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By Stevia Morales, Children’s Instruction & Research Supervisor; and Carmen Jessop, Senior Teens’ Instructor & Research Specialist, at Howard County Library System; all book covers are provided by their publishers. March is here, and with it comes many celebrations. In these books, we honor St. Patrick’s Day and and Irish-American …

Kids are inundated with information on a daily basis. So how do they learn to distinguish facts from opinion, fiction and falsehoods? “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve,” says Roger Lewin, Ph.D., a British anthropologist and science writer. Teaching kids to think critically …

The holiday season is here! That means cozy reads to share with family, friends and loved ones. These books from Baltimore County Public Libraries will get you in a joyful spirit, no matter which holidays you celebrate! Board Books   “Loving Kindness…Happy Feelings for Little Ones” by Whitney Stewart This …

  The Govans neighborhood of Baltimore will host a StoryWalk through June 30. Families can pick up a program guide at the Govans branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, which will tell them where to find each page of “The Kindness Book” by New York Times Bestselling author Todd …

  A Ravens-themed playground is expected to open in Northwest Regional Park this summer. The one-of-a-kind destination playground will draw on its proximity to the Baltimore Ravens team headquarters in Owings Mills with football-themed challenges and plenty of the home team’s characteristic purple color scheme. A $500,000 donation from the …

Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the April 2022 issue of Baltimore’s Child.

  March is National Reading Month. When you were a child, did you have a love for books and the array of universes that reading opens? Promoting literacy is important, especially in a society that may not always inspire the enthusiastic consumption of books. According to 2020 results from a …

Encourage tenacity and resiliency in your children with these spirited tales. — by Conni L. Strittmatter/Baltimore County Public Library Youth & Family Engagement Manager Board Books   “Sharing” by Yusuke Yonezu Children will discover that sharing is much more pleasant than being greedy. Different animals reveal the frustration of not …

Introduce your children to preschool and charitable giving with this month’s selections — Conni L. Strittmatter/Baltimore County Public Library Youth & Family Engagement Manager Board Books   “Sad, Sad Bear” by Kimberly Gee Do you have little ones who are sad about going to day care for the first time? …

Best of the Year: Here are a few of our favorite books of 2019 This is a hard list to create, but at the same time one we like to make. We love sharing great book recommendations, and these wonderful tales, all published in 2019, are perfect for gift giving …