Children's Update: Lake Jackson

In October we went a little wild with the letters W-I-L-D at preschool storytime. We read about wild things, itchy things, falling leaves and animals that start with D. We had our annual Trick or Treat ’rade on city hall and added “Dark, Dark Night” to our letter D program. For crafts children made their own “wild things” and decorated a die cut tree with punched out leaves. Each child is also creating his or her own alphabet book with a weekly handout, an activity page, and a page on which they glue the letter of the week along with a picture. For November, our themes are Quack Quack, Honk Honk, Pop Pop and Gobble Gobble.

Three teens showed up for the October Wii program. Twenty people showed up for a Henna Tattoo program which was generously presented by Farah Habib. Teens are invited to an upcoming Twilight Party from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on November 18 to play trivia, win some prizes and enjoy some snacks. Teens are also invited to come play games of all kinds on National Gaming Day.

Registration for both book clubs has increased greatly. Though not everyone attended, 17 children registered for the Readers Circle and 15 for the Bookaneers.

Eight children in the Bookaneers Book Club for Grades 4-6 discussed the book “Found” by Margaret Peterson Haddix and enjoyed pizza from Domino’s. The group will be discussing “The Cricket in Times Square” by George Selden in November.

Thirteen children in the Readers Circle for Grades 1-3 discussed “One Potato, Two Potato” by Cynthia DeFelice and also enjoyed some pizza. In November, we will be discussing “Joseph Had a Little Overcoat” by Simms Taback.

Sara, the children’s coordinator, and I attended Open House at the Lake Jackson Intermediate School. We presented information on the library, our services and upcoming events to almost 50 people.

The 24th Annual Book Swap begins in November. Children can bring their gently-used books to the library and receive “book bucks” in exchange. Those “book bucks” can be redeemed December 5 for other books. Details are available at the library.

A bi-monthly Readers Club for Grades 6-8 will begin in January. Registration will be in December. Interested readers please contact the children’s librarian for more information.

Susan, children's librarian