	Alcott, L.M.	Little Women
J Fiction ALEXANDER	Alexander, L.	The Black Cauldron
YA Paperback A	Andersen, H.C.	Andersen's Fairy Tales
J 398.235 PHI		The Arabian Nights
J Fiction ATWATER	Atwater, Richard	Mr.

Author	Title
For 2nd-4th graders
Kawai, Ritsuko	The Adventures of Hamtaro
Wise, William	Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
For 4th-6th graders
Allende, Isabel	Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Alton, Steve	The Malifex
Ashby, John	Sea Gift
Bledsoe, Lucy Jane	The Antarctic Scoop
Bredsdorff, Bodil

• Bethany Robert's Easter Fun for Kids Activities, games, stories and poems. 
• Billy Bear's Happy Easter Games, online coloring book, crafts.
• Easter Fun at PrimaryGames Games, coloring pages and stationary.
• Egg-celent Easter Animated stories, coloring pages and games for little ones at this site from Lil' Fingers. 

• Children's Haiku Garden A collection of haiku verse and illustrations by children from all over the world.
• Giggle, Giggle, Snicker, Laugh! Poetry from teacher and author Robert Pottle
• Giggle Poetry Read poetry, learn how to write your own, author interviews 
• Magnetic Poetry Just like the refrigerator magnet poetry, use your mouse to move tiles around to create your own poem on a theme, or unscramble classic Nursery Rhymes.

Online Registration Alert!

• All kids MUST have their own library card and have it registered with Canton Public Library's system to register for any Children's or Tween program.
• Registration begins two weeks prior to the program.
• No phone registration will be accepted.  
• Add your email address to your child's library card to get storytime and other programming updates.

Discover a variety of fun and instructional web sites for families ages birth through early elementary

• Caldecott Medal Winners
• Children's Literature Award Lists
• The Coretta Scott King Award
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
• Newbery Medal Winners
• Notable books for a Global Society
• State Book Awards

General Web Sites

• Authors and Illustrators on the Web
• Educational Paperback Association's Top 100 Authors
• KidsReads.com Authors

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• Tony Abbott
• David A.

The escape from home by Avi

Egg-drop blues by Jacqueline Turner Banks

The lost years of Merlin by T.A. Barron

The ghost in the mirror by John Bellairs ; completed by Brad Strickland

Also check out the Harry Potter series for great 5th Grade reads.

Where the red fern grows : the story of two dogs and a boy by Wilson Rawls

Titanic crossing by Barbara Williams

The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 by a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis

Ramona's world by Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Alan Tiegreen

The birthday room by Kevin Henkes

The Blue Hill Meadows by Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Ellen Beier

Frindle by Andrew Clements ; pictures by Brian Selznick

Location	Author	Title
J Easy Fiction ADLER	Adler	Cam Jansen Mysteries
J Series B	Berenstain	Berenstain Bears Big Chapter Books
J Paperback B	Blume	Fudge-a-Mania
J Paperback B	Byars	Beans on the Roof
J Paperback C	Catling	Chocolate Touch
J Easy Fiction CHRISTIAN	Christian	Sebastian (Super Sleuth) Books
J Paperback C	Christophe