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2015 Missouri Building Block: Hooray for Hat!
“Hooray for Hat!” is a fun, brightly colored picture book that follows animal friends as they go from being grumpy to being happy, all thanks to wonderful hats! The simple text and the animals’ facial...
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The Raising of America: Free Community Screening
Children’s earliest interactions and environments shape their developing brains, building foundations for life-long emotional, intellectual and physical health. It’s important that parents and...
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2015 Missouri Building Block: Down By the Barn
In “Down by the Barn” by Will Hillenbrand, a dog happily drives a clunky blue tractor around a farm. Hitched to the tractor are two wagons, which the dog uses to collect a scarecrow and an array of...
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Turkey Tunes
Thanksgiving is finally here! Looking back over the history, it’s amazing how much this holiday has changed. Did you know that Americans did not celebrate Thanksgiving as an official national holiday...
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Books We Love: The Night World
A few months ago, I was shelving new books and came across a picture book that I couldn’t put down. The book is called “The Night World,” and is written and illustrated by Mordicai...
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Hand-y Ornament
Looking for a cheap and easy way to create keepsakes with your children? Try making a hand imprint ornament! You can do this activity with babies and decorate it yourself, or you can work together with...
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Rhyme Time: Tis the Season
Looking for some indoor activities to brighten your spirits this holiday season? Try these rhymes! They provide a fun, interactive experience for both kids and parents, and they should help to get some...
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Best Children’s Books of 2015
As 2015 comes to an end, the children’s staff at DBRL has been reminiscing about the fabulous new books that arrived on our shelves this year. While it’s hard to pick a favorite, there were some books...
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Kick off 2016 at the Library!
Starting to feel cooped up this winter? Need something fun and interactive for your kids to do? Daniel Boone Regional Library can help! We are providing a multitude of engaging programs in January to...
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Make Your Own Bird Feeder
Here’s a craft that allows you to combine three wonderful things: 1) Young children 2) Fine motor skill development 3) Minimal mess Don’t believe it is possible to do all three at once? Read on, and...
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Kindness is Contagious
In honor of Valentine’s Day (February 14) and Random Acts of Kindness Week (February 14-20), we thought it would be fun to create a list of some love and kindness themed books that the library offers...
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Winner of the 2015 Missouri Building Block Award – Naked!
The children across Missouri have spoken, and the winner of the 2015 Missouri Building Block Award goes to “Naked!,” written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Over 20,000...
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READ from the START
Interested in exploring children’s books with other families? Expectant parents, grandparents and parents with children ages birth-2 are invited to join us in the Children’s Program Room at the...
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TumbleBooks – New and Improved!
Has your family read with TumbleBooks lately? TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated picture books. The books are created by taking existing picture books and adding animations, sound, music...
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Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Family Concert
Are you looking for a fun family-friendly activity without clutter, confusion or cost? Then you should come to the Columbia Public Library for a concert your whole family will enjoy! On Thursday,...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday – he would be 112 this year! It can be hard to imagine what children’s books would look like today without the incredibly creative and inspiring books of Dr. Seuss. He...
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2016 Summer Reading Bookmark Contest
It’s hard to believe that we are already talking about Summer Reading 2016, but the time has come for our annual bookmark contest. You can help us get ready for Summer Reading by designing an original...
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Coloring is for Everyone!
One of my absolute favorite things to do as a kid was to gather my crayons and paper and plunk myself down to color a new masterpiece. Little did I know that this creative hobby of mine had a positive...
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Spring Break Week at Your Library
If your family is staying in town for spring break, have no fear! The Daniel Boone Regional Libraries have lots of great programming during spring break for all ages, guaranteed to provide smiles and...
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Spring Into Books
The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping and books about spring are flying off the shelves! We’re excited that spring has finally rolled around, and to honor this beautiful season, we have...
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