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Imagine Your Story – HVL Summer Learning 2020 Be a sleuth! Use the At-Home Scavenger Hunt form below to see how many of the following items you can find inside of or outside near your home. Will you be able to find them all? Ways to expand on the fun: Make a game out of the hunt by racing a family member or […]
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In the world of Youth Services, we imagined a summer where we delight in reading your stories in a podcast format for our community. We haven’t received any stories from you yet (see information after the audio on how to submit), BUT we have lots of past Write & Illustrate Contest-winning books here in the library! What a great time to […]
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Send us your stories! This year’s summer learning theme is “Imagine Your Story,” and we would like to highlight your stories on a podcast throughout the summer. In order to do that, we need your help! Do you like to write? Would you like to hear your story read, as theatrically as possible, by our Youth Services staff? Send it […]
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Are you reading with your child(ren) more than ever in these stay-at-home days? Join our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program! Whether you began this reading program before the library closed or have not yet heard of it, you can still participate from home. What is 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten? The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program is a national initiative to promote early literacy […]
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We miss seeing you at the library and at Storytimes. Although none of us are at the library in person these days, you can visit Facebook on Monday mornings at 10:30 am for Virtual Storytimes with Miss Beth! Videos will stay up on Facebook for a few days after the live event. If you aren’t on Facebook or want a Storytime you can […]
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Power Library! Check out Power Library, Pennsylvania’s electronic library. If you do not have a library card you can apply for an eCard here, to access Power Library e-resources. Students can use it to locate reliable sources through PowerTeens such as articles, eBooks, poetry, newspapers, photographs, and more! There are hundreds of educational and FUN videos and websites for children to keep little ones […]
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Most recent updates: 4/17/20 Library Building Closed The Library is a public place where people of all ages gather, so we are concerned about the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as well as the flu and common cold, and are doing our part to help with this issue. Please read the COVID-19 Information webpost for more information. Although our physical building is closed, […]
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We have four more eResources that have generously been temporarily provided to us for free from TumbleBooks. These new eResources will be available until August 31, so take advantage while you can! TumbleBooks’ databases are easy to use, and feature unlimited access from home. You can read as many books as you want, when you want, and on any device. There are […]
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TumbleBooks An online collection of animated, talking picture books. Find picture books, read-along, music, memory and language games, graphic novels, and MORE at home with your Huntingdon Valley Library card! Exchange after-school cartoons with after-school TumbleBooks or quiet time after dinner. TumbleBooks is a great way to enhance family literacy and at-home reading. Watch, listen, and read along. With the […]
» Read moreLibrary Closed The Library is a public place where people of all ages gather, so we are concerned about the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, as well as the flu and common cold. Practicing good hygiene, staying home and keeping children home when sick, and covering sneezes and coughs helps prevent the spread of all viruses. The Huntingdon Valley […]
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