Fish and Snail Care for Kids
Did you get a new aquatic pet? I will help you make sure we keep our new underwater friends happy and healthy. We will start by talking about a snail, and I promise I won't take days to talk about them! Snails [...]
🍳 Cook the Book: The Little Red Hen
Have you heard about the story of the Little Red Hen? I am sure you have. It is about a little red hen getting ready to make her bread. As she is preparing, she asks her friends the duck, the goose, the cat, [...]
Getting Creative with Creativebug
It’s winter and CCPL and CreativeBug have you covered. For this post, we highlight some of the amazing crafts and classes available to you with your CCPL library card in Creativebug. To start you exploring, we created a list of FREE crafts classes [...]
Freegal Dance
Do you miss bringing your kids to the library for story time? We sure do miss you, too! Charles County Public Library has an amazing FREE music app called Freegal that allows you to download music and keep it for free. All [...]
STEAM Club: Cool Crystals
They sparkle, they shine, and chances are you can find quite a few even in your own home… What are these sparkly things you ask? Why crystals of course! A crystal is an organized grouping of atoms or molecules. (science kids) These [...]
Talking Books? Who Knew!
So your mom says you should read more, but you don’t want to. We get it. But what if you could “read” a book while listening to it? It’s true. Talking books are available now on Tumblebooks, Hoopla, and OverDrive/Libby and you can [...]
Make Your Own Cinnamon Decorations
Making your own cinnamon decorations is a perfect and simple seasonal fun activity for kids and adults alike, and they make your entire house smell incredible while they are baking in your kitchen. I researched many different cinnamon decoration recipes and I highly [...]
Tween Comic Club Recommends 6
Tween Comic Club is a place for comic lovers ages 9-14 to discuss what they are reading each month. Here is the latest list of the books we’ve been talking about and that our tween readers recommend! Follow the links to check [...]
Maryland Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar
Are you an adult who has children or works with kids and wants more ideas for daily literacy practices? Then you’ll be happy to learn that the Maryland Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar is now available online for free! [...]
CCPL Welcomes Ellen Oh
Join us for our 2020 Winter Reading Program Kick-off event... Library After Hours with Ellen Oh! This live virtual event will be on Friday, December 4, 2020, at 7-8 p.m. Register now or watch the playback of the program here. About Ellen Oh, [...]