Weekly Children's Updates

Schlow Children's Department:

• Check out the Summer Reading 2021 Children's Calendar! This calendar features events for Summer 2021 for kids and families! 

•  This week's events:

  • Register for Summer Reading! 

  • Everybody Storytime - Wednesday, May 26 at 10am

• Explore our Finding New Books to Read resource page to discover your next great read!

• Take a look at the Children's Department Book Browsing Videos! Preview the newest additions to our collections every month.

Fun Activities Available from Authors and Illustrators:

• Trailer Reveal & Interview: A Peek at Derek Desierto’s ODDBIRD - Request Schlow's copy of the book here.
   
• KidLit TV Craft Chat with Susannah Aziz HALAL HOT DOGS - New picture book Halal Hot Dogs and craft activity with author Susannah Aziz. Request Schlow's copy of the book here.
    
• Brave Girls Virtual Story Time: June Almeida, Virus Detective! - Wednesday, May 26 at 12pm. Join author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Elisa Paganelli for a live reading with Q&A of their new book, June Almeida, Virus Detective! Presented by National Women's History Museum. Request Schlow's copy of the book here.

Other Things We Love: 

• 8 Picture Books That Celebrate the Joys of Life - The New York Times

• Free Virtual Developmental Screenings with Strawberry Fields  - Are you concerned about your baby or toddler? Do they struggle to sleep or eat? Can you understand what they are trying to tell you? Is your child on target for physical development with sitting, crawling and walking? Strawberry Fields Early Intervention is offering free virtual developmental screenings for children age birth-5. To sign up for a screening with a licensed therapist, please email asmith@sfionline.org or call 814-234-6023, ext. 131. 

• Listen, Count, and Guess - Mathful Play. Counting and cardinality activity for pre-k to kindergarten.