BUCKFIELD — The Zadoc Long Free Library has announced that it has been awarded a Books for Children Grant from the Libri Foundation.

The Libri Foundation is located in Eugene, Ore., and provides a two-to-one matching grant for children’s books. The foundation matches funds between $50 and $350. This year they also provided an additional $350 for math and science books. The library was successful in raising the full $350 and has been awarded the additional money for math and science books.

To celebrate the arrival of the new books, the library will have an open house from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 27. There will be readings throughout the day and activities will be available for young readers.

The books will be on display at the library through Feb. 27. New titles include:

“Fun with Roman Numerals,” David Adler; “Working with Fractions,” David Adler; “Wild Tracks!,” Jim Arnosky; “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” Jim Aylesworth; “Hide and Snake,” Keith Baker; “Go Figure!,” Johnny Ball; “The Cat Who Walked Across France,” Kate Banks; “Move Over, Rover!,” Karen Beaumont; “Manfish,” Jennifer Berne; “Ellis Island,” Raymond Bial; “Shark Girl,” Kelly Bingham.

Also, “Togo,” Robert J. Blake; “Face to Face with Wolves,” Jim Brandenberg; “The Hat,” Jan Brett; “When Dinosaurs Came with Everything,” Elise Brock; “Two Little Trains,” Margaret Wise Brown; “The Girl Who Helped Thunder,” James Bruchac; “Bear Walker,” Joseph Bruchac; “Buffalo Song,” Joseph Bruchac; “A River of Words,” Jen Bryant; “Hurry! Hurry!,” Eve Bunting.

Also, “Tracking Trash,” Loree Griffin Burns; “No Talking,” Andrew Clements; “Fred Stays with Me!,” Nancy Coffelt; “Using Plants,” Sharon Katz Cooper; “Using Soil,” Sharon Katz Cooper; “The Black Book of Colors,” Menena Cottin; “Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack,” Doreen Cronin; “Wiggle,” Doreen Cronin; “The Last Dragon,” Silvana De Mari; “One Grain of Rice,” Demi; “Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise,” Kate DiCamillo; “Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig,” Kate DiCamillo.

Also, “Full House,” Dayle Ann Dodds; “Olivia Saves the Circus,” Ian Falconer; “The Everything Book,” Denise Fleming; “Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails,” Betsy Franco; “Who Was First?,” Russell Freedman; “Forensic Science,” Ron Fridell; “The Thief Lord,” Cornelia Funke; “One Little Lamb,” Elaine Greenstein; “Jigsaw Pony,” Jessie Haas; “Wild Horses,” Kelly Milner Halls; “Old Bear,” Kevin Henkes; “Merlin and the Making of the King,” Margaret Hodges.

Also, “Nanotechnology,” Rebecca Johnson; “Satellites,” Rebecca Johnson; “Ladies First,” Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Rudyard Kipling; “The Great Graph Contest,” Loreen Leedy; “Missing Math,” Loreen Leedy; “Henry’s Freedom Box,” Ellen Levine; “Rachel Carson,” Ellen Levine; “Ever,” Gail Carson Levine; “Please Bury Me in the Library,” J. Patrick Lewis; “Edward and the Pirates,” David McPhail; “Tuttle’s Red Barn,” Richard Michelson; “Face to Face with Wild Horses,” Yva Momatiuk.

Also, “Face to Face with Gorillas,” Michael Nichols; “If You Take a Mouse to the Movies,” Larua Numeroff; “Mudshark,” Gary Paulsen; “Here Lies the Librarian,” Richard Peck; “Invisible Force,” Glen Phelen; “The Little Red Hen,” Jerry Pinkney; “Little Red Riding Hood,” Jerry Pinkney; “Ish,” Peter Reynolds; “Sequoyah,” James Rumford; “My Librarian is a Camel,” Margriet Ruurs; “Dog and Bear,” Laura Vaccaro Seeger; “Sheep in a Jeep,” Nancy Shaw.

Also, “How I Learned Geography,” Uri Shulevitz; “Horse in the House,” Erica Silverman; “Partners,” Erica Silverman; “Rain or Shine,” Erica Silverman; “School Days,” Erica Silverman; “One Well,” Rochelle Strauss; “Winter is the Warmest Season,” Laura Stringer; “Giving Thanks,” Chief Jake Swamp; “Lucy Long Ago,” Catherine Thimmesh; “Rocks! Rocks! Rocks!,” Nancy Elizabeth Wallace; “Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World.”

For more information or to reserve a title, call 336-2171 or e-mail [email protected].