Join Miss Laura for a book all about animal tails!
Story Times are happening in-person again!
Which animal tails can you recognize?
Animal Tails by Ken Kawata illustrated by Masayuki Yabuuchi
Bonus Tail:
This week is Pollinator Week, so we’re learning all about pollinators!
Bees, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, and lots of other animals that help plants by moving pollen so they can make seeds.
Join Miss Laura for a virtual story time about one of the most important pollinators for our food supply- the HONEYBEE!
Learn more about bees and other pollinators by searching for books about them in our catalog, or by checking out these links:
Ancestry Library Edition is accessible now through September from your home computer or device!
Patrons with Round Lake Library or Round Lake-Malta Branch issued cards can use their card number (starts with 10014, no spaces) at https://roundlake.sals.edu/ancestry to search Ancestry’s database for historic and genealogical records.
Please note that the Library Edition does not include full access to all features available thru Ancestry.
For patrons registered at other libraries, please access this service through your home library’s website.
Return of the ROBOTS!
The library’s four LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotics kits can now be taken out on a 14 day loan from the Malta Branch for home use.
With a kit, you can build one of many different kinds of robots, following plans from LEGO or other sources, and then program your robot from a PC or tablet.
You can download the free programming software from LEGO onto your own device or borrow a Library PC with the software already installed.
LEGO’s software is drag-and-drop graphic programming suitable for the recommended 10+ age group. Other more advanced programming languages such as Python and RobotC can also be used.
EV3 extension kits are also available for building even more elaborate robots.
Pickups and returns must be scheduled in advance, and are only available at the Malta Branch.
For questions or to schedule a pickup, email Paul at plavin@sals.edu.
Dolly Parton will read bedtime stories- premiering at 6pm on Thursday, April 2
Jeff Goldblum reads Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
Grover reads The Monster At The End Of This Book
Local teens reading picture books on Facebook
Story Time From Space with Astronauts on the International Space Station
#OPERATIONSTORYTIME | Your Favorite Authors Host Story Time Online!
Olaf the Snowman (Josh Gad) is reading bedtime stories on Twitter
Neil Gaiman’s Mouse Circus website for Young Readers– includes full readings of Coraline and The Graveyard Book
Betty White reads Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Author Mo Willem hosts a live virtual online Lunch Doodle every weekday at 1pm ET
Storynory: A vast collection of audio stories where children can read along to the text. The website’s library includes original stories, fairy tales, and classics.
We will be adding to this list, so check back!
Check out Google Street View and Google Art & Culture for tours of famous sites and museums
*These links are not affiliated with the library.*
9/8/20- Thanks to Sarah for some great new links!
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden livestreams via Facebook
Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams
National Aquarium in Baltimore
FarmFood 360 11 Virtual Tours
American Dairy Virtual Farm Tours (by age group)
Star Atlas Virtual Planetarium
Stellarium Virtual Planetarium
Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas
VOMA Virtual Online Museum of Art
New York State Museum’s exhibit Represent: Contemporary Native American Art
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Petra (aka that stone temple from Indiana Jones)
The Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Trip to Jerusalem (also available for older grades)
The Giant’s Causeway in Ireland
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
Galapagos Islands National Geographic Expeditions
Explore a coral reef in the Bahamas
African safari to the Etosha National Park in Namibia, Africa
360 Virtual East African Safaris