Castle Valley Children's Clinic

12/30/2025

Now that it is officially cold and flu season people are sick and are wondering how to get UN-sick or prevent getting sick. We know that there is a lot of information out there about vitamins and supplements so which ones do you want to know about? We can highlight them here for your learning.

To get started, one of our favorite resources on the super supplements elderberry and vitamin D. This is a great link for dosing information:

https://paofdurango.com/the-power-of-elderberry/

12/10/2025

Book Fair Hype in the wild!!

The Free for All Book Fair is THIS WEEK!!

Glenwood Springs rec center 12-5! See you there! There will be story time every hour with local authors and Paws for Readers!

Glenwood Springs Parks & Recreationreachoutandread Reach Out and Read

12/09/2025

It’s that time of year again! Thank you to Alpine Bank for allowing us to bring some Christmas cheer to the New Castle branch.

11/29/2025

We know it’s Black Friday but remember other ways we can help our community locally:

1. Shop small!!
2. Swap goods/toys/clothes with families in the valley
3. Donate a service or hire someone locally to do a job!

Let’s support our community!

And also COME GET FREE BOOKS!!
Only two weeks until the Free for All Book Fair at the Glenwood community center! (Look at these cool books we got in the mail today to give away!)

11/07/2025

Excited to attend this fun event!

We're so excited to host these three children's book authors at the bookstore for this fun literacy-sensory event! Families, kids, and lovers of books all welcome. Author readings, crafts, and door prizes — we can't think of a better way to spend a fall Saturday morning. See you there!

Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler
by Nancy Bo Flood, illustrations by Jeanne Bowman
Badger Clark (1883–1957), South Dakota’s first poet laureate, is best known for his “A Cowboy’s Prayer,” erroneously attributed to Anonymous and a mainstay at rodeos across the United States. His plain and simple verses spoke of his love for the land and a deep appreciation for a life lived close to nature. Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler tells the story of this iconic Western writer and celebrates his enduring poetry.

Nancy Bo Flood’s work has focused on children and young adults as a counselor, teacher, parent, and an author. During the past twenty years, Nancy has lived on the Navajo Nation, working with teachers to develop relevant curriculum and guiding and encouraging students to write their own stories. Her books have won numerous awards, including Colorado Book of the Year.

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How the Forest Feels
by Wendi Silvano, illustrations by Mirka Hokkanen
Forest School meets sensory play in this cozy picture book about a grandparent and grandchild on an exploratory walk through the woods.

Wendi Silvano is a former educator and the award-winning author of the “Turkey Trouble” series, which has sold more than 600,000 copies. She is also the author of the “Love Is All Around…” series, as well as a variety of other picture books, early readers, and educational materials.

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Sonia and the Super-Duper Disaster
by Rachel Funez, illustrated by Kelly Kennedy
Sonia’s adventure-filled story with worry-fighting gadgets helps kids learn how to cope when it feels like everything is going wrong.

Rachel Funez was born in the United States, spent most of her childhood living in Latin America, and is now an attorney raising multicultural children in Peru with her Honduran American husband. Rachel knows exactly what it’s like to have ADHD and anxiety. She wishes she could hug every kid who is struggling with overwhelming feelings, but she will settle for creating stories that celebrate children with special brains and help them cope with their big emotions in productive ways.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween!!
Join us in New Castle this afternoon from 3 to 5pm for trick or treat!!

10/28/2025

Feel like your kids are sick all the time? Check out this new study:

Pre-K, Elementary Students Have Highest Respiratory Virus Detection Rates, Study Finds
The AP (10/22) reported a study published in Pediatrics found that “children in pre-kindergarten and elementary school showed highest rates” of respiratory virus detection compared with older students and staff. The researchers “analyzed nasal swabs and symptom reports from more than 800 students and staff in a large school district in Kansas City from November 2022 to May 2023. They found that overall, more than 85% of all participants had at least one respiratory virus detected during that time and more than 80% had an episode of acute respiratory illness – though not necessarily at the same time.” Furthermore, “92% of pre-K and elementary school” children “had a virus detected, compared with about 86% of middle school students, about 77% of high school students and 76% of staff.” The pre-K children, “ages 3 to 5, had the highest rates of actual illness, too, the study found.” The results square “with older research that found that young” children “play a key role in spreading respiratory viruses at home.”

10/20/2025

Thank you to the soprissun for once again supporting our book fair!

https://soprissun.com/at-the-free-for-all-book-fair-everything-really-is-free/

Donations go to whiteriverbooks New Castle Dental mountainfamilyhealthcenters brynnegordondds Urnise Dentistry and Us!

10/19/2025

It’s story time!

Pick your favorite book and read aloud to your child this week! It’s something we encourage every day to improve language development and a love of learning?

What is your favorite book to share with someone?