Check Out A Telescope!
NOW Available, the NH Astronomical Society donated a telescope which families can check out to view the night skies! We also received a smaller telescope from a private donor which will also circulate!
Free Book Program
For children birth to age five.
This program is sponsored by the Barrington School Foundation. Click HERE for the application. Paper copies of the application are also available at the library.
Great Websites for Parents
Family Resource Connection
This is a Library that will loan materials through the mail to any NH resident (Free of Charge) on subjects pertaining to children, especially with special needs.
HUB Family Resource Center
Provides families with educational programs and support services, which will enhance their ability to raise healthy children in caring homes.
Common Sense Media
Reviews of TV, movies, computer games, books, music and web sites. You can search by age and media.
Net Smartz
Educational site that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.
National Parenting Center
Articles about each stage of a child’s life searchable by keyword.
Book Hive
Click on a genre, on an age range (babies to adult), and read book reviews in that section.
Encouraging Your Children to Read
The links below will take you to sites that provide great suggestions for helping your child develop and maintain an interest in reading. Check back often - we'll keep adding and modifying the list of suggested links.
20 Ways for Parents to Encourage Reading
Children Who Can Read, But Don't
20 Ways for Parents to Encourage Reading
Children Who Can Read, But Don't
Helping with Homework
Virtual Middle School Library
Lots of links on this page, to sites that will help you with general education information, or with specific subject areas, like Math, Language Arts, Science, etc.
Family Education
This site is packed with 'back-to-school' information - and it goes beyond homework help (although there is a great homework section here...)
The main back-to-school page includes links on getting ready for school, back-to-school safety, 'what parents need to know this school year', and even breakfast and lunch ideas and recipes.
This site is packed with 'back-to-school' information - and it goes beyond homework help (although there is a great homework section here...)
The main back-to-school page includes links on getting ready for school, back-to-school safety, 'what parents need to know this school year', and even breakfast and lunch ideas and recipes.
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Bunicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery, by Deborah Howe
 (from the Amazon.com review): This immensely popular children's story is told from the point of view of a dog named Harold. It all starts when Harold's human family, the Monroes, goes to see the movie Dracula, and young Toby accidentally sits on a baby rabbit wrapped in a bundle on his seat. How could the family help but take the rabbit home and name it Bunnicula? Ages 9 to 12) |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1, by Jeff Kinney  Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twi ...more Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship |
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread, by Kate DeCamillo  The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. |
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), by Rick Riordan
 When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared—a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever. |