Welome to our Remote Learning page. Here you will find a library of helpful and entertaining videos created by our talented librarians! #dplathome
Visit our YouTube channel for all our DPL video content.
And check out this selection of videos from our past programs, courtesy of Derry Community Access Media (DCAM).
Armchair Travel
Storytimes from the Childrens Room!
- Mr. Ray reads Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Ms. Michelle reads Where the Wild Things Are
- Mr. Ray reads The Little Girl Who Wanted to Be Big
- Ms. Yahira reads How Do You Take a Bath
- Ms. Kelly reads Roxaboxen
- Ms. Michelle reads Russell the Sheep
- Ms. Kelly reads A Good Day
- Bedtime Stories with Ms. Michelle - Miss Nelson is Missing
- Mr. Ray reads Lazy Dave
- Ms. Kelly reads stories about creatures who live in the ocean
- Mr. Ray reads space stories in honor of Alan Shepard
- Ms. Michelle reads Pigsty
- Mr. Ray reads The Bear in My Bed
- Ms. Kelly reads stories about farmyard friends
- Bedtime Stories with Ms. Michelle - Brush
- Mr. Ray reads My Pet Wants a Pet
- Ms. Kelly reads Caps for Sale
- Ms. Yahira reads Peach Girl
- Bedtime Stories with Ms. Michelle - Leo, A Ghost Story
- Ms. Eileen reads Mommy Buy Me a China Doll
Videos from the Childrens Room
Natasha teaches Russian on YouTube
- Lesson 1 - Hi, how are things?
- Lesson 2 - Good. Excellent.
- Lesson 3 - How is the weather?
- Lesson 4 - Nothing. So so.
- Lesson 5 - What is your name? My name is... Goodbye.
- Lesson 6 - Monday, day, week, tomorrow.
- Lesson 7 - Yesterday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
- Lesson 8 - Days of the week. Have a good weekend.
- Lesson 9 - Spring is here.
- Lesson 10 - The weekend is here. I will go for a walk, sleep, watch tv.
- Lesson 11 - I'm at home. I'm at work. I'm at school. I'm outside.
- Lesson 12 - Happy birthday.
- Lesson 13 - Happy May Day.
- Lesson 14 - Where? When?
Jen presents:
- How to place a book on hold from home
- Access DPL databases from home
- Birding 101: Part I
- Birding 101: Part II
Erin presents:
#derrywrites
- Writing prompts #1
- Writing prompts #2
- Writing prompts #3
- Writing prompts #4
- Writing prompts #5
- Writing prompts #6
- Writing prompts #7 Character Depth
- Writing prompts #8 Dialog
- Writing Prompt #9 Show Don't Tell
- Writing Prompt #10 Worldbuilding
- Writing Prompt #11 Antagonists
- Writing Prompt #12 Speculative Fiction
- Writing Prompt # 13: Setting
- Writing Prompt # 14: The Perfect Day
Mystery Monday online scavenger hunt #mysterymonday
- Derry News Archives
- Ghost Hunt
- Join the Circus
- Crime Time
- Civil War Letters
- Spanish Influenza
- Love Is In The Air
- Early Radio
Teen Title Talk
- The podcast where two librarians discuss two YA books every two weeks! Watch for latest episode here.
Liz recommends:
- Books from the Reference Desk
- Liz's Picks for a Pandemic
- What's on Netflix - week 1
- Amazon Prime movie picks - week 1
- Hulu shows - week 1
- Freebie Friday - week 1
- Monday movie picks - week 2
- Netflix picks - week 2
- Amazon Prime Wednesday - week 2
- Hulu Thursday - week 2
- Freebie Friday - week 2
- Directors choice - Akira Kurosawa
- Netflix picks - week 3
- Amazon Prime - week 3
- Freebie Friday - week 3
- Directors choice - Jonathan Demme
- Netflix picks - week 4
- Misinformation Busters - Covid19 and 5G
- Prime classics and foreign films
- Hulu Thursday - week 4
- Directors choice - Kelly Reichardt
- Freebie Friday - week 4
- Netflix picks - week 5
- Misinformation Busters - Wet Markets
- Prime picks - Liz's birthday - week 5
- Hulu Thursday - week 5
- Freebie Friday - week 5
- Directors Choice - Spike Lee
- Netflix picks - week 6
- Misinformation Busters - Was Covid-19 Engineered
- Prime picks - week 6
- Hulu Thursday - week 6
- Freebie Friday - week 6
- Directors choice - Pedro Almodovar
- Netflix picks - week 7
- Misinformation Busters - Covid-19 and the Flu
- Prime picks - week 7
- Hulu Thursday - week 7
- Freebie Friday - week 7
- Directors choice - Bong Joon Ho
- Netflix picks - week 8
- Misinformation Busters - the Bakersfield Doctors
- Prime picks - week 8
- Liz's picks - Universal/AMC and the future of cinemas
- Freebie Friday - week 8
- Directors choice - The Wachowskis
- Netflix picks - week 9
- Misinformation Busters - Masks
- Prime picks - week 9
- Hulu picks - week 9