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There are lots of ways to be strong. When Rob Kearney was a kid he was STRONG. He was able to lift heavy boxes and open jars with the tightest lids. He tried activities that tested his strength. His…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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Alam starts his novel on the most ordinary of notes. Amanda and Clay and their two kids, Archie and Rose, are headed to a rural area of Long Island for a summer vacation. They've rented a house, a…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… the most ordinary of notes. Amanda and Clay and their two kids, Archie and Rose, are headed to a rural area of Long …
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MADreads post
I loved playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? a computer game created in 1985 by the American software company Broderbund. The game was originally classified as a "mystery…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… used in the computer lab when I was a student, to teach kids how to install computer programs and to build typing and …
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Ally Condie had a major hit years ago with her young adult Matched trilogy, and has been a mainstay of the children’s and young adult lists since. The Unwedding marks her adult debut, an entry into…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… him. Ellery does not want to be in Big Sur—she misses her kids back in Colorado—but at the urging of a good friend (and …
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MADreads post
Cuando Mónica va en bicicleta, es más rápida que el viento, pero lo que más más más le gusta del mundo es pintar. Pinta muchas cosas con todos los colores, pero nunca ha pintado un beso. Pinta con…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… up with a rainbow colored discovery. Great to share with kids ages 3-6 and follow with an art project. … Pintando un …
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Resource
Last updated 9 hours 19 minutes ago
… and tinkerers 100+ hobbyist titles including STEAM Lab for Kids and The Lego Build-It Book, Volumes 1 & 2 Case studies …
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MADreads post
Kimêtawânaw! We all play! Animals hide, peek, swim, chase, wiggle, and yawn in this gorgeously illustrated book by Cree-Meetis author, illustrator, and artist Julie Flett. And we play too! Children…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… of the book. This is a great story to read aloud to young kids, with plenty of opportunities for moving your body. The …
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Kids app
Canadian developer, Sago Mini, really knows how to have fun in the snow! This app, similar to their previous apps, Road Trip, Planes and Boats, begins by users choosing a vehicle -- in this…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… exploratory app that will bring a smile to the face of kids of all ages. … Sago Mini Snow Day …
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Kids app
Travel the Australian outback with a cute little wombat, searching for food and a safe place to sleep. This is a story told in 5 chapters of beautiful watercolor paintings.
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… wanting a way to talk about the Australian fires with your kids, this is a gentle entry into that conversation (don't …
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Kids app
Scribbling is an important pre-writing skill. This app gives simple drawing prompts that allow kids to try their scribbling skills on pre-illustrated scenes. When they're done scribbling…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… skill. This app gives simple drawing prompts that allow kids to try their scribbling skills on pre-illustrated …
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MADreads post
Wanda's big brother is the bravest kid she knows, but when her turn comes to match his feats of bravery, things are a lot harder than she thought. The monkey bars don't agree with her, the giant hill…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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MADreads post
I've been super motivated this summer to read political memoirs and manifestos, starting with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's life story, This is What America Looks Like.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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Kids app
Become a magician’s assistant as you explore this playful app! You choose the colors, the tricks, the items to combine and then see what magic the bear magician will create.
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… the gameplay for this app is fairly simple and older kids will be done exploring the whole app rather quickly, it …
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Kids app
Design a fancy hat for your Sago Mini friends -- you can even try the hat on your own head! In this app, kids become the hat maker. Each customer arrives (a standard collection of Sago…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… you can even try the hat on your own head! In this app, kids become the hat maker. Each customer arrives (a standard …
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Kids app
Breaking words down into individual syllables is a key literacy skill and this app gives players a lot of practice with that concept! In this game, users search for familiar words within a pile…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
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MADreads post
Beaming with lightness and brightness, Marla Frazee’s In Every Life shows the great expanse of human experience. With sparse and lyrical text, the book reads like a poem or song. The illustrations…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… looking out at an expanse of shoreline, and a trio of kids enjoying a windy and flowery hilltop. This beautiful …
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Ready for some rollicking and roaring word play? Check out Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart by Mary Ann Hoberman for some unforgettable poems. This is a wonderful treasury for…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… poems. This is a wonderful treasury for elementary school kids. The poems are joyful and include bright and colorful …
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Kids app
With funky modern illustrations, TinyBop invites kids to play with the six classic simple machines (lever, screws, wheels and axles, inclined planes, wedges, and pulley) and make adjustments (like…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… With funky modern illustrations, TinyBop invites kids to play with the six classic simple machines (lever, …
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Impact story
Even though Madison Public Libraries remained mostly closed to the public during the pandemic, a majority of library services didn’t stop, including reference services. They simply shifted from…
Last updated 3 months ago
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MADreads post
A handful of new picture books feature characters and stories from popular books for older kids, introducing these worlds to younger readers!
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… characters and stories from popular books for older kids, introducing these worlds to younger readers! Odder: …
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Book club kit
While on her family's yearly escape to Cape Cod, Rocky, sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, relives the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers, coming face…
Last updated 3 months 3 weeks ago
… to Cape Cod, Rocky, sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, relives the tenderness and …
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MADreads post
There was a boy
name Emile
who fell in love with a field.
It was wide and blue --
and if you could have
seen it
so would've you.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… at having to share the field with sleds and other loud kids. His father reminds him that if others love the field …
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Kids app
Visit seven Sago Mini friends in each of their apartments and discover what they like to do at home! From cooking and gardening to building and exercise, each friend has their own favorite activity.
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… garden gnome, Kiki the raccoon and Neville the penguin. Kids will enjoy taking the elevator between floors and …
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Collection
The Seed Library is a self-sustaining seed exchange program. Choose from flower, herb and produce seeds then "check out" seeds for at-home gardening. After growing and harvesting the vegetables…
Last updated 2 weeks 6 days ago
… Book List for Adults Download Gardening Book List for Kids Winter Seed Library Madison Public Library's Seed …
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MADreads post
Anna is BORED. The museum is full of stuffy art, and all the fun things one can do to stay occupied - like climbing on the kids stuff, and eating one's afternoon snack - are strictly forbidden and…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… things one can do to stay occupied - like climbing on the kids stuff, and eating one's afternoon snack - are strictly …
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Kids app
Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this weather app from marco polo. Choose from three different characters to place into the environment, then make sure they're…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all …
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MADreads post
This is a touching story that starts with a day that is not like the others. Eleven-year-old Sophie Winslow is best friends with her neighbor, eighty-eight-year-old Sophie Gershowitz. Eleven-year-old…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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MADreads post
The American Indian Library Association has created a reading challenge called Read Native 2021. You can find a printable reading tracker for adults and for kids along with suggested reading lists,…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… can find a printable reading tracker for adults and for kids along with suggested reading lists, which will be …
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Resource
Database of magazine articles, recipes, and videos with "how-to" instructions and creative do-it-yourself ideas. Topics include:
Last updated 1 week 6 days ago
… etc.) Indoor recreation - (board games, fantasy sports, kids' crafts, etc.) Needlecrafts & textiles - ( appliqué, …
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MADreads post
J.D. is this librarian’s new hero. The night before his first day of 3rd grade, his wonderful, well meaning mom gives him a terrible haircut. Facing ridicule and embarrassment at school J.D. …
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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Kids app
Telling time on analog clocks was a skill that was difficult for me to learn as a child, so I am always on the lookout for new great ways to teach it to my own kids. This app does a nice job of…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… on the lookout for new great ways to teach it to my own kids. This app does a nice job of first explaining the …
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Kids app
A spooky, Halloween version of the Where is my Hat? app reviewed earlier on this site. The hats are spookier, the costumes are costume-ier and there are spiders in their webs in the corners of…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… in 2-player option, the impulse control practice that kids get while playing it and the silly fun. … Halloween - …
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Kids app
Note: This app is only available on Apple Arcade. A new game from the makers of "Love you to Bits" and "Bring You Home" this app continues on the theme of CUTE cartoony characters on a search for…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… just swooning). This would be a fun one for adults and kids to play together. See what your child can solve without …
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MADreads post
Last weekend was the celebration of the Lunar New Year and it is now the Year of the Dragon. How cool is that? For those of you who celebrated and those who want to learn a bit more, here are a…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… book will have you in fits of giggles, I know my own kids always ask for seconds - Again! And it will definitely …
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MADreads post
Looking for a way to help your child find their own quiet place in a busy, noisy, clambering world? Charlotte and the Quiet Place by Deborah Sosin takes a gentle look at how to find quiet and…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… their child find the quiet inside themselves. For other kids’ books on yoga and meditation try: The Happiest Tree , …
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Kids app
It’s time to take a trip and you’re the pilot! Choose your plane (standard or silly like a corn-on-the-cob plane?), choose your travel companions, then take off and explore the skies!
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… this one is easy and fun for young toddlers but older kids will also gravitate towards it to discover all of the …
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Kids app
Another great interactive world to explore from Sago Mini. This one takes kids to the big city!
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… world to explore from Sago Mini. This one takes kids to the big city! You’ll hear big city sounds in the …
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Book list
Cookbooks | Food Writing
Last updated 3 months 3 weeks ago
… taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her …
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Kids app
This oddball app straddles the line between adorable and gross while challenging logic skills and dexterity. Help the little green piggy escape from the hungry red monster by luring the monster…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… app for you. Otherwise, this is an excellent one for kids and adults to play together (as long as you’re not too …
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Kids app
Although this app was originally designed to be used by professional and aspiring musicians, it is simple and entertaining enough to be a great app for kids as well. The screen has 8 blocks of color…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… it is simple and entertaining enough to be a great app for kids as well. The screen has 8 blocks of color and each color …
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MADreads post
It seems like a perfect meet cute: wide-eyed debutante Eve Ojukwu, fresh from the hinterlands of Kepler, bumps into wealthy bachelor Esteban Mendez-Yuki of megacorp MYCorps on a half-gravity…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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Article
Madison Public Library is excited to host our Period Party - an informational health event at Goodman South Madison Public Library - for the second year in a row! Kids, teens and families…
Last updated 3 months ago
… Madison Public Library - for the second year in a row! Kids, teens and families are invited to come learn more about …
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MADreads post
It’s not very often a science fiction book wins the Newbery Award and the Pura Belpré Award but The Last Cuentista did this year. The Last Cuentista is a dystopian story with tales of Mexican…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… world. She has woken up to find that she and three other kids are the last ones to be revived from being in stasis for …
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Kids app
The Toca Life series tackles the sometimes difficult topic of hospitals in this very well-made app. As in all Toca Life apps, it’s all about open-ended play.
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… creating their own stories. Unlike most “doctor” apps for kids, Toca Life is brave enough to even allow space for …
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Kids app
Want to go on a virtual vacation to a warm island spot? Try Sago Mini Vacation! Players can explore a vacation home, water slides, a bubbling volcano, ride on a whale and more! There's no…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… and more! There's no wrong way to play with this app, so kids can enjoy the thrill of discovering the little hidden …
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Kids app
With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app? In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… but all of them are tucked behind a "safety gate" so kids can't accidentally buy a bunch of in-app purchases. … …
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MADreads post
I've now read three books by Mhairi McFarlane and she has quickly moved up my list of romantic comedy authors to the top with Kristan Higgins and Marian Keyes. McFarlane's heroines…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… partner tells her that not only is he not ready to have kids, but that he's breaking up with her because he needs …
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Kids app
One of my favorite book apps! This simple story about colors has the perfect amount of interactivity. There is no spoken narration, but the printed words are available in English, French, Spanish,…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… text and reinforce the storyline and the interactions lead kids through from beginning to end without distracting from …
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Kids app
Tons of Sesame Street videos from the show plus mini-games that engage kids interactively in a way that videos just can’t achieve on their own combine to make this app almost as good as watching the…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… Street videos from the show plus mini-games that engage kids interactively in a way that videos just can’t achieve on …
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MADreads post
This librarian is obsessed with this new book by Lily Murrary and illustrated by Jenny Lovlie. When I was a little girl, my favorite book was about a little ballerina. Not because I particularly…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… to settle for the delight of reading it out loud to my own kids. It is Lucy’s birthday, and her auntie is taking her …
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Kids app
Have you ever been on a nature walk and seen a plant or bug or fungi that you'd never seen before and thought, "I wonder what that is?" Good news! There's now an app for that! To be fair…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… is a motivator. Even if you're not crazy about your kids using apps, this one is worth considering as it is best …
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MADreads post
Cal Hooper is a retired Chicago police detective who is recently divorced. Those two major life changes have prompted him to make a third. He's bought a rundown farmhouse (from an online posting) in…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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MADreads post
As a kid I loved the Three Musketeers (book and movies) but as an adult when I revisited the story I found my interest had waned. I think that fading interest comes from the fact that the parts for…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
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Impact story
Madison Public Library, Forward Madison, the the Wisconsin Bookfestival Celebrate "Hat Trick" by 12 year old Tikeh Tazeh
Last updated 3 months ago
… wants to share his love for soccer and writing with other kids out there and hopefully be a source of motivation to …
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MADreads post
Have you ever taken a haunted history tour of the Wisconsin Dells? Options include a haunted trolley, haunted canyon, haunted mansion and ghost boat tours to get you started. Now …
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… a food fight in the crowded table area overlooking the kids' splash zone. She takes cover under a table and finds …
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Book list
In this list:
Middle Grade Titles
YA Titles
Last updated 3 months 3 weeks ago
… points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded …
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Kids app
Build an elevated aquaduct to get the water from point A to point B. Pieces of an aquaduct need to be arranged in such a way that the water can move into the reservoir. Players have either a…
Last updated 2 months 2 weeks ago
… a level isn’t very stressful. This is a great one for kids and adults to play together. Hint: If you get really …
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Collection
The Madison Public Library has materials for adults, kids, and teens available to check out in Spanish and other world languages, as well as materials to help you learn another language.
Last updated 3 months 2 weeks ago
… The Madison Public Library has materials for adults, kids, and teens available to check out in Spanish and other …
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MADreads post
In her latest novel Nicola Moriarty delves into the perils of social media and how easily small things can become big things and go horribly awry.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… group for Non-mums - women who just don't want to have kids. Initially the group works like a charm, offering tips …
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