Digital Bookmobile Event during Spring Break!

Join us Monday March 25 or Tuesday March 26 at the Digital Bookmobile for lots of fun! Story time is at 11 a.m. both days and there will be crafts for the kids and there will be Easter eggs filled with goodies. Enter to win a Sony WiFi eReader by just taking a tour of the Digital Bookmobile. Want to learn how to get library eBooks, free music and free Magazines? Visit us & we will tell you how easy it is to download books, audiobooks, music and magazines to your computer or mobile device. Hours both days is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can’t miss us, the Digital Bookmobile will be parked in the Library’s parking lot! To learn how to get an additional entry for the drawing visit the Digital Bookmobile Tab on Facebook.

 

Kids are Reading More with eReaders

From a blog post on No Shelf Required

Scholastic recently released a new study on kid’s reading in the digital age. The study found that kids reading of ebooks has nearly doubled since 2010. Full details are on the Scholastic site or you can download the full report with appendices here.

Below are some highlights of the study from the Scholastic site:

Kids, Families, and eBooks

• The percent of children who have read an ebook has almost doubled since 2010 (25% vs. 46%).
• Among children who have read an ebook, one in five says he/she is reading more books for fun; boys are more likely to agree than girls (26% vs. 16%).
• Half of children age 9–17 say they would read more books for fun if they had greater access to ebooks – a 50% increase since 2010.
• Seventy-five percent of kids who have read an ebook are reading ebooks at home, with about one in four reading them at school.
• Seventy-two percent of parents are interested in having their child read ebooks.
• Eighty percent of kids who read ebooks still read books for fun primarily in print.
• Kids say that ebooks are better than print books when they do not want their friends to know what they are reading, and when they are out and about/traveling; print is better for sharing with friends and reading at bedtime.
• Fifty-eight percent of kids age 9–17 say they will always want to read books printed on paper even though there are ebooks available – a slight decrease from 2010 (66%).

Kids’ Reading Frequency and Attitudes toward Reading

• Among girls, there has been a decline since 2010 in frequent readers (42% vs. 36%), reading enjoyment (71% vs. 66%), and the importance of reading books for fun (62% vs. 56%).
• Compared to 2010, boys are more likely to think reading books for fun is important (39% in 2010 vs. 47% in 2012), but they still lag girls on this measure (47% for boys in 2012 vs. 56% for girls in 2012).
• Frequency of reading books for fun is significantly lower for kids age 12–17 than for children age 6–11; frequency of reading books for school is also lower for kids age 12–17 than for kids age 6–11.

Parents’ Role in Kids’ Reading Practice

• About half of parents (49%) feel their children do not spend enough time reading books for fun, while the vast majority of parents think their children spend too much time playing video games or visiting social networking sites.
• The percentage of parents who say their child does not spend enough time reading for fun has increased since 2010 across all age groups of children (36% in 2010 to 49% in 2012).
• Having reading role-model parents or a large book collection at home has more of an impact on kids’ reading frequency than does household income.
• Building reading into kids’ schedules and regularly bringing additional books into the home for children positively impact kids’ reading frequency.

Summer Reading

• Ninety-nine percent of parents think children their child’s age should read over the summer.
• Eighty-six percent of children say they read a book (or books) over the summer.
• On average, kids say they read 12 books over the summer.

 

Brain Teaser: Fairy Tales

Tony Augarde, who compiles these brainteasers, has published an ebook called Grim Fairy Tales. This inspired him to write this quiz about fairy tales and the people associated with them. Need help? Use Credo Reference.

1. In Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Ugly Duckling”, what did the ugly young bird grow into?

2. In the story “The Princess and the Pea”, how did the prince’s mother test that the princess was genuine?

3. Which American comic actor played the title role in the 1952 film “Hans Christian Andersen”?

4. In “The Sleeping Beauty”, how long did the princess sleep before she was released by the kiss of a young prince?

5. A statue of Hans Andersen’s Little Mermaid is at the harbour entrance of which city?

6. Which fairy tale includes the words “Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”

7. Which fairy tale is about a man who married Alice Fitzwarren and becomes Mayor of London three times?

8. In “Jack and the Beanstalk”, what did Jack give in exchange for the beans which grew into a beanstalk?

9. The original Brothers Grimm version of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” gives no names for the dwarfs. Can you give six of the seven names they had in Disney’s film version?

10. Which composer turned the story of “Hansel and Gretel” into an opera in 1893?

How did you do?

0 – 1 Mmmm, not exactly brilliant.
2 – 5 A reasonable stab.
6 – 8 A good showing. But there’s still room for improvement!
9 – 10 You really know your stuff. Well done!

Questions set by Tony Augarde (www.augardebooks.co.uk)

Want to read a fairy tale? Check out Disney Digital Books

Got Homework? Did You Know The Library has Books Online?

That’s right! The same books that you would find on your local Library shelves are available online – 24/7 365 days a year!  DK eBooks are some brand new ones we just added. Subjects include: Endangered Animals, Bugs, Space, Earth, Human Body, Mythology and more.

Know what’s cool? You can download sections right to your eReader or computer to read offline.

2012 Voting Guide from LWV

The League’s 2012 Voter Guide for the November 6th General Election is now available for download. Click here to download the PDF. This year, the Guide is being published electronically. This will allow you to search the PDF for specific races or names. In addition, the Table of Contents is hyperlinked to the appropriate section. Also, clicking on the website names of the candidates will take you straight to their websites.

At this time, information on the U.S. Presidential race is limited. As more information becomes available, the Guide will be updated, so check back often to see if we have new information to publish.