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Parents & Educators

Supporting parents and educators to foster a love of learning!

The library supports parents, teachers, preschool and daycare leaders and care-givers with adult books which relate primarily to children's collections and services. The Parent-Teacher Collection includes resources on storytime and ECE curriculum, using literature in the classroom, and books which relate child development to literacy. This supplements the large parenting and education sections in adult non-fiction.


If your class is working on a special theme or topic, librarians will gather a selection of fiction and non-fiction titles. Please contact your local branch a day or two before you’d like to pick up your batch of books.

Storytimes & Early Literacy

Online Resources

Group Visits

Reading Recommendations

Storytimes & Early Literacy

Storytimes support and develop early literacy through singing, talking, reading, and playing.

Group Visits

We love having groups come in to the library! Please contact your local branch to talk to the Children’s Librarian about arranging a visit. Preschools, elementary and high schools classes as well as organizations like Sparks and Boy Scouts are welcome.

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We do storytimes for younger children and library tours, booktalks and research training for older children. These visits typically last 30-60 minutes and can be tailored to your needs. A few weeks advance notice is appreciated so we can plan for a successful and fun visit.

 

We also love coming to see you! Contact your branch to arrange to have a librarian visit your classroom, PAC or parent education evening.

Stoytme with three drag queens and an interpreter to a group of children and adults. There is a projected image on the wall with a rainbow and two paragraph of words.
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Reading Recommendations

Find books for all reading abilities with recommendations from NVDPL librarians!

Topics: Ukraine

Berglund, Bruce, 1968-

Patron sniffs out danger : heroic bomb-detecting dog of Ukraine

Kharchenko, Olena, 1975-

The story of Ukraine : an anthem of glory and freedom = Rozpovidʹ pro Ukrayinu : himn slavy ta svobody

Marshall, Linda Elovitz.

Brave Volodymyr : the story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the fight for Ukraine

Shaw, Mary (Children's literature author)

Foods from Ukraine

Yehorushkina, Kateryna

Ukraine

Picture Books: Refugees and Global Conflict

Moushabeck, Hannah

Homeland : my father dreams of Palestine

Rendón, Beatrice

The sunflowers Babushka planted

Matari, Jenan A

Everything grows in Jiddo's garden

Guarda, María J

Paloma flies away

Scott, Jordan, 1978-

My sister the apple tree : a refugee story of hope and resilience

Picture Books: STEM

Savage, Candace, 1949-

How to know a crow : the biography of a brainy bird

Spires, Ashley, 1978-

The most magnificent team

MacLeod, Elizabeth.

Meet Frederick Banting

Newman, Patricia, 1958-

Sharks unhooked : the adventures of Cristina Zenato, underwater ranger

Groc, Isabelle

A hummingbird on my balcony

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