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Despite the need to practice social distancing (NOT shown in the endearing photo above!), our community continues to come together to offer support in these critical times.
Free Meals for Youth Today. Monday, March 30: Five days worth of free breakfasts and lunches for youth 1 to 18 years of age may be picked up between 1 pm and 4 pm today at four sites in Evanston. Get the details.
Your Frequently Asked Questions This Week: including emergency resources, library related questions, unemployment benefits and more.
Each week, while the Library is closed, we'll send you a Monday newsletter geared toward kids/families and a Thursday newsletter than has reliable information that can inform during this critical time.
Great Reading Resources
Join a Family Reading Challenge
Make a video about a Newbery Award or Honor book (3rd - 5th +)
Storytime from Young Black & Lit (Preschool - 2nd)
D65/Evanston and Cradle to Career's Strong Start to Kindergarten guide (0 - 5 years)
And here's a tutorial about Tumblebooks: a great digital resource for grades K-6, with unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, books in Spanish and French, and more. Plus, Graphic Novels – a student favorite! (Want to get Tumblebooks on your phone or tablet? Then check out this post on using it in that format.)
Bookflix are children's books combined with films combined with fun combined with learning. Watch this tutorial and check out this fantastic online resource.
Space Science!
Storytime from space
Watch the International Space Station fly over your house
Learn more about our Solar System (K-4)
Explore stars with the Star Maze app from the Space Science Institute for Android and iPhone
Here is a challenge from Comix for Good that will also help kids review safe practices for life with Covid -19 while being creative: create your own graphic sign, comic strip, or zine about the virus using only information from approved websites like the CDC.
For inspiration, here are two longer comics, one from NPR and one from Comix for Good geared to kids (3rd and up) written by adults. Or check out this site where kids have been posting their art!
Atticus Rosenback, a Nichols 6th grader, likes to stream the EPL Live Falcon Cam at home on the TV. His dad showed him how to do it last year. Turns out, the view is also highly entertaining for the family cats who reportedly yowled at the falcons for a good 20 minute stretch. Thanks to Attticus's mom Karen Backe for sharing this fantastic photo and story with us!
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