Just for kids!

Bring your parents to the Book Fair on the Square October 4, 2008 for fun and games!

• Come, meet and hear seven year old Daniel Kumi

• Dress up like your favorite storybook character and march in a parade
• Create art projects
• Enjoy face painting, giveaways, a popcorn wagon and more!

Parade of Characters!

Dress up as your favorite literary character and march in the Book Fair on the Square’s Parade of Characters Saturday, October 4 at 10:30 AM! Prizes will be given for the best costume.

Plus, help us decide who the parade’s grand marshal should be – vote on one of these popular characters:

Come on out in your costume and see if your favorite character was voted grand marshal!

What are You Reading?

Here are some CSB Kids favorites

Amera (up to age 4) loves anything about Elmo.
Nadia (ages 6-10) fell in love with the Disney Fairies Series.


Chloe's favorite reads this year -
Harry Potter series (ages 9-12) by J.K. Rowling
Walk Two Moons (ages 12 and up) by Sharon Creech
Gail Carson Levine (ages 12 and up) books
Twilight series (young adult) by Stephenie Meyer
To Kill A Mockingbird (young adult) by Harper Lee
Song of the Sparrow (young adult) by Lisa Ann Sandell

Matt enjoyed Driven from Within by Michael Jordan, sure to thrill the basketball fan in you!



Nathaniel's recent favorites:
The Artemis Fowl series by Eion Colfer
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix



Gil likes books about animals, dinosaurs and trucks.
Ann Marie likes any book about dancers or princesses.

They both love going to the Ga. Aquarium and learning about the fish there.

Some favorite reads of the Harris/Brogdon family are:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares,
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton,
Who am I Without Him by Sharon Flake,
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor,
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult,
Witness to the Prosecution by Agatha Christy,
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore,
Shadow People by Shunna Pillay,
The Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines,
The classics by Austen, Chaucer, Dickens, Homer,
Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Twain and Virgil.





Share your favorite book with us.

Summer reading lists and library activities

Visit the Cobb County Public Library’s Web site at www.cobbcat.org to find links to reading lists of various schools in Cobb County.

Required summer reading for area middle and high schools

Reading fun and games from the Cobb County Public Library system

Other links of interest:

Georgia Library Media Association, Inc.

American Library Association

Georgia Public Library Services