Genealogy for Beginners
Have you always wanted to look into your family’s past, but weren’t sure how to begin? Below is a selection of FREE resources to help get you started. Genealogy by Martin S. Matthews With step-by-step, full-color [...]
1000 Crane Project
Sadako Sasaki was a young Japanese girl who became sick due to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. After hearing the legend that if you fold 1000 paper cranes, a wish will be granted, Sadako started folding, using any pieces of paper [...]
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 [...]
Find Your Fandom: Tamora Pierce’s Tortall
Are you looking for a new fandom to immerse yourself in, but are not sure where to start? “Find Your Fandom” is a series that provides the information you need to figure out where to start in your new fandom journey. Keep checking [...]
🍳 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, [...]
Borrowing books from all over the place – here’s how!
Can’t find the book you want to read in your local library system? No worries - we have an inter-library loan service called Marina that allows you to borrow books (or books-on-CD or DVDs) from all over our state and even from other [...]
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 [...]
CCPL Staff Picks: Unleash Your Creativity!
*CCPL Staff picks are chosen by CCPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so write to us and tell us what you’d recommend!* Are you planning to unleash [...]
Find Your Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Are you looking for a new fandom to immerse yourself in, but are not sure where to start? “Find Your Fandom” is a series that provides the information you need to figure out where to start in your new fandom journey. Keep checking [...]
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 [...]