Monroe Free Library

Just two times each year--at an event called the solstice--Earth leans closest to our home star, the Sun. Since ancient times, people have used the Sun as a timekeeper. They knew that the length of daylight changes in a regular way, and celebrated the solstice as a signal of changing seasons. Solstice imparts scientific and cultural information using the global experience of a solstice as its scientific core, and the descriptions of children's lives...

"One day I'm going to be so tall, I'll be able to eat the moon!" Sometimes it takes a big change for us to realize what's most important in life. George the giraffe is the shortest giraffe in his herd, but all he wants is to be so tall that he can eat the moon. When his wish comes true, he discovers that being small might not be so bad after all, especially when he begins to miss his family. As your children join George on his journey, they will come...