Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Moorestown Library is offering Lexile help for sixth-graders via a new feature on its website.
If you’re the parent of a sixth-grader at the Upper Elementary School, you have undoubtedly heard of Lexile measures for reading. In fact, you may feel your universe suddenly revolves around Lexile measures, with every waking hour spent trying to find books in your child’s Lexile range. For those not in the know, a Lexile measure is a “piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text,” according to Lexile.com. Students’ standardized test scores for reading provide their Lexile range. Books are analyzed by the MetaMetrics company for word frequency and sentence length to determine their Lexile score. Lexile scores provide a starting place for students to find books in a variety of genres that …
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Kids who participate in the Moorestown Library's Winter Reading Program have a chance to win prizes—the more they read, the better their chances.
Winter reading is back at the Moorestown Library. For the third year in a row, the Moorestown Library will hold its popular Winter Reading Program for children and teens beginning Friday, Feb. 1. All month long, children and teens can read books, tell a children’s librarian about them, and get a raffle ticket for each book they read. The raffle prizes include gift cards to Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Build-A-Bear and Happy Hippo, so there’s something to entice readers of all ages and interests. The more you read, the better your chances are to win. Children who aren’t yet reading on their own can tell us about books that have been read to them, so even preschoolers can get in on the fun. While just a few lucky readers will walk away with the …
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Join fellow movie lovers the first Monday of every month at the Moorestown Library for a showing of classic cinema, from "All About Eve" to "Singin' in the Rain."
If winter weather puts you in the mood to warm up with a classic movie, now’s the time to join in on a longstanding Moorestown Library tradition—Jack Favorite’s Film Festival. Throughout the year, local stage actor and classic film connoisseur Jack Favorite selects his favorite films and shows them on the big screen in the library meeting room. Jack draws on his considerable knowledge of classic films to enhance each showing with a lively discussion of the film. The films are shown at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. All are welcome, and no registration is required. Here’s a look at what Jack has in store for 2013: February 4 — Adventures of Don Juan (U.S., 1948, Technicolor, 110 minutes. Directed by Vincent Sherman. Starring …
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Moorestown Library's Book Group meets tonight and every first Thursday of the month to discuss great reads.
If you’re an avid reader interested in discussing books and getting ideas for your next great read, consider coming out for the Moorestown Library’s Book Group tonight at 7. We will discuss Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families, by James Agee and Walker Evans. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you’ve read the book. In 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans headed south to explore the lives of American sharecroppers. Their work resulted in an extraordinary photojournalistic collaboration hailed by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the 20th century. First published in 1941, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men remains a powerful exploration into the lives of society’s most poor and forgotten members. …
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Story time for kids from birth through 5 begins next week at the library.
Story Time begins next week at the Moorestown Library, and we’ve got a full slate of wintery stories and crafts planned. If you haven’t registered yet, be sure to call today at 856-234-0333, ext. 5 to reserve a spot for your child to join the fun. The Moorestown Library offers free weekly story times for children from birth through kindergarten. Baby Time is offered at 9:30 a.m. Mondays for children under 2, along with their caregivers. Siblings are welcome and everyone is encouraged to join in the fun by clapping and singing along. The 30-minute program is followed by a short playtime, where parents and children can get to know one another and make new friends. The winter session will run from Jan. 7 through Feb. 11 (skipping Jan. 21 for …
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wondering what to do with the kids over the holiday break? Library staff have some ideas.
Christmas is officially over and winter vacation is full swing. The kids have had a full day at home to play with their new gadgets, but there’s still a whole week left before they go back to school. At this point, you may already be thinking: Now what I am going to do??? Fear not, the Moorestown Library has you covered with a fun drop-in activity for kids of all ages. Now through Saturday, Jan. 5, stop into the library anytime during our regular hours to create a one-of-a-kind 2013 calendar. You can enhance your calendar by bringing in family pictures to include, or just bring your creative spirit and we’ll supply the rest. Our craft tables are loaded with old greeting cards, stickers, glue sticks, markers and scissors. This is a great …
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Need to know where to park? Or when the library's open? Or wondering just what the heck is going on? Moorestown librarians have the answers.
If you’ve visited the Moorestown Library lately, or even just driven by, you’ve noticed things have changed a lot in a short time, especially when it comes to parking. While it’s a welcome sign that progress has finally begun on our new town hall and library, we realize this situation will definitely take some getting used to. So, we at the library offer this list of FAQs to help us all get through the initial frustration. Is the library open? Yes! The library is open during our regular hours, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday ; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday. What’s going on? A fence now encircles the entire construction area, plus the parking lot, from Second Street to Third Street and from Washington …
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
The library will be providing fun outlets for kids of all ages throughout January and February. Register now.
Winter is here and signup has officially begun for Winter Story Times and crafts at the Moorestown Library. Throughout January and into February, the library will host a variety of craft and activity programs for all ages, as well as weekly story times for children from birth through kindergarten. Baby Story Time will return on Monday, Jan. 7, and run through Feb. 11. Children under 2, along with their caregivers and siblings, are invited to join us for 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, puppets and songs, followed by a short, informal playtime each Monday at 9:30 a.m. No registration is required. Time for Twos—a lively, interactive story time with songs, rhymes, finger plays and stories especially for 2-year-olds—will return this winter with …
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Moorestown Library will be holding its holiday book sale—with items priced between 50¢ and $1—this week. Proceeds benefit the library.
UPDATE: The library has decided to extend the book sale until Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon. _______________ Why fight the crowds at the mall this holiday season? Make the readers in your life happy by shopping at the library’s holiday book sale. The sale will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Whether you’re looking for the latest John Grisham book or buying for the one person you know who still hasn’t read The Da Vinci Code, you’ll find copies in like-new condition at fantastic prices. No library discards at this sale—only donations of fiction bestsellers and popular nonfiction. Hardcover books and DVDs are $1. Paperback books and children’s books are 50¢ each. Library book sales are a win-win…
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Wish Tree is back at the Moorestown Library—and other locations around town—courtesy of the Women's Club.
It’s a longstanding tradition in Moorestown for the Women’s Club to set up a “Wish Tree” in the library and invite members of the community to help make holiday wishes come true for children in need throughout Burlington County. Once again this season, the library is pleased to display a tree decorated with gift tags that have the name, age and wish of a local child in need of some cheer this holiday season. Anyone interested in helping make a child’s wish come true can simply stop by the library, choose a gift tag, mark the sign-up sheet with your first name and the number of the tag you selected, and bring your unwrapped gift with the tag to the library no later than Saturday, Dec. 15. Many of the wishes are as basic as a stuffed animal …
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janet swanson
8:42 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Thank you library!!! more ›