Book Recommendations for Kids

This month’s Youth Services book recommendations list is all about manners! Parents can also take a look at Emily Post’s The Gift of Good Manners: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Respectful, Kind, Considerate Children, or Letitia Baldrige’s More Than Manners!: Raising Today’s Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts, both located in our Adult … Read more

Check out our brand-new Youth Services’ Our Picks! list for August 2008 Our list this month honors both the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, AND National Invention month. You can view the full list of book recommendations here.

Check out our brand-new Youth Services’ Our Picks! list for July 2008– in honor of Independence Day, it features our Youth Services Staff’s favorite books about states, presidents, and all things American. You can view the full list here. Also, take a look at our flower-box book holders, which are full of these books and … Read more

Salt Water Taffy Volume 1: The Legend of Old Salty by Matthew Loux A mythical giant lobster… a taffy shop robbery… a scurvy sea captain… wiley seagulls…. In this first book in a new series by Matthew Loux, brothers Jack and Benny get more than they bargained for when they are taken to the coastal … Read more

Well, guys, this is it — the first of the last games ever to be played at the REAL Yankee Stadium (and at Shea, for that matter), have been played. This is the last season that you’ll be able to watch the boys play in the House that Ruth Built. This is the last season … Read more

Tuesday’s Greenwich Time ran a feature entitled “Ha, Ha, Ha! Laughter is the Best Medicine.” Did you know that some of the healthful consequences of a good giggle are reduced stress, increased oxygen intake, a boost in immune function, and the release of endorphins, the body’s feel-good hormones? Did you? Check out a cheerful, chuckle-full … Read more

April is National Poetry Month, and Thursday, April 17th is the first-ever Poem in Your Pocket Day. On the 17th, write down a poem you love, then fold it up and put it in your pocket! Pull that piece of paper out throughout the day to share your favorite poem with friends and family. Check … Read more

. . .what do they all have in common? Each of them is a subject of a Perrot Youth Services Book Brochure! We have a bunch to choose from, and we just can’t seem to stop making more! Hard copies of our thematic book recommendation brochures are available at the Youth Services Desk, but you … Read more

The Youth Services’ Our Picks! list for March 2008 is up– we have a bit of a grab bag this month; our list features books about St. Patrick’s Day, being green, lions and lambs, wind. . . and one book about a family by the name of March!. You can view the full list here.