Children’s Services

The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators–including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, or on their own!

NEW PICTURE BOOKS!

New Junior Fiction

Little Bessie Lee is on a mission to save the pandas! The adventures of Teeny Houdini come in short, easy-to-read chapters full of hilarious illustrations—a favorite series for building confident readers!

**Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a third space opera starring Korean animal spirits by Yoon Ha Lee, author of *Dragon Pearl*.**

While on a mission to cement peace between the Sun Clans and the Thousand Worlds, Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun get stranded on a death planet with Haneul the dragon spirit and Sebin the tiger spirit. To survive, the young cadets will have to rely on all their wits, training, and supernatural abilities. And let’s not forget the Dragon Pearl . . .

This thrilling conclusion of the Thousand Worlds trilogy, told in alternating points of view, will put you under a delightful spell as it transports you to worlds full of both danger and wonder.

New Graphic Fiction for Kids

From critically acclaimed author-illustrator Tim Probert comes a box set that collects the first three books in his breathtaking fantasy adventure series Lightfall.

In the land of Irpa, an ancient threat awakens, obsessed with plunging the world into eternal darkness. Luckily, chance enlists two unsuspecting heroes to save the day.

In book one, The Girl and the Galdurian, reluctant allies Bea and Cad set forth across the land of Irpa in search of Bea’s missing grandfather, Alfirid the Pig Wizard, certain he holds the key to fending off the darkness that threatens to consume their world.

In the second book, Shadow of the Bird, Bea and Cad meet an ancient water spirit who reveals the source of the darkness, Kest Ke Belenus—the Bird—eager to destroy all remaining light from in Irpa.

And in the third installment, The Dark Times, Bea, Cad, and the rest of their fellowship pursue Irpa’s deepest and darkest secrets hidden within the Citadel of Knowledge, a temple thought lost to the shadows. Their quest unveils more questions than answers, until they find a clue to a mystery from long ago . . . and a beacon of hope for the future.

Join us for Story time every Friday at 10:30

Listen to a good story, sing a song, do a craft and twice per month, join Laurie for some get-the wiggles-out playtime at Castleton Recreation. Laurie will be here:

2/13, 2/27, 3/13, 3/27

( just behind the library in the old CVS building).

Tales & Tails 1st Saturday of every month at

10:30 am

Come visit amazing pups courtesy of Caring Canine of Southern Vermont. Read to a dog, read to yourself beside a dog, or just spend some time patting a sweet pup! All ages are welcome.