http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp A blog for kids, teachers and parents, by the Pikes Peak Library District Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Students! Ages 9-14! The WrestleMania Reading Challenge begins November 23. Read 10 books and enter them into the reading log we will give you. Turn it in and you'll receive a mini WrestleMania poster. Or....you can keep going and design a bookmark. If you win you'll win a WWE DVD. ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=132 Are you a fan of Roald Dahl? He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, BFG...all of these have been movies (although we need a new BFG version). Anyway, Fantastic Mr. Fox is coming to theaters Nov. 25! And what happens around our library branches before a new kids' movie? ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=130 This program for tweens was presented by the Space Foundation as part of All Pikes Peak Reads 2009. 10 kids ages 9 - 12, and parents as well, had loads of fun designing and building a lander similar to NASA's Altair lander that would absorb enough shock to protect its ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=126 A hapless inventor (world-class clown Jim Jackson of the Manitou Arts Theater) dreams of traveling to space and sets out to build a rocket ship in A Nose for Space. The “Rube Goldberg” rocket Machine will be constructed on stage as the show explores all of the necessary and not ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=125 Join Mitchell High School’s Science Department and PPLD's Children’s department as they present folktales shown and told as you have never heard them before. Enjoy such tales as Her Seven Brothers, a Cheyenne tale about the origin of the Big Dipper and The Colossal Pumpkin, an African tale about the ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=124 Tweens! Check out our Read-it-Before-You-See-It programs this fall. When a new movie about a children's or tween book comes out in the theatres we celebrate with Read-it-Before-You-See-It programs. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is coming out Sept. 18, so we will highlight the book (it's short so we'll read ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=123 What a summer... 23,538 kids and babies were part of Be Creative @ Your Library, our reading program. Did you do it? Cool. And then there's today: school, well, at least for lots of kids. What is your best memory of this summer? Mine would be...pool and swimming with ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=122 It's here, yay! There's nothing like a new Harry Potter movie! Ok, well, maybe a new Harry Potter book would be better. I heard the final movie will be split into two parts. Ouch. But at least it makes the joy last longer. See the "Harry Potter Questions & Answers" ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=120 Hey Tweens (ages 9-12): You have even more fun events coming this month: July 15 is So You Want to be a Rock Star . Songwriter Andy Hackbarth will hold a writing music workshop at the East Library at 2pm. Plus, you can still catch a Tye-Dye Tween program ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=119 The Missoula Children’s Theatre, the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, will offer these free workshops for children this summer at Pikes Peak Library District. They are funded by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund. Registration is required; call 684-9342 or register online through the links below. July 21, 4:30 p.m. at Ute Pass ... http://ppld.org/blogs/kidssrp/?p=118