Crocheting Group
Every other Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:00 pm
April 21
May 5 & 19
June 2, 13, & 30
Knitting, embroidery, and other fiber crafts are also welcome. Group is for all skill levels. Learn something new and share what you know. Bring a project to work on. Yarn and hooks for practicing are provided.
Participants need to be at least 8 years of age!
Every other Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:00 pm
April 21
May 5 & 19
June 2, 13, & 30
Knitting, embroidery, and other fiber crafts are also welcome. Group is for all skill levels. Learn something new and share what you know. Bring a project to work on. Yarn and hooks for practicing are provided.
Participants need to be at least 8 years of age!
April Independent Reading Challenge-- "Find Your Joy!"
April 19-25 is National Library Week. All month we will read happy books that bring us JOY!
Adults who read 3 books and kids who read 5 books and turn in the reading challenge sheet will receive a FREE book and be entered in a drawing for a FUN PRIZE!
April 19-25 is National Library Week. All month we will read happy books that bring us JOY!
Adults who read 3 books and kids who read 5 books and turn in the reading challenge sheet will receive a FREE book and be entered in a drawing for a FUN PRIZE!
Statewide Reading Programs
Rebecca Caudill
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Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award for 4th-8th grade students
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Abraham Lincoln
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Read for a Lifetime for 9th-12th grades. From the Illinois Center for the Book at the State Library.
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The Rebecca Caudill Program and Abraham Lincoln Program are sponsored by the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE). They are both Readers' Choice programs, which means that students who read at least 3 of the books by the end of February, are eligible to vote for their favorite.
Carthage Middle School teachers help promote the Rebecca Caudill program, and voting takes place at the Middle School. Home Schooled students should request a ballot at the Library in February. CMS also holds a Battle of the Book Contest each year.
Teams compete against each other to answer questions about the books on the list. 5th grade students can also participate in the Bluestem readers choice program. Those lists are on the Children & Families page.
High School Students! We would like to increase our participation in the Lincoln Award Program!! Be sure to let us know if you read the books so you can vote and we can submit our numbers to the state. Ditto for the Read for a Lifetime program.
Carthage Middle School teachers help promote the Rebecca Caudill program, and voting takes place at the Middle School. Home Schooled students should request a ballot at the Library in February. CMS also holds a Battle of the Book Contest each year.
Teams compete against each other to answer questions about the books on the list. 5th grade students can also participate in the Bluestem readers choice program. Those lists are on the Children & Families page.
High School Students! We would like to increase our participation in the Lincoln Award Program!! Be sure to let us know if you read the books so you can vote and we can submit our numbers to the state. Ditto for the Read for a Lifetime program.
The links to on-line learning sites for teens have been moved to the
"Educational Resources" page of this website.
"Educational Resources" page of this website.
