Discovery Library for Children

09/08/2024

It's August already! How many books have you read this year?

09/01/2021

https://nycdoe.libguides.com/COVID-19ebooks/free

Free e-books for children on Covid-19 to keep them informed and updated

New York City School Library System: COVID-19 Children's eBook Collection: COVID-19 Free eBooks

09/01/2021

https://guides.library.illinoisstate.edu/ebooks

Covid 19 lockdown across the globe came with some benefits such as loads of free online books and resources for readers. Explore for free materials to read and develop yourself and the children around you.

ebook overview site

14/04/2020

Share with us what books you have read during this COVID 19 lockdown. Tell us the name of the book, author and what you learnt from the book.
Sharing knowledge is life

11/04/2020

50 REASONS TO READ BOOKS

1. Books help to feel more confident.
2. Books help to travel around the world in the cheapest way.
3. Books develop your personality.
4. Books provide food for thought.
5. Books make you laugh and think.
6. Books draw you towards perfection.
7. Books stimulate creativity.
8. Books bring out writing talent.
9. Books help in communicating.
10. Books clear your vision.
11. Books satisfy your curiosity.
12. Books help you make more choices.
13. Books help you build literary talent.
14. Books do not require any special device to teach.
15. Books increase your attention span.
16. Books are fruitful pastime.
17. Books can be used anytime, anywhere.
18. Books provide entertainment, when others fail.
19. Books make you powerful.
20. Books help you know the 'Whys' and 'Hows' of everything.
21. Books help you to create and spread fun.
22. Books help you travel across time intelligently.
23. Books keep you updated with facts and figures.
24. Books spread love, affection and knowledge.
25. Books make the best of friends.
26. Books take you to intellectual environment.
27. Books help you feel the world around you.
28. Books entertain your mind.
29. Books broaden your horizon.
30. Books bring Nature to your doorstep.
31. Books bring about a 'personality change'.
32. Books increase comprehension.
33. Books do not require company.
34. Books are stress-busters.
35. Books develop a sense of belonging to people around you.
36. Books provide mental and physical relaxation.
37. Books act as a communication tool.
38. Books are intellectually satisfying activity.
39. Books provide spiritual experience.
40. Books provide emotional strength.
41. Books build your self-esteem.
42. Books help and encourage your imagination to soar.
43. Books make you smarter and wiser.
44. Books help you grow.
45. Books take you to a 'world of dreams'.
46. Books can change your life and vision.
47. Books help in achieving 'life goals'.
48. Books develop wonderful experience.
49. Books transform lives.
50. Books inspire, books motivate, books build nations...

# Copied from a wise man

09/04/2020

Reading is one of the best past time during this COVID 19 lockdown. Have a goal to start and finish a book this season.

16/11/2019

Do you know that you turn your reading passion into opportunities to make money and become popular. One of such ways is by writing short stories. You can enter for short story writing competitions within and outside Nigeria. One of such competition is the Caine Prize for African Writings. A prize of £10,000 is awarded annually for the best published short story in Africa.

2020 entry closes January 31, 2020.

Visit www.caineprize.com

16/11/2019

Looking for a good library to use in Yaba area of Lagos, check out the YouRead Library along Hebert Macaulay way. I personally remembered using this library some two decades ago.

It is now a remodeled edifice, thanks to GTBank and Lagos State Government. There are books for young people, e-library facilities, encyclopedia etc. And it is free to access. A day spent here is never a wasted time. Picture credit: Techpoint

27/05/2019

Happy International Children's Day to all our wonderful children all across Africa and beyond. From all of us at the DLC

29/04/2019

The Drummer Boy, (1960) by Cyprian Ekwensi is also
about a youth with courage and integrity. Its setting is southern part of Yorubaland. Its hero is Akin, a blind boy who wanders as far as the Eastern Region to escape his
schooling. But Akin himself is a sort of African St. Francis, loving peace, and singing 'about the rich and the
poor'. The narrative tells how a restaurant is burned down by the hirelings of her rejected lover and how the thugs disguised as masqueraders are whipped to death, by the Yoruba god Oro.

In the encounter with the thugs, a European teacher gets killed. There are others like Joe, a nurse, Madam Bisi, the philanthropist, eager to send their kindered to school to learn new education. The trial of the thugs, reveals that they have committed crimes under compulsion. Herbert gets involved in forgery, burglary and arson, after expelled from school and while escaping the sentence of death by
hanging meted out to his colleagues. Herbert joins Akin at the Boy's Forest-Home, and as to transform himself he receives six lashes daily for one week. In the end, he emerges as a changed being looking forward to a new dawn of promise and hope.

08/04/2019

HOLIDAYS BOOK REVIEW: YOU HAVE A BRAIN by Ben Carson

After an obstacle-filled childhood and school years, Dr. Carson discovered these eight principles to help you overcome obstacles as you work toward achieving your dreams.

World-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has led an amazing life. A life in which he has earned incredible success. But starting out from when he was young through his time as a student, his life was filled with incredible obstacles: His father leaving the family; being considered stupid by his classmates in grade school; growing up in inner-city Detroit; and having a violent temper.

But Dr. Carson didn't let his circumstances control him, and instead discovered eight principles that helped shape his future.

In You Have a Brain: A Teen’s Guide to Think Big, Dr. Carson unpacks the eight important parts of Thinking Big—Talent, Honesty, Insight, being Nice, Knowledge, Books, In-Depth learning, and God—and presents the stories of people who demonstrated those things in his life. By applying the idea of T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G. to your life, and by looking at those around you as well, you too can overcome any obstacles and achieve your dreams.

You Have a Brain:

Includes discussion questions at the back of the book
Unpacks the eight essential parts of Thinking Big: Talent, Honesty, Insight, Strong People Skills, Knowledge, Books, In-Depth Learning, and God
Is written by Dr. Ben Carson, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, former presidential candidate, and current Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Teaches great life lessons for boys and girls ages 13 and up
Is the perfect gift for high school and college graduations, birthdays, and confirmations, and a great addition to book clubs and study groups.

11/02/2019

STORY TIME FOR CHILDREN

THE ATROCIOUS FAIRYTALE

When the princess goes missing, the king asks the greatest hero in the land to save her. But what help is a hero who's afraid of butterflies? Follow this tale of a tooth-brushing dragon, a cookie-baking villain, and a misfit princess, who stumble their way to a most atrocious ending you have to read to believe.

When the princess goes missing, the king asks the greatest hero in the land to save her. But what help is a hero who's afraid of butterflies? Follow this tale of a tooth-brushing dragon, a cookie-baking villain, and a misfit princess, who stumble their way to a most atrocious ending you have to read...