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"LIBRARIES ROCK!"
2018 Summer Reading Program This summer Colebrook area youth will explore how libraries really ROCK, through activities featuring kindness and the universal appeal of music. Sign up at the Library after June 1st to get your reading log. You will compete for prizes & weekly giveaway incentives just for visiting the library. We will offer MANY free fun programs relating to this wonderful music theme. Call 237-4808 for more information. Colebrook Public Library Summer Reading Program Kickoff Sunday, June 10 Readers from preschool to young adult will be encouraged to explore all things musical and geological this summer as the Colebrook Public Library presents “Libraries Rock” during its annual summer program. Summer reading programs are a fun, effective way for children to maintain and grow their reading skills while school is not in session. Activities this summer will include Sing or Dare, a DJ Dance Party, an Air Guitar Rock Star Party, and Karaoke Sing Off, all for youth ages 6-12. For younger patrons, ages birth to preschool, local musician Bobie Bunnell, will lead an engaging story hour each week. Children and adults are also invited to paint Kindness Rocks, which are then given away to spread kindness both near and far. Last year, rocks created in this program travelled as far as Amersterdam, Netherlands; Montione, Italy; and Deputado Louis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport Salvador Bahia Brazil in South America! #ColebrookNHrocks! The 2018 Summer Reading Program is open to youth from preschool to high school. Families may register for Summer Reading beginning Friday, June 1 in the Colebrook Public Library Youth Services Room. More information is available from Melissa or Sharon at the library, 603-237-4808. Follow the library on Facebook (Colebrook Public Library) and at www.colebrookpubliclibrary.weebly.com for more details on program offerings. All programs are free of charge and all children are invited to participate. The opening kick-off event is a free viewing of Wonder from the beloved, bestselling novel by R.J. Palacio on Sunday, June 10 at 3pm at the Tillotson Center. Although Wonder is not about music or geology, it is about kindness bringing communities together, which is what really makes all libraries rock. Click below for our Summer Activities Flyer or pick one up at the library! 
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Read Down Your Fines!
Are overdue fines keeping you from visiting the Library? The Library's new “Read It Down” program allows children and teens to reduce library fines just by reading. Participants read books of their choosing in the library. The more you read, the less you owe. It's that simple! This program is meant to reach out to children who do not always have control of things that lead to library fines and do not have the money to pay their fines, which can limit their ability to check out materials or a suspension of privileges. This keeps children out of the library and limits their access to resources and information. The benefits of “Reading It Down” are: 1. Reduces fines.
To participate in the program, children, teens and young adults up to age 18 may visit any library staff member, who will register them for the program and provide an overview of how it works. Sign in and out with the librarian to track time spent reading. Corresponding fees will be waived at sign-out.
4. You cannot read it down for lost or damaged materials. This program runs for only a limited time, after that normal borrowing rules, fines and fees policies go back in effect. Get a clean slate and a fresh start. Read away your fines! | ||
You are invited to stop by to see our numerous new books for all ages. We are always adding to the Youth collection; call for more information or check the online catalog. If we don't have it, in most cases we can get it for you.
Links to New Hampshire's Youth Book Awards
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award
Each year teens in grades 9-12 across New Hampshire nominate books for the Flume Award, and then vote in the spring to determine the winner.
Last year's winner was Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.
Isinglass Teen Read Award
Each year, 7th & 8th grade students across NH nominate their favorite books published in the past two years, and vote on them in April.
This year's winner was Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.
2017-2018 Great Stone Face Book Award
The award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state. In April, NH children vote for their favorite book from a list of 25 recently-published titles that are chosen by the Great Stone Face Committee.
The winner of the the 2017 Great Stone Face Book Award was announced at the NH School Library Media Association Conference.
This year the honor goes to Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson.
Ladybug Award
The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles each spring. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year.
The winner for 2017 was Woodpecker Wants a Waffle by Steve Breen . We have this book at the Colebrook Public Library come check it out, the Ladybug Picture book nominees are always well done and favorites among children and adult caregivers!
We have all these award-winning titles in the Youth Services Room, as well as most of the recent nominees; come "check them out."
New from NH Downloadable Books
Narrated (Read Along) eBooks for Children
Please join us this summer for more Toddler and Preschool Story Times, Reading Programs, and Book Clubs.
Check our Special Programs page or see our Calendar for details.
Remember you are welcome at the library after school until 5:30 pm
to study (individually or in groups), use a computer to type and print
homework, find information resources for school papers and projects,
find a great book or magazine to read for fun,
or perhaps to play a board game and relax a bit.
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award
Each year teens in grades 9-12 across New Hampshire nominate books for the Flume Award, and then vote in the spring to determine the winner.
Last year's winner was Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.
Isinglass Teen Read Award
Each year, 7th & 8th grade students across NH nominate their favorite books published in the past two years, and vote on them in April.
This year's winner was Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.
2017-2018 Great Stone Face Book Award
The award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state. In April, NH children vote for their favorite book from a list of 25 recently-published titles that are chosen by the Great Stone Face Committee.
The winner of the the 2017 Great Stone Face Book Award was announced at the NH School Library Media Association Conference.
This year the honor goes to Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson.
Ladybug Award
The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles each spring. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year.
The winner for 2017 was Woodpecker Wants a Waffle by Steve Breen . We have this book at the Colebrook Public Library come check it out, the Ladybug Picture book nominees are always well done and favorites among children and adult caregivers!
We have all these award-winning titles in the Youth Services Room, as well as most of the recent nominees; come "check them out."
New from NH Downloadable Books
Narrated (Read Along) eBooks for Children
Please join us this summer for more Toddler and Preschool Story Times, Reading Programs, and Book Clubs.
Check our Special Programs page or see our Calendar for details.
Remember you are welcome at the library after school until 5:30 pm
to study (individually or in groups), use a computer to type and print
homework, find information resources for school papers and projects,
find a great book or magazine to read for fun,
or perhaps to play a board game and relax a bit.
