Storytime: Frogs!

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In lieu of today’s planned eStorytime, we had a regular storytime with books and music in a frogs theme. (Our network for the iPads was down.) First we read The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Ana Martín Larrañaga. Wide-mouthed frog goes around bragging about how big his mouth is and what […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Toys

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Time to play with books all about toys! Books We Shared       In Infant storytime we kicked things off with the idea that ANYTHING can be a toy — as long as you are creative and imaginative!  Meeow and the Pots and Pans highlights this idea in a bright, colorful, […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Rain

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It’s raining!  It’s pouring!  Today we were exploring… stories about rain. Books We Shared        Today we celebrated the rain with some wonderful stories!  In Infant storytime with started with a small frog in a small Rainy Day Puddle that got bigger and bigger as the rain came down and each of […]

Whose Shoes? — preschool storytime

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Today’s storytime was all about different kinds of shoes.  Dog in Boots features shoes for various purposes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes has repetitive chants, Ooh La La Polka Dot Boots is all about rhyme and repeat, and the kids played a Whose Shoes matching flannel board. […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Thanksgiving

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In storytime today we were thankful for food, fun and friends! Books We Shared     We started Infant storytime off by reading Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, illustrated by Doris Barrette.  This is a lovely celebration of being thankful for the simple joys around you.  Next, we read/sang Over […]

Accordion Book Craft Program! – November 19

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              Last Wednesday the creative juices were flowing during the Accordion Book Craft program!  Kids ages 5 & up (and some adults – you know who you are…) put together some magnificent works of art.  Crafting activities aren’t just for fun – they do have […]

Getting your stories published

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Our Kids’ Writing Workshop met today and learned all about the publishing process.  To make things really easy and visual for them, I put together a packet of samples.  A lot of beginning writers (especially kids) don’t understand what a good submission packet looks like and may get undue rejections […]

Toddler Storytime – Going to the City! – November 18

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Well we went to the City for toddler storytime today!  Miss Jennifer was on vacation so I (Miss Marie), got to take a trip with her storytime toddlers!  First we explored the sites with Maisy! In Lucy Cousin’s colorful book, “Maisy Goes to the City”, we followed Maisy and her friends […]

Infant Storytime – Taking a Spin! – November 18

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Today’s Infant Storytime was all about taking a “spin” in a motor car!  Miss Jennifer was on vacation today so I (Miss Marie) got to take her storytime crowd out for a ride!!!  Here are some of the stores we read: In Cynthia Rylant’s, “Brownie & Pearl Go for a […]

Family Storytime: The Fair!

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Today the library wraps up our 130th Anniversary celebration with an Old Time Fair in the library parking lot! It’s from 12 until 4 pm and there will be lots of great food and activities for the whole family, all FREE! Our storytime was also about fairs. We started with […]